Manga Review: Kindergarten Wars 01 by You Chiba Rich, famous and/or powerful people sometimes have small children they’d like to be able to go to kindergarten. Problem! There are many baddies in the world who would like to kidnap, murder or do worse things to the kiddos. Solution: Kindergarten Noir, the safest kindergarten in the… Continue reading Manga Review: Kindergarten Wars 01
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Anime Review: Let’s Go Kaikigumi
Anime Review: Let’s Go Kaikigumi Our protagonist never has a name, but we do learn that he is a high school student somewhere in suburban Japan who is unusually afraid of ghosts. His family lives in a cheap rental, and his father collects model-building magazines. (We never actually see the protagonist’s parents.) One evening while… Continue reading Anime Review: Let’s Go Kaikigumi
Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1
Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1 Created by Keiichiro Ryu, written by Mio Aso, art by Tetsuo Hara The Sengoku (Warring States) period of Japanese history is drawing to an end. In what will in modern times be called Gunma Prefecture, there lives a man named Maeda Keiji. The adopted son… Continue reading Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1
Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience
Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience by Dana Simpson Phoebe Grizelda Howell is nine years old and is fascinated by unicorns. Unlike most girls her age, she actually knows one, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. They met when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit Marigold in the face. This actually saved the unicorn… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience
Comic Book Review: Dork Tower Volume X: The Tao of Igor
Comic Book Review: Dork Tower Volume X: The Tao of Igor by John Kovalic Igor Olman has been studying the Tao, a system of philosophy which includes living in harmony with “the Way”, self-cultivation and accordance with the natural order. He’s very enthusiastic about it, as he is about most things, “HUZZAH!”, and has been… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Dork Tower Volume X: The Tao of Igor
Movie Review: Robin Hood (1973)
Movie Review: Robin Hood (1973) directed by Wolfgang Reitherman A long time ago in England, there lived a fellow named Robin Hood (Brian Bedford), an outlaw who lived in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. With his Merry Men, who included Little John (Phil Harris), Friar Tuck (Andy Devine) and Allan-a-Dale (Roger Miller), he stole from the rich… Continue reading Movie Review: Robin Hood (1973)
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3 by Jack Cole Plastic Man was first published in Police Comics #1 in 1941. He wasn’t the first stretchy superhero in comics, but quickly became the most popular. Much of this was down to the talent of Jack Cole (1914-1958), who did both the writing and art… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Plastic Man Archives Volume 3
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One Written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo It is the year 50 B.C. and Gaul has been conquered by the Roman forces under Julius Caesar. Well, almost conquered. There’s one small village that refuses to surrender, and although it is surrounded by four Roman encampments, has managed… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Strip Review: My Life as an Internet Novel
Comic Strip Review: My Life as an Internet Novel by A. Hyeon & Yu Han-Ryeo Dani Hahm is fourteen years old and looking forward to her first day at Daedam Middle School. Or at least she was. When Dani woke up today, a completely different school uniform was laid out for her. One that looked… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: My Life as an Internet Novel
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12 by Yoshiki Nakamura Note: SPOILERS for earlier volumes! If you are just now finding out about this series, you may want to read earlier reviews first. Quick Recap: Kyoko Mogami dropped out of school to move to Tokyo with the boy she loved, Sho Fuwa, so she could support him… Continue reading Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12