Although manga, The Walking Man is published in a form more typical to collections of art comics, with jacket flaps and thick, crisply white paper. That suits its subject matter well, positioning it to an audience who can appreciate a series of reflective encounters beautifully illustrated. (Also suited to that audience, [...]
Suki, contrary to first guess, isn’t the name of the young girl on the cover; she’s Hina. Instead, it’s from the phrase “Suki, Dakara Suki” (”I like you, that’s why I like you”). That kind of simple acceptance is a hallmark of Hina’s naiveté.
Suki Book 1
Hina lives alone with only two [...]
Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga hides useful information about creating and analyzing readable, marketable comic stories inside savage parody of the industry.
Inspired by the crap people read and publish, two manga creators decide to lay bare the secrets of success, using the rationale “if they can do it, anyone can”. [...]
The first three volumes of Dragon Head represent the first long narrative segment of the series and are thematically unified enough to warrant simultaneous consideration.
Dragon Head Book 1
The opening to Dragon Head is a mash-up of sorts of a classic disaster flick like The Poseidon Adventure with the heady psychological [...]
