Comments on: Love as a Foreign Language Book 6

By: Tonoharu Part One » Comics Worth Reading

Tonoharu Part One » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:19:01 +0000

[...] at the publisher’s website or read an interview with the artist. For comparison, check out Love as a Foreign Language. [...]

By: Interview with Alex de Campi: Kat & Mouse » Comics Worth Reading

Interview with Alex de Campi: Kat & Mouse » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:56:10 +0000

[...] appear at first glance to be a better value to justify the price. (It’s similar to the Oni format that didn’t work for me [...]

By: Family Dynamic » Comics Worth Reading

Family Dynamic » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:29:04 +0000

[...] miniseries coming from DC Comics in August, written by J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!, Wonder Girl, Love as a Foreign Language, Degrassi Extra Credit) and illustrated by Tim Levins (Batman: Gotham Adventures, Justice League [...]

By: jo

jo — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:06:36 +0000

I just read the first 5 issues in the last couple of days, so I was cruising the ‘net to see if there were more issues coming out. I wasn’t sure I liked the story at first, but it grew on me. Now I find that the last issue sounds like a disappointment, so I’m considering just letting the story rest where 5 ended. It was inconclusive, but open-ended, and I felt that it worked (I thought maybe 5 was the last issue, in fact). So thanks for the review.

By: one diverse comic book nation » THE SHORT STACK: Diversity On The ‘Net - January 22, 2007

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:48:22 +0000

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading reviews Love as a Foreign Language Book 6 – “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.” [...]

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Jan. 22, 2007: Little Sister don’t you

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:56:17 +0000

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson looks at the sixth volume of J. Torres and Eric Kim’s Love as a Foreign Language. [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:52:01 +0000

That’s a good point to emphasize. Oni is one of my favorite publishers, and I like the work of both creators — I just think that this particular series was a misfire, and the format chosen for it is full of limitations.

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:27:56 +0000

I have Volume 1. And the first Omnibus. I have to agree that (and at least for now this based solely on your review) an opportunity was passed by. There are points where the book presents a very realistic viewpoint. That you don’t know anything beyond the person you see from afar and have an absurdly strong crush on.

But this ending does no one any good, really. It doesn’t help the characters, it doesn’t show the creator’s skill beyond sort of surface storytelling, and I think as you said, the readers are strung along.

It doesn’t turn me off from Oni Press, or the work of J. Torres or Eric Kim, but it might make it harder to get invested in the next series that comes along.