Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic Season Two Quick recap of Season One: Comic book-obsessed orphan Kid discovers five alien Cosmic Stones of Power, turns them into rings, and takes the name Kid Cosmic. He’s joined by his grandfather Papa G, teen waitress Jo, little girl Rosa and cat Tuna Fish to form the Local Heroes. Together… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic Season Two
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Comic Book Review: I Hate Fairyland Volume 3: Good Girl
Comic Book Review: I Hate Fairyland Volume 3: Good Girl by Skottie Young Fairyland has a system for dealing with its visitors. Each child is assigned a guide and told to seek out the key to the door home. The visitor goes on an adventure, usually a chain of fetch quests, obtains the key and… Continue reading Comic Book Review: I Hate Fairyland Volume 3: Good Girl
Book Review: The New Adventures of Ellery Queen
Book Review: The New Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen Ellery Queen was the shared pen name of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, as well as the main character of the mystery stories they wrote. Starting with The Roman Hat Mystery in 1929, they wrote many novels and short stories about a brainy mystery writer solving crimes (and then writing about them in the third… Continue reading Book Review: The New Adventures of Ellery Queen
Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1
Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1 by Haruko Kumota Rakugo is a traditional Japanese form of storytelling in which a single performer sits on a stage and tells a comedic or sentimental story with only a fan and small cloth for props and never moving from the seiza position. It has its roots in sermons preached… Continue reading Manga Review: Descending Stories Volume 1
Manga Review: Fragments of Horror
Manga Review: Fragments of Horror by Junji Ito Junji Ito is one of Japan’s top horror manga creators, whose famous works include Uzumaki (spirals are scary!), Gyo (landshark!) and Tomie (the girl who just won’t die.) He’s slowed down some in recent years, so this collection of short stories has been brewing for a while. Mr. Ito does… Continue reading Manga Review: Fragments of Horror