January went out like a sheep but February is coming in like a lion. An extra-long list of titles deserves an extra-long installment of On The Shelf, so let’s get started on my look at some of the over two dozen books out this week! …Read more »
This week’s manga selection is a little sparse, so the first item on our list may seem a bit out of place but bear with me, your potential confusion shall be rewarded! Any Legend of Zelda fan will want to make sure they have this …Read more »
Yen Press dominates this week with five of the six new volumes of manga. There are no new series among them but plenty of continuations for eager collectors to enjoy. First up is Black Butler (Vol.12). While this series has always played amidst the supernatural …Read more »
Ahhh – the snow! The snow! Okay, so a couple inches of snow isn’t really that much around here but this was still the first week that I had to get my tough grip boots on to get to the comic store. But how could …Read more »
It’s week two of 2013’s new manga! And don’t worry, the novelty of me pointing out the new year and the manga it offers will not last much longer – only 356 days until 2014 after all. Dark Horse is releasing the second volume of …Read more »
Happy New Year! There were no new manga releases last week because of the holidays, but most manga publishers stepped up to be the first to release new books into the wild unknowns of 2013. Digital Manga dropped a boys’ love bombshell when they …Read more »
It’s beginning to look a lot like… winter! We got our first real snow of the year here in my home city so finally it’s starting to feel more like the holidays. Not a moment too soon either, as this is the last week for …Read more »
If there's one thing you can count on where I live is that you can never count on the weather to make sense. Today we were treated to a huge warm and wet rainstorm while surrounding areas are digging themselves out from the more seasonal …Read more »
Happy December! Hard to believe it but here it is, the last month of 2012. What wonders await us in these final four weeks? Whatever they are, and whatever snow you may need to shovel through to reach them, week one is off to a …Read more »
This last week of November doesn't have quite the same kick that the previous three weeks have had – and wow, what a three weeks those were! - but Dark Horse, Kodansha, Vertical and Yen Press all step up to deliver a few more treats …Read more »
Dark Horse starts off the third hefty week of manga releases this month with a new edition of Trigun Maximum . They're releasing this sequel series in 3-in-1 omnibus format, offering over 500 pages of bounty hunters and donuts per volume for only about twenty …Read more »
Last week was the start of November's avalanche of manga and this week takes no breather with just short of another two dozen brand new books! This time almost all the big manga players come to deliver with continuations, conclusions and new titles from Dark …Read more »
Remember last week when I said we'd be seeing some bigger release numbers when November hit? Well it's November now so prepare for the goodies! Over two dozen new volumes of manga are out this week... or is it actually closer to fifty?! Read on …Read more »
Happy (belated) Halloween! Another perfect night for reading manga, whether you're passing the time between trick-or-treaters at your door, trying to scare your own pants off or simply wind down from a great big sugar rush after you get home. Unfortunately there isn't a lot …Read more »
It's Dark Horse in alphabetical lead to start us off with two new volumes this chilly Wednesday—Bride of the Water God (Vol.12) and Gantz (Vol.25). This volume of Bride of the Water God offers a fairytale tease as we see Habaek and Soah come so …Read more »
Lissa Pattillo
