Comments on: Love as a Foreign Language Book 1

By: Love as a Foreign Language Book 3 » Comics Worth Reading

Love as a Foreign Language Book 3 » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:31:34 +0000

[...] There are preview pages available at the Oni Press website, and I’ve previously commented on Volume 1 and Volume 2. [...]

By: Comics Worth Reading » Love as a Foreign Language Book 6

Comics Worth Reading » Love as a Foreign Language Book 6 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:55:22 +0000

[...] My complaint since the beginning of this series has been how draggy it felt at times. This volume, the last, remedies that but goes much too far the other direction, creating an extremely rushed conclusion. [...]

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Comics Worth Reading — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:45:47 +0000

[...] Oni Press continues as my favorite publisher by offering two anticipated books this month: a sequel to Wet Moon and a new romance series. Ross Campbell’s Wet Moon: Unseen Feet ($14.95, APR06 3295) continues the story of Cleo and her college friends in his unique style, while Love the Way You Love ($5.95, APR06 3293), by Jamie S. Rich and Marc Ellerby in the format used for Love as a Foreign Language and Northwest Passage, looks at romance among the rock’n’roll set. [...]

By: Comics Worth Reading

Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:47:40 +0000

[...] Overall, the book is about growing up, looking back, and reaching forward towards a dream. It sums up the development of many comic readers as they grow up. The whole thing takes on an extra level of meaning considering that Tim Levins went on to draw issues of Batman: Gotham Adventures, while J. Torres has written Teen Titans Go!, Sidekicks, Love as a Foreign Language, Scandalous, and Degrassi: Extra Credit. Recommended for fans of Teenagers from Mars, especially if you think that story would have been better with less violence and more comedy. [...]

By: Lyle

Lyle — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:03:43 +0000

I’m hoping for a larger collection, as well. These smaller parts just aren’t adding up to a very satisfying read.

I wonder, too, if my reaction to the first volume with a different cover. Knowing that Hana is a major character from the beginning made the set-up for her introduction feel less compelling.

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Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:26:37 +0000

[...] As with Volume 1, the pacing in Book 2 is slower than I’d like. The first chapter is a dream sequence, with a series of jokes played on Joel, our protagonist, that express his insecurities about whether Hana, his crush, will ever notice him. [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:16:54 +0000

Depends on how you define “manga” — it’s true, this could be classed also as a graphic novel (although on the very slim side). I hope they eventually put out one big collected volume, which would make for a more satisfying read.

By: Michael Denton

Michael Denton — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:56:26 +0000

I like LAAFL – I suppose it’s the only manga I read (although I didn’t think it really qualified) – but you’re right, the pacing is a little slow. Still, I’ve liked it more and more as the book has gone on – just with its publishing schedule being not so frequent (I think it may be quarterly), I’d like more to happen. If it were published more frequently, I think it would be okay.