World Comic Book Review

28th March 2024

My Brother’s Husband (Otouto no Otto, 弟の夫) Goes to TV

Penguin Random House describes Japanese manga My Brother’s Husband in the following terms: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower … Read more

Doorkeeper (Review)

Doorkeeper Summit Books, November 2017 Writers: Ethan Chua, Scott Lee Chua This is an interesting fantasy comic written by Ethan Chua and Scott Lee Chua, both from the Philippines. Any reader who is familiar with Neil Gaiman’s influential and groundbreaking Sandman comic book series (1989-1993) will look at the Doorkeeper and see similarities between the … Read more

Gisou Furin Prologue (Review)

Gisou Furin Prologue XOY, December 2017 Writer: Akiko Higashimura On 16 December 2017 online manga site XOY released a preview of a forthcoming romance manga, Gisou Furin (“Disguised Adultery”). The series is written by Akiko Higashimura. Higashimura is best known for two manga series, Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Both titles concluded in 2017. … Read more