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gideongriddle · 1 year

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fave reads of the past year (2022)

kind of a wild one!!! three books i read because i had to review them in my top nine, nice mix of 2022 releases and older stuff, big wins in my october spooky reading era, and most importantly, i never stopped thinking about melanthe from the second i started reading for my lady's heart.

in the order that i read them:

for my lady's heart by laura kinsale unspeakably grateful to @chelsebooks on tiktok for starting me on my vintage historical romance journey with this beauty. medieval knight/lady with very sexy repression, devotion and revilement intertwined, political shenanigans, and one of the hottest romance heroines of all time

calling for a blanket dance by oscar hokeath one of the most moving depictions of how a community shapes a single person's life that i've ever encountered and how complicated but worthwhile it is to break cycles of violence. every narrator was totally arresting

transgender history: the roots of today's revolution by susan stryker such a smartly organized and profoundly accessible overview of the transgender experience in the u.s. a nice personal reminder of how affirming it feels to read about the queer past!!

last exit by max gladstone gladstone hive never loses. a rip-roaring urban fantasy that so so smartly interrogates the corrosiveness of the american cowboy ideology. made me cry about the possibility of making a better world than the one we live in (complimentary)

the sleeping car porter by suzette mayr fast-paced but richly detailed historical fiction about a queer Black man working on a train in 1929. the most visceral depiction of fatigue and the surreality of sleep deprivation i've ever read

i keep my exoskeletons to myself by marisa crane i need everyone and their mom to read this when it comes out in jan 2023. speculative fiction about queer family and grief and the failure of punitive justice with a striking poetic sensibility. maybe my favorite child character in fiction that i've read recently??? invites deep thought about abolition and what it means to resist the state by loving and protecting others

burnt offerings by robert marasco absolute banger of a horror novel. 99% creeping dread (complimentary), with the kind of 70s pulp prose that i just love. excellent entry in the hungry house genre and a very fun exploration of anxieties around stay-at-home moms feeling stifled by their role

carrie by stephen king hot take but this guy is kind of a good writer!!! i live in a society so i knew the broad strokes of the story but i didn't realize there were epistolatory elements—we love lil experiments in form!!! honestly felt more like a tragedy than a horror novel—there's such a dreadful sense of inevitability throughout, even as you can see glimpses of a world in which carrie could be happy and protected from cruelty and violence

even though i knew the end by c.l. polk honestly???? huge win for gay ppl who were raised catholic, anyone fixated on barbara stanwyck in double indemnity, and those who have a fake good version of the cw's supernatural that lives in their head (me)

i've read 64 books total (just shy of my goal of 69!!!), only 6 of which i had included in my list of 2022 releases i was most excited, so the clown nose stays on for the foreseeable future.

books i am most excited kick off 2023 with:

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin (my irl book club's january pick). zevin's YA novel elsewhere freaked my bean as a teen, and i'm thrilled to finally read the book that literally every outlet has included on their best of 2022 list

the city we became & the world we make by n.k. jemison (got halfway through the first book and purchased the second during my december trip to nyc). handshake meme between this duology and dimension 20's the unsleeping city and the dnd game i'm in rn. it's about places being made of people and what it means to resist commodification!!! very close to home while living in austin in this economy!!!

the stars undying by emery robin (just got from my library hold list). queer space opera adaptation of cleopatra's life???? i'm often skeptical of shakespearian adaptations bc i feel like they often flatten the plays but a friend loved and blurbed this one so curiosity has gotten the better of me. also i am not immune to dyke marc antony

the spear cuts through water by simon jimenez (i need to pick up the copy i ordered from bookwoman today or tomorrow). stories about stories??? on MY tbr??? it's more likely than you think

fingers crossed for 69 books FOR REAL in 2023, a lil more nonfiction, and more restraint re: buying books so i can make more headway on the enormous pile of books by my bed

#book blogging on main #sincerely making this post was one of the most satisfying ways to say goodbye to this year

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reggiemantleholdmyhand-tle · 3 years

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1-10 original character asks

Specific ocs: Pidge, bimmy, Maddox, Winnie

1. Have you ever picked up a habit from developing/writing one of your own characters? And if so, who and what?

I don’t think I have? It’s really the other way around, like each of my OCs have some sort of quirk that I also have.

