Three mismatched astronauts clear up space debris, a bumbling otaku shocks everyone with his cycling prowess, and worlds go to war in December’s new manga series; this month also brings a bumper crop of new volumes in popular series, headlined by vol. 17 of Attack on Titan and vol. 4 of Tokyo Ghoul.
2017 was a great time to be a fan of sci-fi and fantasy. Pop culture has become a veritable geek feast, with comic book adaptations riding high at the box office, prestige SF films getting respect from the Oscars, and, of course, the books, which only seemed to get better with each passing week. Here’s what […]
Those new to manga are often surprised to find that sports manga are not only very much a thing that exists, they’re an entire genre of stories with themes of friendship, rivalry, perseverance, and guts. Japan has been producing comics dedicated to sports since the sixties, and the genre has embraced everything from popular pursuits […]
More than a few promising new manga series launched in the past year, but there were also plenty of returning favorites keeping us entertained. Here’s a look at 10 continuing series that kept us reading in 2016.
No doubt about it, this was a great year for manga, with the return of some classic older series and the debut of some fascinating new ones. While I was thinking about the best new series of 2015, I was looking for stories that push the boundaries of the standard genres—or step outside them altogether. […]
