World Comic Book Review

19th March 2024

Vale Leiji Matsumoto (1938-2023)

Manga grand master Leiji Matsumoto passed away on 13 February 2023. Mr Matsumoto was best known for epic science fiction manga sagas, including Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas and Space Battleship Yamato (published in the United States as Star Blazers). In its obituary, The Japan Times noted https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/20/national/leiji-matsumoto-obituary/that he started drawing manga at the age … Read more

Trash Market (review)

Creator: Tadao Tsuke Drawn & Quarterly (2015) A market is a place where you can sell your goods. A market is also a place where you can buy stuff. This duality underlies a difference between passive and active roles, a duality which is never crystal clear: those who sell both offer and receive (money, usually), … Read more

Everyone’s Getting Married Manga to End in May 2018

Everyone’s Getting Married / 突然ですが、明日結婚します Shogakukan/ Petit Magazine (Japanese), Viz Media (English) 2014-2018 Writer: Izumi Miyazono Reaching its zenith in its seventh volume, Japanese romance / josei manga “Everyone’s Getting Married” will conclude on 8 May 2018. Written by Izumi Miyazono, the promotional copy for this manga is the best summary of the plot: Asuka … Read more

The End of Akagi

Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai Takeshobo, 1991-2018 Writer: Nobuyuki Fukumoto Akagi: Yami ni Oritatta Tensai (Japanese: アカギ 〜闇に降り立った天才〜, in English, “Akagi: The Genius Who Descended into Darkness”) ended in February 2018 after a twenty-seven year print run. Set in the shady world of gambling in mahjong parlours, Akagi told the story of a very young … Read more