2. Who was the first OC you made?

Of the four, Maddox!

3. What inspired you to make a certain character?

Pidge: I wanted a love interest for Isaac and I wanted a Phoenix and there she was.

Bimmy: Same deal, but mermaid.

Maddox: I made Mabel first, she was in an original story I was writing, but I placed her in Riverdale and decided she needed a twin and Maddox came to life. I’d been holding onto the name Maddox for years as well and it finally fit.

Winnie: Lou (AKA you) and I decided we were going to make Harry Potter OCs one day and we divvied up love interests and Winnie was Ron’s!

4. How did you find the name for a certain character?

Pidge: I wanted a bird-esque name and also I think Pidge was the name of a Barbie in one of those collector’s books I really liked.

Bimmy: One of the members of Rooster Teeth is named Barbara and she goes by Bimmy and I absolutely love that so I took it for myself. 🤪

Maddox: Maddox was a name I had been saving for years, like I said above. It was originally the name of a female character I was writing with a friend when I was in middle school.

Winnie: I just love the name Winnie but I wanted it to be a nickname so she became Winifred.

5. Do you have any voice claims for your OCs?

All their voices match their face claims!

6. Are there any other preexisting characters that inspired an OC?

Pidge’s backstory (losing her memory every resurrection and keeping notes about everything that happens to her) was inspired by Ayda Aguefort from Dimension 20’s Fantasy High: Sophomore Year!

7. What things in real life make you think of an OC?

Pidge: Fire, beat-up old books, dimly lit paths in the park, fire extinguishers

Bimmy: Sea shells, thunder and lightning, heavy wind, the color blue

Maddox: Empty football fields, pianos, letterman jackets, Seventeen Going Under, blue converse

Winnie: Flour-covered aprons, the smell of apple pies, yellow flowers, tall grass blowing in the wind, quilts

8. Is there a certain song or playlist of songs you have that make you think of an OC/your story for them?

Answered with the theme songs! I also try to make playlists for everything but I don’t keep up with them very well.

9. What is one of your character's theme songs?

Pidge: brutal by Olivia Rodrigo

Bimmy: ocean waves by Alaina Castillo

Maddox: This Was a Home Once by Bad Suns or Seventeen Going Under by Sam Fender

Winnie: Enjoy Your Life by MARINA

10. Do any of your OCs contain any symbolism in themselves/their story?

I am very bad at symbolism so that’s a no, unless I’ve done it unintentionally.

#oc: pidge kennedy #oc: barbara ‘bimmy’ solace #oc: maddox harlow #oc: winifred ‘winnie’ dixon

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purimgifts · 4 years

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Podfic Fandoms on Purimgifts

There is a total of 172 requested podfic fandoms on Purimgifts!

The following fandoms have more than one request:

Babylon 5

Good Omens (TV)

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Moana (2016)

Schitt's Creek (TV)

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Star Wars: Rebels

The Dragon Prince (Cartoon)

The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV)

Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Wonder Woman (2017)

The other 153 fandoms are under the cut:

A Room With a View - E. M. Forster

Agent Carter (TV)

Aladdin - All Media Types

Anathem - Neal Stephenson

Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate

Arthurian Mythology

Avatar: Legend of Korra

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Black Panther (2018)

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Charmed

Chasing Liberty (2004)

Check Please! (Webcomic)

Chronicles of the Kencyrath - P. C. Hodgell

Cracks (2009)

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV)

Critical Role (Web Series) RPF

Crooked Media RPF

CSI: Miami

Damien (TV)

Danielle Cain Series - Margaret Killjoy

Darkest Dungeon (Video Game)

DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV)

Dead Like Me

Deryni Chronicles - Katherine Kurtz

Descendants (2015)

Disney Princesses

Doctor Who

Doctor Who (TV Movie 1996)

Dracula - Bram Stoker

Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey,

Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede

English and Scottish Popular Ballads - Francis James Child

Everwood

Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms

Fake News RPF

Fallout: New Vegas

Falsettos - Lapine/Finn

Farscape

Final Fantasy II

Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XV

Firebringer - Team StarKid

Foundation - Isaac Asimov

Frozen (2013)

Futurama

Game of Thrones (TV)

Gargoyles (TV)

Gilmore Girls

Girl with the Silver Eyes - Willo Davis Roberts

Glee

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Greek and Roman Mythology

Hamilton - Miranda

Hamster Princess Series - Ursula Vernon

Harry's Law

Hellblazer

Hellspark - Janet Kagan

House M.D.

