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Latest Reviews:

Kurohime Volume 4

Viz Media - Masanori & Ookamigumi & Katakura

Manga

Reviewed by Sabrina

Review posted on 08/05/2008 02:46:00

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Wild Ones Volume 2

Viz Media - Kiyo Fujiwara

Manga

Reviewed by Lori Henderson

Review posted on 07/05/2008 02:38:00

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Reiko, The Zombie Shop Volume 1

Dark Horse - Rei Mikamoto

Manga

Reviewed by John Thomas

Review posted on 07/05/2008 02:37:00

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D. Gray-man Volume 8

Viz Media - Katsura Hoshino

Manga

Reviewed by Charles Tan

Review posted on 07/05/2008 02:36:00

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Suzuka Volume 7

Del Rey Manga - Kouji Seo

Manga

Reviewed by Dan Polley

Review posted on 07/05/2008 02:34:00

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Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

Viz Media - Nisioisin

Book

Reviewed by Charles Tan

Review posted on 30/04/2008 02:18:00

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Dororo Volume 1

Vertical Inc. - Osamu Tezuka

Manga

Reviewed by John Thomas

Review posted on 30/04/2008 02:17:00

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King of Fighters 2003 4

DrMaster Publications Inc. - Wing Yan and Kung Tung

Graphic Novel

Reviewed by Charles Tan

Review posted on 30/04/2008 02:16:00

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Buso Renkin Volume 8

Viz Media - Nobuhiro Watsuki

Manga

Reviewed by Sabrina

Review posted on 30/04/2008 02:16:00

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Nana Volume 9

Viz Media - Ai Yazawa

Manga

Reviewed by Lori Henderson

Review posted on 30/04/2008 02:16:00

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Latest Columns:

Something for the Weekend

Written by Phil Hall

" This weekend was going to have a lot of significance; I was going to break a quite incredible story that would have possibly heralded a new era and direction in the UK comics’ power base. I was going to do it perfectly timed so that the suspects would have been una..."

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New Releases 5/7/08

Written by Lori Henderson

"Finally a feast after all that famine!  There's wide selection here, from old (Black Magic) to new (Fairy Cube), young (Hikaru no Go) to old (Eden: Its An Endless World), and everything else in between.  Hope you've been saving your money from th..."

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The Farce Is Still With Us

Written by Mark Bittmann

"The Farce Is Still With Us By Mark Bittmann ..."

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Friendly Antics: Sequential Art

Written by Lisa Anderson

"When I was younger I had a board game called Life.  Aside from the ambitious title, it had a lot of things most people look for in a good board game; spinner, little cards, colorful board, cute player pieces, and so on.  The object of the game was fairly similar to life as well; survive th..."

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Dan Schaffer

Written by Craig Johnson

" The Village Gossip has a bag of 64 questions...every visitor who comes past must answer a totally random selection of these, the first twenty pulled from the bag.  This week, Dan Schaffer (..."

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Reviews for April 2008

Written by Craig Johnson

"  For someone who clearly loathes the apathetic, the mediocre, the conformist and the unjust, attempting to mock those who vote is bizarre..."

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Pariah King to Queen’s Level Three (May 5)

Written by Rick Sharer

""When it comes to liberals, 'evasions R Us'...."

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New Releases 4/30/08

Written by Lori Henderson

"It's another short list this week, but it's got some good stuff on it.  There's the little dinosaur with a BIG attitude, and the cats sure to make the Top 150 list, if not the Top 10.  The last two did.  We were able to find some good titles to recommend too, from video ga..."

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A Peek into Translation (Part 1?)

Written by John Thomas

"Lori mentioned to me she thought people might be interested in some "insider looks" at the manga and publishing industry. Considering I see the inside of my home office more than the "industry", I will attempt to give answer a few of the questions I sometimes get about bringing Japanese titles to..."

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PR: Viz Store Redesigned

Written by Lori Henderson

"The Viz store gets a much needed facelift.  It's...not bad, but could use some more work.  At least the perfectionist in me would like to see the titles line up properly in the s..."

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