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From the stack: Underground
I find it harder to review pamphlet comics, since there’s less content to consider, but Underground (Image) is a lively genre piece with a number of promising elements. Here they are: It’s got a stron… more →
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From the stack: Underground
davidpwelsh wrote 1 month ago: I find it harder to review pamphlet comics, since there’s less content to consider, but Underground … more →
From the stack: Oishinbo: Vegetables
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davidpwelsh wrote 1 month ago: I’ve enjoyed all of Oishinbo: A la Carte (Viz), but I think the new Vegetables volume is my favorite … more →
From the stack: Stitches
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davidpwelsh wrote 2 months ago: Stitches, David Small’s autobiographical debut graphic novel from W.W. Norton, makes me want to use … more →
From the stack: Ikigami vol. 2
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davidpwelsh wrote 2 months ago: Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (Viz) is about a governmental experiment in social engineering where ran … more →
From the stack: Astral Project 4
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davidpwelsh wrote 2 months ago: I don’t usually feel compelled to write a proper review of every volume of a given manga series. The … more →
From the stack: Nightschool
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davidpwelsh wrote 3 months ago: Reading the first volume of Svetlana Chmakova’s Nightschool: The Weirn Books (Yen Press) is a bit li … more →
From the stack: A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge
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davidpwelsh wrote 3 months ago: It’s impossible to capture the scale and scope of a disaster like Hurricane Katrina, and a smart cre … more →
From the stack: Asterios Polyp
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davidpwelsh wrote 3 months ago: Isn’t that a great page? I love the way images and text join forces to tell you everything you need … more →
From the stack: Tea for Two
davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: I should note that just because I tend to prefer yaoi about grown-ups doesn’t mean I never enjoy yao … more →
From the stack: Kimi ni Todoke
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: This week’s ComicList is kind of lean, so I’ll focus on one particular release. It’s Karuho Shiina’s … more →
From the stack: Johnny Hiro
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: For me, the cake of Fred Chao’s Johnny Hiro (AdHouse Books) is the relationship between the titular … more →
From the stack: Dogs Prelude Vol. 0
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: I suspect that Shirow Miwa is as much of a fan of Cowboy Bebop as I am. Miwa’s Dogs Prelude Vol. 0 s … more →
Sing... sing a song...
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: I can’t bring myself to skim when I’m reading for pleasure. If the book is awful enough, I’ll abando … more →
From the stack: V.B. Rose
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: Tokyopop had the good sense to package a manga preview with the final volume of Natsuki Takaya’s Fru … more →
From the stack: Astral Project vol. 3
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: The thing I like best about Astral Project (CMX) is that it’s only kind of about any of the things i … more →
From the stack: Empowered vol. 5
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davidpwelsh wrote 4 months ago: Trying to review a new installment of Adam Warren’s Empowered series (Dark Horse) is exactly like tr … more →
From the Stack: The War at Ellsmere
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davidpwelsh wrote 5 months ago: I thought Faith Erin Hicks’ Zombies Calling (SLG) was “one of those books that make you really eager … more →
From the stack: Fire Investigator Nanase
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davidpwelsh wrote 6 months ago: I generally like episodic crime dramas and procedurals. The genre isn’t usually appointment televisi … more →
From the stack: Oishinbo: Sake
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davidpwelsh wrote 6 months ago: I liked the first volume of Oishinbo (Viz) very much. I flat-out loved the second, and I think this … more →