How to Train Your Dragon (Movies)

Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie

In Plain Sight

Iron Man (Movies)

James Bond (Craig movies)

Jewish Legend & Lore

Jewish Scripture & Legend

Keeping the Faith (2000)

Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey

Lady Astronaut of Mars Series - Mary Robinette Kowal

League of Legends

Leverage

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Magids Series - Diana Wynne Jones

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance

Megillat Ester | Book of Esther

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden

Metal Gear

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Ms. Marvel (Comics)

NCIS

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series - Alexander McCall Smith

October Daye Series - Seanan McGuire

Once Upon a Time (TV)

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV)

Orange is the New Black

Original Work

Other Space (TV)

Pacific Rim (2013)

Poltergeist: The Legacy

Power Rangers

Practical Magic (1998)

Princess and the Frog (2009)

Private Practice

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Roswell (TV)

Shadow Unit

Shadowhunters (TV)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)

Slings & Arrows

Smallville

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Star Trek

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate SG-1

Stargate Universe

Steerswoman Series - Rosemary Kirstein

Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Swingtown

Tarot (Divination Cards)

The Addams Family (1991)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984)

The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

The Bright Sessions (Podcast)

The Darwath Series - Barbara Hambly

The Fairyland Series - Catherynne M. Valente

The Fosters (TV 2013)

The Frisco Kid (1979)

The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison

The Good Place (TV)

The Instrumentality of Mankind - Cordwainer Smith

The Last Czars (TV 2019)

The Librarians (TV 2014)

The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Order of the Stick

The Path (Video Game)

The People - Zenna Henderson

The Sandman (Comics)

The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien

The Tensorate Series - J. Y. Yang

The Tudors (TV)

The Wicked Years Series - Gregory Maguire

The Worst Witch (TV 2017)

The X-Files

Thor (Movies)

Twin Peaks

Welcome to Night Vale

White Collar

Witches of East End (TV)

Wolf 359 (Radio)

Zero Escape (Video Games)

ねこあつめ | Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector

תנ"ך | Tanakh

كتاب ألف ليلة وليلة | Kitaab 'alf layla wa-layla | One Thousand and One Nights

魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

#purimgifts #podfic #purimgifts: 2020: promo

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the-master-cylinder · 4 years

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I Eat Cannibals (1980) Ted Nicolaou’s forgotten action comedy. This was to be the “the most ferocious story of revenge ever filmed.”

Leatherbabies (1984) Story unknown at this time.

Alter Ego (1985) Directed by Peter Manoogian (Arena), another early Paul De Meo and Danny Bilson effort that was to star Jeffrey Byron (of Empire’s The Dungeonmaster) as a sci-fi hero pitched halfway between Mandroid and Jack Deth. The film never got beyond initial planning due to lack of interest from international buyers. Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator) and Rob Goethals (Swamp Thing) were also attached as producer & writer at a stage prior to Bilson/De Meo coming on board.

Crimelord (1985) Some kind of crime/cop movie .

Decapitron (1986) Interchangeable technology is a popular theme at Empire. One of the more ambitious films is Decapitron, currently subtitled “The Devastation Creation” and also written by Paul De Meo and Danny Bilson. The Decapitron is a robot with five different heads: a surveillance head, which is an extremely sophisticated information gathering and observation device, an omnitech head, which is an all-purpose utility-super analyzer unit useful for biochemical breakdowns, medical diagnosis and crime detection; a humanoid head, which can simulate the appearance of any human male in his mid-thirties; a war head with advanced firepower, and finally, a doomsday head, the ultimate weapon of last resort.

