Episodes
Monday May 06, 2019
Ep 159 - Akria
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
Sorry, we missed publishing this last week. We will try to catch up this week. Life got the better of us.
This week: Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him a target for a shadowy agency that will stop at nothing to prevent another catastrophe like the one that leveled Tokyo. At the core of the agency’s motivation is a raw, all-consuming fear of an unthinkable, monstrous power known only as Akira.
Katsuhiro Otomo’s stunning science fiction masterpiece is considered by many to be the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced, and Otomo’s brilliant animated film version is regarded worldwide as a classic.
Next week we begin our Written by Women Month with Emily Caroll's Through the Woods. Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time.
Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our Neighbor’s House”—though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold.” You might try to figure out what is haunting “My Friend Janna,” or discover that your brother’s fiancée may not be what she seems in “The Nesting Place.” And of course, you must revisit the horror of “His Face All Red,” the breakout webcomic hit that has been gorgeously translated to the printed page.
Monday Nov 21, 2016
Episode 32 - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Monday Nov 21, 2016
Monday Nov 21, 2016
Were still scratching out heads about this one. It all started with our confusion about the title, and got worse from there. This week were reading the surreal Manga parody, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Try getting your spell check not to freak out over that combination of letters.
Next week its The Boys, a secret CIA group established to keep ill-behaved superhero in line. From the same writer as Preacher, Garth Ennis. And the same artist of Transmetropolitian, Darick Robertson.
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Monday Aug 15, 2016
Episode 18 - Death Note
Monday Aug 15, 2016
Monday Aug 15, 2016
Were taking out our first Manga this week with Death Note, written by Tsugumi Ohba and art by Takeshi Obata,. An epic cat and mouse game between a brilliant teen who can easily kill just by writing down a name, and the detective determined to catch the killer. Next week we are reading the X-Men Vs. The Avengers from 1987, written by Rodger Stern.