The Dreaming Returns From IPI Comics

Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming was an early success in the category of global manga, or OEL manga (Original English Language manga). The three-volume series began serialization in 2005, with a single-volume collection released in 2010. It’s a spooky read that makes good use of the comic format, so I’m glad to see a Revised Edition coming back into print from IPI Comics. The revisions include “new covers, brand new pages, and updated art and minor rewrites that better reflect the […]

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Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia Box Set Now Available

One of the fan-favorite episodes from Sherlock Season 2, “A Scandal in Belgravia”, is now available in complete manga form. The retelling of Sherlock Holmes (as played by Benedict Cumberbatch) meeting with Irene Adler (Lara Pulver) was originally released as two comic-format miniseries. Part One was collected in late 2020, and Part Two in March 2023. Just in time for the holidays, both volumes are available in one slipcased box set. There’s no cost savings, and the “two exclusive art […]

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Read a Manga Classic for Free

Manga Classics accurately adapt well-known books into the comic format, keeping the original language. They’ve done a bunch of great works, including several Shakespeare plays. If you want to sample one, they’ve put their version of Anne of Green Gables (the only authorized manga adaptation by the estate of Lucy Maud Montgomery) online for free! It’s adapted by Crystal S. Chan and Kuma Chan. The story is described as Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned […]

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Exclusive: Drifters Returns in Dark Horse Omnibus

Dark Horse has announced that they will be releasing Drifters Omnibus Volume 1. The series, by Kohta Hirano (Hellsing), inspired the hit anime. This new edition will reprint the first three volumes of the action-fantasy epic in a supersized, value-priced collection. Dark Horse Manga originally released the series beginning in 2011. The publisher provided the following description: Warriors and warlords from Earth’s history — “Drifters” — are transported to an alien world and employed to help the non-human races defend […]

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Showa Re-Released With New Covers

Drawn and Quarterly has re-released the four volumes of Showa, Shigeru Mizuki’s ridiculously detailed history of Japan from 1926-1989, translated by Zack Davisson, with snazzy redesigned covers. As I said when I previously reviewed the first volume, Although intimidating, with its doorstop size and historical focus, [it] is surprisingly readable. I found it fast-moving, with an inviting combination of personal reminiscence and an educational approach to cultural history. The price has gone up by $5 a book, but it’s been […]

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Thermae Romae Returns as Omnibus

Yen Press plans to make the out-of-print manga Thermae Romae available again. Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae: The Complete Omnibus is due out October 18. The original books were published at $35 each ($40 for the third and final), so $75 for the complete hardcover is a comparative deal. The manga is the story of a Roman architect who falls through time via a bathhouse. He’s been told his ideas aren’t modern enough. When he emerges in present-day Japan, he learns […]

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Seven Seas Licenses Long-Anticipated Manga Series

Long ago (2009), I wrote about Yokohama Shopping Trip (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou). It was a scanted manga series where “sometime in the future, the world (or maybe just Japan) flooded. Fewer people live in smaller villages as a result, leading to a return to the simple life. The story follows Alpha, a robot (although you wouldn’t know it to look at her) who owns a coffee shop with almost no customers.” It’s a charming slice-of-life series that I adored because […]

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America’s Greatest Otaku Found

Some amazing person has uploaded the episodes of America’s Greatest Otaku to the Internet Archive. This reality show was what Stu Levy did as an attempt to pivot Tokyopop from print to a “manga-lifestyle entertainment” company. It was filmed in 2010, aired in 2011, shortly before Levy, company founder, shut down the publishing side of the company. The publisher has since returned, albeit with plenty of people side-eyeing them. Anyway, enjoy a little slice of time capsule stupidity.

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