The film was to be directed by Peter Manoogian, however, following the collapse of Empire Studios in 1989, and no doubt fueled by the cool reception given to Empire’s other ‘big’ picture Robot Jox, the script was finally shelved. Bilson & De Meo then went on to write the screenplay for the Disney’s The Rocketeer in 1991. The character of Decapitron was, however, to re-appear in micro-form as one of the puppets in Jeff Burr’s entry in the Full Moon killer toy franchise Puppet Master 4 and Puppet Master 5.

Paul De Meo acknowledges that “Decapitron” is an outgrowth of Eliminators, which was an intriguing idea. Charles Band wanted to go further with it. While the Mandroid is half man, half machine, the Decapitron is all robot. Unlike the Terminator, he’s the good guy. He has a kid sidekick, and they go into a city which has its own rules there’s been a plague in the city and it is under quarantine. The inhabitants are survivors of a biological disaster.”

Bilson and De Meo believe that a good sense of humor delicately applied can compensate for a less than generous budget. Trancers derives humor from its bizarre situation and future slang. In Eliminators, the Mandroid keeps commenting on how unbelievable and comic-book-like the whole thing is, putting the audience on his side. De Meo is aware that the proper tone for a picture is important. He and Bilson like to add humor but they are making action pictures, not comedies. Also, I may be wrong, but I remember hearing this film would’ve been Charles Band’s most expensive picture ever.

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Why then are you spending $10 million on Decapitron? Charles Band: If one or two pictures out of 25 cost that much and all the rest average $2-3 million, we’re still pretty true to our formula. There are pictures that will cost more only because of what it’ll take to make them. It’s not because we’re putting in a $4 million star or spending a million dollars on a director. Decapitron has huge amounts of special effects, pyrotechnics, pieces of city blocks getting blown up it’s just an expensive movie to make. Sometimes a project comes along that we’re so excited about that we want to do it justice. Many pictures we make are designed to be made on a budget, but we don’t want to short- change the story or the movie itself. You can make, in theory, a brilliant horror film if your location is a house. You don’t need $20 million and a lot of special effects. On From Beyond, for example, we have not only John Buechler, who is our close effects associate involved, but we have three other FX teams, too. There’s a huge amount of special effects half the budget of this expensive picture Is going to effects. But again, if your picture takes place In a house in this case, a very large house it’s limited in many potential costs. But If your picture takes place in the future on some planet, in Los Angeles on city streets, with many effects, it costs money. In the case of Decapitron and one other picture that we’ll be announcing soon, the budgets are up there. But everything else is averaged out at about $3 million.

“I did read the DECAPITRON script. It was pretty good though there was a fundamental flaw in the premise. The central character was supposed to carry 5 or 6 replacement heads capable of different functions. Since, in reality, the heads would be masks worn by an actor, they would have to be larger than normal. The script described him carrying them in something the size of a briefcase when it would really have to be the size of a footlocker. Imagine a character dodging bullets and running through action scenes lugging something that big!” – Kenneth J. Hall (film-maker)

Barbarian Women (1986) Another sword and sorcery film, probably set in the future or another dimension.

Bloodless (1986) Jungle/Ancient horror maybe. Slasher or vampire. Anyone got anything?

Journeys Through The Darkzone (1986) Written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo (Eliminators), I got nothing much on this. The title was used later as a tagline for Trancers 4.

Show No Mercy (1986) Would be action flick directed by Peter Manoogian.

Tomb (1986) Unmade jungle thriller.

Murdercycle (1986) Originally titled BATTLE BIKES, info is unknown on this version, but fans would later see this art and title recycled for a future Full Moon release about soldiers fighting a robotic alien.

Vulcana (1986) Action/fantasy about a warrior woman.

Charles Band & Jack Kirby Unfilmed Projects

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Mindmaster (1986) involves a scientist who is caught in an accident which leaves him debilitated, and must use a thought-controlled robot he invented to stop a crazed fellow scientist.

Doctor Mortalis (1986) is an all-powerful wizard, the leader of a secret sect of sorcerers known as The Dark Order. His faithful sidekick, “Egghead,” is a witty half-human, half computer genius who possesses fantastic special powers.

