MORE 'MANGA' POSTS
This time, on this week’s comics list: When Comic Animals Attack! Hedgehogs from Archie, Ducks and pigs at Boom! Studios, and scaredy dogs running wild at DC! Marvel’s all animal super hero team, the Pet Avengers finishes up their second mini-series, and there’s more Oz with the Marvelous Land and the Little Adventures over at […]
This month’s column marks a sad milestone: the last time I’ll be writing about a new or recent kid-friendly title from CMX. Throughout its six-year existence, CMX licensed a variety of titles for readers in the eight-to-twelve range. And while some of these titles bordered on the insipid, many were excellent, offering kids age-appropriate stories […]
Sixteen-year-old Yayoi is descended from a powerful line of mystics tasked with protecting the human world from the demon. When Ura, a demon prince, attempts to steal her powers, Yayoi transforms him into a cat and treats him as a house pet, temporarily lifting the spell on him when she needs help defeating powerful foes. […]
Are the kids (or you) counting down the days until school’s out? It’s coming up, but with time being relative, it could be too fast or too slow. Why not pass some of that time with some of the books on this week’s list? Bongo Comics has a new collection of Bart Simpson comics for […]
VIZ released two new shojo titles this spring, both of which feature young women facing the idea of marriage. Stepping on Roses, vol. 1 Rinko Ueda Age Rating: OT/Older Teen VIZ, April 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4215-3182-3 200 pages, $9.99 Sumi Kitamura is in dire straits. Her good-looking, but useless brother Eisuke is supposed to be supporting […]
The demise of CMX was a real blow to librarians who work with pre-teen and young teen readers, as CMX published a lot of terrific series for kids in this underserved 8-to-13 age group. As my colleague Robin Brenner noted last week, other companies may be publishing material for teens, but series like Black Bird […]
SNOW: Today I was going to post a review of a new CMX manga series–Diamond Girl, vol. 1. Like many of the CMX titles I have enjoyed–Apothecarius Argentum, King of Cards, Musashi #9, Suihelibe, The Land of the Blindfolded, Stolen Hearts–it features a strong girl whose adventures captured my heart and my mind. Unfortunately it […]
The latest installment of Good Manga for Kids focuses on two titles for the under-twelve crowd: Dinosaur King (VIZ) and The Lizard Prince (CMX). Despite their similar titles, Dinosaur King and The Lizard Prince couldn’t be more different. The first is a shonen (boys’) manga featuring time travel, talking dinosaurs, and evil scientists intent on […]
One of the trickiest aspects of reviewing comics for kids is knowing which titles they’ll actually like, as opposed to which titles well-meaning adults (like me!) think they ought to like. Case in point: in August 2009, I reviewed the first volume of ChocoMimi, a title I disliked for its rather dim, materialistic heroines. When […]
A village desperate to break a drought decides to sacrifice a beautiful maiden, Soah, to Habaek the Water God. Soah goes to her death expecting to meet a monster, but not only does Habaek save her life, he is only a little boy! Soah tries to settle into life in Habaek’s palace, but she doesn’t […]
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