Comments on: The Reformed

By: X-Men: Misfits » Manga Worth Reading

X-Men: Misfits » Manga Worth Reading — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:45:37 +0000

[...] previously drew the American manga The Reformed, and the weaknesses I saw there have improved, although she still has problems with structure. The [...]

By: Vampire Manga: Vampire Knight, Bloody Kiss » Manga Worth Reading

Vampire Manga: Vampire Knight, Bloody Kiss » Manga Worth Reading — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:11:19 +0000

[...] The Reformed [...]

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:18:34 +0000

I am going to say that this is one of the best Manga I have read. I found the art to be simply amazing, and have recomended it to several people, all of which have also liked the book.

The book is nothing liked Twilight, by the way.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:27:45 +0000

why is this “manga” so much like Twilight?

By: Best Manga of 2008 » Comics Worth Reading

Best Manga of 2008 » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:33:13 +0000

[...] The Reformed — Who would have guessed that prolific how-to-draw-manga artist Christopher Hart’s original manga would be so horrible? [...]

By: An actual illustrator

An actual illustrator — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:41:42 +0000

“why Hart didn’t draw the book himself”

Because he’s a crap artist with no skill or style of his own. I can only surmise that his “how to draw” books are popular because the art contained therein is of such a low threshold quality-wise that it doesn’t intimidate insecure newbies.

Dear newbies, you can do better. Save your money.

By: death note

death note — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:44:12 +0000

will u write another?

By: Kai

Kai — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:11:17 +0000

this is a third rate story that borrows far too much from other scores and is predictable and boring to the point if you have seen or read vampire hunter D or blood you know how things turn out. the art style is in line with D but not quite as nice. it also plays of such themes form some of Ann Rices books among others.

By: Alice White

Alice White — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:37:07 +0000

I think the art is not that bad.
Actually, I’m ordered this book because of the art.
I never bought an OEL manga before, but I found that the art of The Reformed is surprisingly amazing, so this became the first OEL manga I bought.

In some parts,I’m agree with you about the story.
But,there are still a hope that the story will goes better on the 2nd volume,
so I’m still planning to buy the next.

By: KC

KC — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:54:00 +0000

I just read the Reformed and came back to chime in. Your review lowered my expectations, so I wasn’t planning to buy this, but when I flipped through it in the store it blew me away.

I thought the art is pretty consistently amazing. Some of the action scenes are a little rough around the edges, but even that carried off the gothic noir mood. It reminded me a little of a shonen Godchild/Count Cain. I loved it.

It’s surprisingly well written too. I agree that it “sounds” like a cliched vampire story, but that’s not how it comes off when you read it. And yes, it doesn’t break any new ground, but it gives you everything you want when you’re in the mood for a good vampire tale. I’ve never bought a second volume of any OEL manga before, but I would buy another one of the Reformed and now I’m really looking forward to the X-Men.

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » ACEN update, Spanish manga, and some literary criticism

Sun, 18 May 2008 13:14:52 +0000

[...] Johanna finds much to criticize about The Reformed and Ed Sizemore compares two Mother Teresa manga at Comics Worth Reading. Erica Friedman [...]

By: James Schee

James Schee — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:30:36 +0000

Interesting review, books sounds like something I’ll pass on.

This does harkens back to a discussion I had with someone a month or so back.

They were making the point that its better to have a writer who hasn’t read a lot of a genre(in this case being superheroes) as they are more likely to not fall into genre conventions.

While I thought that there had to be some awareness, or you’d be more likely fall right into those genre conventions thinking them fresh. (let’s kill the girlfriend! or have their secret ID revealed!)