On Thursday this week, Japanese manga creator Rumiko Takahashi won the prestigious Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême at the France’s biggest graphic novel convention, the Angouleme Comics Festival. Ms Takahashi is one of the most read authors in the world. She has witten more than two hundred volumes since the beginning of her career in 1978, … Read more
Triage X is a manga published in Japan by Monthly Dragon Age, and translated into English for sale in Anglophone markets by Yen Press. It has been published since 2009, and it seems that it will conclude in 2019. The art will tell you that the title is clearly orientated towards the male shonen market. … Read more
Attack on Titan Kodansha, 2009-present Writer: Hajime Isayama Japanese writer’s Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan commenced publication in 2009. The dystopian science fiction manga, set in a future where cities are walled off against horrific, skinless, man-eating titans, has been collected in twenty-six volumes. The walls, named Maria, Rose and Sheena, stave off the titans … Read more
This week Legendary Comics have announced the graphic novel GODZILLA: AFTERSHOCK, written by Arvid Nelson, with art by Drew Edward Johnson. Godzilla is a kaiju – the most famous of all kaiju – and we have written previously of the character’s history. Rather unsurprisingly, in this new title which is to be released concurrently with … Read more