Legion of Doom This was going to be Charles Band’s superhero team movie. He once stated that films like Mandroid and Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight were efforts to slowly build characters for a team movie. So it’s entirely possible Dark Angel and Doctor Mordrid could have been on the team as well in this movie.

Berserker (1986) Unfilmed A big fan of RE-ANIMATOR, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli wrote BERSERKER, about a bodybuilder who abuses steroids and becomes a mutant.

Bloody Bess (1987) Unfilmed Stuart Gordon planned this adventure movie around the time he was making From Beyond, and also first attempting to raise a decent budget for his pet project The Shadow Over Innsmouth. It was to star Jeffrey Combs, and Barbara Crampton as a female pirate, out to drink rum, steal gold, and generally show the boys a thing or two about buckling swashes. Rumour has it ex-Empire director Renny Harlin (Prison, Die Hard 2) must have liked the idea, since he lifted it for his 1995 box-office bomb Cutthroat Island, which I have never bothered to watch.

Pand Evil (1987) To be produced and directed by Gorman Bechard (Psychos In Love, Cemetery High).

Fiends (1987) Info not known at this time.

PULSEPOUNDERS (1988) Incomplete An unfinished Empire Pictures film directed by Charles Band, and starring Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Jeffrey Combs, Barbra Crampton, and Richard Moll.

Here’s what I’ve heard Charles Band had to say about PulsePounders: “PULSEPOUNDERS is completely shot, it just needs post-production,” says Band. “I still hope to get it out of the mess it’s tangled up in and release it. David Gale is terrific in it, and with him gone now, it’s all the more reason to get it out where people can see him one last time.”

Now here’s what Jeffrey Combs had to say: “Pulsepounders is a real curiosity,” Combs says. “It’s a movie – or a segment of a trilogy – that i did back in the 1980’s while over in Italy. As far as I knew, that movie never got finished. Empire Pictures, Charlie Band’s company at that time, tanked. So that film was in pieces and incomplete, and so far as I’d heard just lost in the wars. Now it’s showing up on the internet as something that’s coming out. I did my segment soon after Re-Animator with Barbara Crampton, the late David Gale and David Warner. Other than the dailies I saw at the time, I never heard or saw anything about it again until information about it suddenly turned up on the internet. So who knws about that. Maybe the next time I talk to Charlie Band, I’ll ask him about it.”

“I was in a segment called ‘The Evil Clergyman‘, based on a Lovecraft story, Combs continues. “They did a short Trancers / Jack Deth story “Trancers: City of Lost Angels” which Helen Hunt was in. And they did one more with Richard Moll, based on another Empire Pictures movie [Dungeonmaster] that had been successful. So it would have been three little odd and hastily connected pieces. They’d all been shot, but they were never able to finish them up.

Zombie Hotel (1989) “Spend a night with the Living Dead.” Subspecies director Ted Nicolaou was set to direct.

Apparatus (1989) A Futuristic thriller that was to have been directed by Larry Cohen (It’s Alive) that apparently concerned “Big Brother'” types controlling the masses through apparatus attached to their bodies. Abandoned also when Empire Pictures folded.

Hotel Dick (1989) Another Empire comedy to be produced by Frank Yablans (Buy & Cell, The Caller).

Bimbo Barbeque (1989) A planned sequel to Assault of the Killer Bimbos, a girls on the run sex comedy that inspired THELMA & LOUISE. It’s mentioned in ASSAULT’s end credits.

Entangled (1989) Would’ve been produced by Irwin Yablans (Halloween).

Floater (1989) Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 & 2) signed on to make a $6 million supernatural thriller, one of Band’s occasional attempts at ‘top-drawer’ quality product. Again, the project was abandoned when Empire ceased. Tobe went on to direct Spontaneous Combustion instead.

Subterraneans (1989) Heard this was to be the first of a trilogy about a culture of small evolved apes that live in the NYC Subway Tunnels.

Empire Films Never Made Undated

Arsenal A no doubt action adventure.

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Cassex Virtual reality sex comedy.

The Colony Apparently about yuppie witches.

