Manhwa
2011 GGNFT Nominations Updated
The list of official nominations for the 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list from YALSA has just been updated!
I’m lucky enough to be on the committee this year, but you don’t have to be on the committee or even a librarian to nominate a title. Please help us discover great new books! To [...]
Yun, JiUn: Time and Again, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of Time and Again by JiUn Yun is now up at Manga Life. An excerpt:
Though Baek-On and Ho-Yeon are very peripheral in some of the chapters (they don’t appear in chapter 3 and barely appear in chapter 4), they are easily one of the best things about the book. [...]
Doorways to sequential art
Way back in February, I attended a workshop taught by Nancy Pearl on readers’ advisory. For those you not up on library lingo, readers’ advisory is the art of connecting readers with books, whether fiction or nonfiction. It’s not necessarily a recommendation service; it doesn’t matter so much whether you like it as it whether [...]
What I Bought This Year
Earlier today I opened up Gmail and found the latest column from David Pogue at The New York Times waiting in my inbox. The column, entitled “What I Bought This Year,” is just that. Instead of a review of a newly released product, it’s a few paragraphs on the products that Pogue was willing to [...]
Lee, Eun: Antique Gift Shop, vol. 9
My review of vol. 9 of Antique Gift Shop is now up at Manga Life.
Gift ideas for sequential art fans
Over the last week, many manga bloggers have been writing gift guides in response to the NY Times’s decision to include no manga in their own Graphic Novel Gift Guide. David Welsh has a roundup of the posts thus far over at Precocious Curmudgeon; you can also find links at the Twitter hashtag. So here’s [...]
Marley: Dokebi Bride, vol. 1-6
Dokebi Bride, vol. 1-6
Story and Art by Marley
Translated by Michael Han (vol. 1-4), Ernest Woo (vol. 5), and Soyoung Jung (vol. 6)
Netcomics, 2006-2007
Original Korean editions: Ecomix, 2004-2007
Paperback $9.99 US
ISBN-13: 978-1600090752 (vol. 1)
ISBN-13: 978-1600090769 (vol. 2)
ISBN-13: 978-1600090776 (vol. 3)
ISBN-13: 978-1600090783 (vol. 4)
ISBN-13: 978-1600090790 (vol. 5)
ISBN-13: 978-1600090806 (vol. 6)
Shin Sunbi has been born into a family of [...]
Two cuisines, two gourmets
The other night I finally got a chance to read the first volume of the much-talked about Japanese food manga, Oishinbo, by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki. This is the story of a cynical journalist, Yamaoka Shirō, who has been assigned the task of creating the “ultimate menu” of Japanese cuisine by the newspaper that [...]
Park, SoHee: Goong, vol. 6
My review of vol. 6 of Goong is now up at Manga Life. Enjoy!
Yun, Mi-Kyung: Bride of the Water God, vol. 1
Bride of the Water God, vol. 1
Story and Art by Mi-Kyung Yun
Translation by Heejeong Haas
Edited and adapted by Philip Simon
Lettering by Steve Dutro
Dark Horse, 2007
Original Korean edition: Seoul Cultural Publishers, 2006
Paperback $9.95
978-1-59307-849-2
Soah is being sacrificed for the greater good. Her village, facing ruin due to a long drought, has decided to sacrifice a beautiful girl [...]
Highlights from Yen Plus (Sept. 09)
My article on the Sept. 2009 issue of Yen Plus magazine is now up at Manga Life. It focuses mostly on three works currently being serialized in the publication: Time and Again by Jiun Yun, Hero Tales by Jin Zhou Huang and Hiromu Arakawa, and Nightschool by Svetlana Chmakova.
Park, SoHee: Goong, vol. 5
My review of vol. 5 of Goong is now up at Manga Life.
Lee, SangEun: 13th Boy, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of 13th Boy is now up at Manga Life. An excerpt:
High school romances in shojo manga and sunjeong manhwa are a dime a dozen, and any series that hopes to find an audience will have to find some way to stand out from the crowd. Some attract readers with unusual [...]
Huh and Kim: Pig Bride, vol. 1
My review of vol. 1 of Pig Bride is now up on Manga Life. Here’s an excerpt:
Pig Bride is a sunjeong manhwa (the Korean equivalent of shojo manga) that superficially has a lot of things going for it. Though Kim’s art won’t necessarily be to everyone’s taste, it is well-executed. The character designs are intricate [...]
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