bookblogging
Jun. 18th, 2008 12:15 pmGraphic novels:
Shaffer, Neal, author, Daniel Krall, artist: One Plus One
(Oni Press. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. The three male main characters are all black-haired white guys, and I could barely tell them apart. There are two significant female characters, both blonde and white, and I could barely tell them apart. Everything was stiff and ugly, and the plot was simultaneously depressing and inane.)
Manga:
Mizuno Tokho: Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time vol. 1
(I definitely prefer the Watase version of this story. It's funnier, more dramatic, more romantic, and much better drawn).
Kanari Yozaburo, story, Sato Fumiya, art: The Kindaichi Case Files: The Graveyard Isle
(I am so confused about the Saki character. A character exactly like this one--same name, same design, same camera--was killed off in The Santa Slayings, which was #7 in the numbering sequence assigned by Tokyopop; this is #15. I wouldn't even have noticed this, however, had they not referred to him several times at "Saki#2." Is this a running gag, or otherwise an indication that the different stories are not actually supposed to take place in any kind of timeline at all?)
Mihara Mitsukazu: Haunted House
(it's like The Wallflower in reverse! I love this author. She's a kick in the pants. I think Sabato actually had a valid complaint--his family really was sabotaging his life by pulling pranks on him--but they were quite right in not taking his girlfriends seriously, since Sabato's only criteria was whether or not the girl would say yes to a date).
Shaffer, Neal, author, Daniel Krall, artist: One Plus One
(Oni Press. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. The three male main characters are all black-haired white guys, and I could barely tell them apart. There are two significant female characters, both blonde and white, and I could barely tell them apart. Everything was stiff and ugly, and the plot was simultaneously depressing and inane.)
Manga:
Mizuno Tokho: Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time vol. 1
(I definitely prefer the Watase version of this story. It's funnier, more dramatic, more romantic, and much better drawn).
Kanari Yozaburo, story, Sato Fumiya, art: The Kindaichi Case Files: The Graveyard Isle
(I am so confused about the Saki character. A character exactly like this one--same name, same design, same camera--was killed off in The Santa Slayings, which was #7 in the numbering sequence assigned by Tokyopop; this is #15. I wouldn't even have noticed this, however, had they not referred to him several times at "Saki#2." Is this a running gag, or otherwise an indication that the different stories are not actually supposed to take place in any kind of timeline at all?)
Mihara Mitsukazu: Haunted House
(it's like The Wallflower in reverse! I love this author. She's a kick in the pants. I think Sabato actually had a valid complaint--his family really was sabotaging his life by pulling pranks on him--but they were quite right in not taking his girlfriends seriously, since Sabato's only criteria was whether or not the girl would say yes to a date).