Dolls 2 Director of the original Stuart Gordon was, at one point, very interested in directing a sequel. The initial storyline would have followed surviving characters Judy and Ralph back to Boston in which Ralph would have indeed married Judy’s mother and they would all become a family. Until, one day Judy would receive a box sent from England which would contain the toy makers, Gabriel and Hilary, as dolls. Gabriel was played by Guy Rolfe (Andre Toulon in Puppet Master 3, 4, 5, 7) by the way. It’s unknown to me why it was never made.

InHuman Info unknown at this time.

L.A.B.C. Anyone got anything? I suspect this to be a post-apocalyptic film, which were big in the 1980’s.

Parasite II Following the Charles Band/Demi Moore original, the sequel never hit the script stage after Embassy Pictures fell apart. According to the poster below, actor Robert Glaudini was expected to return.

Shadows and Whispers Unknown about this possibly erotic thriller, to be directed by David Schmoeller (Crawlspace).

Space Sluts in the Slammer Possibly part of Charlie’s uncredited erotic Sci-Fi adventures like Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity.

Strange Magic I got nothing other than this poster. “The King of Evil is dead. Long live the Queen.”

-tomboftheunproducedhorrormovie

The History of Empire Films Part Seven – Films Never Made (1980-1989) I Eat Cannibals (1980) Ted Nicolaou's forgotten action comedy. This was to be the "the most ferocious story of revenge ever filmed."

#80sFilms #80sHORROR #BAND

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joanndromeda · 7 years

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Welcome Back

Hello. I had quite the experience last month; three weeks ago, I graduated from university! The final weeks following my graduation day were filled with nothing but relief, anxiety, excitement, and a culmination of uncertainties waiting to be explored. On the day of the ceremony, my friends and family joined me for this important milestone. It was a significant moment for all of us to see me walk up the stage, receive the embroidered casing for my diploma, and get hooded with the final piece to my regalia. First-generation student. First surname of my kind in the family lineage to earn a bachelor’s from a four-year institution. First woman in the family to graduate from university. Woman of color. Magna cum laude graduate. As my friends used to tell my old timid self, “Say it loud and proud.” So yes, this is my greatest achievement thus far. I’ve since then been relaxing while taking time off from job hunting and composing my cover letters. It’s been a restful intermission in my life so far, and I don’t take it for granted.

Initially, I thought I would take this resting period to begin blogging my experiences in college, what I’ve learned thus far since entering young adulthood, what I should or plan to do with my position in larger society, and everything else fueling my existential crisis. I have A LOT to say. My mind is racing with thoughts and I’m excited to break them up and delve into their different dimensions. I, however, recalled a post that one of my beloved internet celebrities posted on his Instagram. He finished writing in his 12th journal. In other words, he finished journaling 12-books worth of his own thoughts that no social media outlet can ever bare witness to. I find that awe-inspiring. When I think about how much people overshare and curate their identity in the cesspool of social media, I become less and less enthuse about others’ integrity. The amount of filters, needless perfection, curation, artificiality, and overexposure we feed into how we want people to perceive us and how we apparently live our day-to-day lives on the media is alarming. Just scratching the surface, it’s an arduous and dishonest interaction we have with ourselves, others, and the rest of the world. Obviously, I don’t want to conflate these people with those who are actually genuine (if being truly genuine is even a thing in the online world) and non-showy on social media.

There is just something about having a sense of liberation and peace of mind that journaling in your own private space provides. I can’t put my finger on it, but how intimate, how raw, how sincere. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t see myself fully quitting blogging. Taking a dual approach, though, I’m considering the possibility of starting up a journal and being fully (but humanly) committed to it. There are just so many things I want to say, and I want to be openly and boldly honest with myself as I go about it. I want to have a physical archive that I can easily access right in the palms of my hands. And perhaps one day, I want to use the journal to express and share my innermost, intimate words with those dearest to me. I don’t have an empty, quality journal at the moment. But I don’t mind starting one of my first entries on here. As long as I know I’m true to myself. So one of the things I’ve learned in this journey we call life is that I am not a one-dimensional, static character following some simple linear path. I am multifaceted. More specifically, it’s surreal to me to learn how many of my hobbies and interests make odd couples or juxtapose each other. And that’s what I love about myself; I love the unusual or atypical combination of hobbies and interests that make me who I am. That’s what makes me multifaceted. So here it is:

