What to do after you’ve redefined an icon for a new era? The team of Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, and Babs Tarr made a huge impact on comics in 2015 with the launch of The Batgirl of Burnisde, signaling a new era in the 50-year story of Barbara Gordon. No longer a victim or a […]
As global warming and 4Chan have shown us, technology often comes with profound and unwelcome consequences for society. Cyberpunk manga, like their prose and film counterparts, take us into a future where the lines between human and robot, corporation and government, and the common good and social control are blurred or altogether absent. The heroes […]
If you’re anything like me (and if you’re reading this, the chances are excellent), you probably spent a goodly portion of the last weekend diving deep into a pool of digitally streaming ’80s SFF nostalgia thanks to Stranger Things, a new Netflix original miniseries from the creative team of the Duffer Brothers (Wayward Pines) that fuses classic Stephen King, […]
“Otomen” is a portmanteau that combines the Japanese word for “woman” and the English word “men.” Manga fans know that Otomen is also the title of Aya Kanno’s series about a teenage boy who struggles with his love of things that are traditionally considered feminine—cooking, sewing, and reading shoujo manga. Asuka overcompensates with manlier pursuits—he’s the captain […]
