Kim Hyun Sook draws on personal experience for Banned Book Club, a look into a turbulent time in South Korean history and the importance of protest. The Gwangju Uprising, May 18 to May 27, 1980. Government troops opened fire on students protesting the martial law imposed upon South Korea at …
The Straw King tells the captivating story of a bizarre, ancient Babylonian ritual through the eyes of a curious, courageous young woman, though some pacing issues hold this first volume back a little. In 7th century BCE Egypt, not all princes and princesses destined for the palace. Neith and Sennedjem …
After the runaway success of Rat Queens, you might expect Dryad—a collaboration between Rat Queens writer Kurtis J Wiebe and artist Justin Barcelo—to be a similarly comedic affair. But Wiebe knows his way around drama, too (let’s not forget Green Wake), and Dryad is testament to that. Dryad isn’t without …
“Sangre” is a fitting title for the sixth volume of Joe Benitez’s Lady Mechanika, and not just because there’s plenty of blood and bloodshed to be seen across its pages. This is a story about the blood that ties families together, for better and worse—about the lengths a mother will …
Penance, the first volume of a rebooted Xena: Warrior Princess, is classic Xena: lots of action and a few good laughs, wrapped around the story of the Warrior Princess’s journey to redemption. Once a violent warlord responsible for the deaths of countless innocent people, Xena travels the land trying to make …
Shinya Kinoshita doesn’t much care for sports. He’s not particularly strong or tall, but one thing he has going for him is his perfect posture—a product of constantly trying to look taller than his twin sister. Takumi Yanagiya is the six-time elementary school national champion in karate. A strict training …
La Dama de la Muerte is quite the departure from Lady Mechanika‘s steampunk roots. Instead, this story is focused squarely on the Mexican Dia de Muertos festival, and the beliefs and legends that come with it. The result is a book that may not be as action-packed as other Lady …
Even if you don’t enjoy sports, it’s easy to love sports manga. Though they vary as wildly in tone as they do in the sports they cover—and just about every sport imaginable has been adapted into a manga series—but you can always count on the universal thread of a coming-of-age …