I’m Joanne. I am multifaceted. I like doodling, drawing, sketching, and watercolor painting. Watercolor painting is the hardest paint medium I’ve used, but I appreciate the small and certain progress when I see it. l like baking and making sweet treats. I’ve recently made cookies ‘n cream bars and homemade marshmallow matcha cookies. I’m considering dedicating a separate journal to all the cooking and baking recipes I’ve mastered. I like writing poetry. This hobby is new for me and I just finished my first serious poem back in February. I’m obviously not good at it and I sometimes feel discouraged when I jump right into the writing process. About a month or two ago, though, I had the honor of attending a private lunch and poetry reading by an award-winning Southeast Asian-American poet. She was incredibly inspiring, and she definitely boosted my poetry game as a Southeast Asian-American myself. In my future journal, I plan to incorporate my own poems. I like using psychological and sociological concepts to help inform my everyday life, politics, and just larger society. And I just like discussing them in fruitful conversations. Although it’s pretty difficult for me to get a jumpstart in reading a psychological or sociological academic journal, once I get started, I become pretty engrossed in the author’s argument, theories, and findings. I archive some summaries of journals in a separate file folder because I think they’re that valuable and fascinating. I like feminism. I hold strong feminist beliefs but I don’t slap myself with the title. Feminist has become such a buzzword. I think holding that title should only be honored to those who are active in the sociopolitical climate, who speak up against misogyny and patriarchy on a regular basis, and who make strides in restructuring the system that produces and maintains institutional inequality. Calling yourself a feminist because you simply “believe in gender equality” just to then go right on about your merry day? Lazy. I like listening to underground and alternative hip hop. A few of my favorite groups that I’ve been listening to since middle school include Hieroglyphics, A Tribe Called Quest, and Pharcyde. Just a few years back, I read a few books about the origin of hip hop and its prominent role in Black youth’s sociopolitical commentary, political activism, and Afrocentrism. Since then, my appreciation for (non-)mainstream hip hop has grown. But don’t get me wrong; I think mainstream artists like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are spitting great, woke material. I also recommend giving T.I.’s “Warzone” song a good listen. Along with hip hop, I like listening to Japanese hip hop instrumental beats. Old favorites include Nujabes, DJ Okawari, and I can’t forget my beloved, TOKiMONSTA, who is Korean American. Low-key artists that I like listening to when I want some simple, feel-good electric beats are COR!S, AZUpubschool, and their musical collaboration, KiWi. I like photography. Although I’m still a novice, I finished a social documentary class project last month on the communal and environmental degradation of my city’s parks. Artist proposal and statement, window matted photographs cut and framed by hand, the whole shebang. Social documentary photography is one of my favorite types of photography; I just really appreciate the impact of different social commentaries. Honorable shoutout to Barbara Kruger for revitalizing the conceptual art scene and calling out capitalism, consumerism, and racial and gender stereotypes in her work. I like anything that is deemed cute. Extra brownie points if it’s also something I can use. I own a cat pencil pouch that I had used during my final year in school, I sleep in a pink blanket that is printed with ponies, and I just have a large Darth Vader Tsum Tsum sitting on my bed. Speaking of Darth, I like Star Wars and any action-packed story with a good plot. As a kid, I actually used to be pretty well-versed about the Marvel and DC world. Boys at school used to test my knowledge and were always surprised at how much I knew. I drastically strayed away from comic book movies and shows over the years, though. I like anime. The anime world has serious problems, though (e.g., pedophilia, hypersexualization of young female characters, etc.), and I fully acknowledge that. Otherwise, I’d like to say I don’t have a preference but I know I gravitate towards shonen and seinen anime. Any show or manga that incorporates some combination of comedy, dark fantasy, science fiction, action, relationships, mystery, and politics makes for a promising watch. Light-hearted, easy-to-watch shows like Shirokuma Cafe are hard to pass up, though.

I have some other hobbies and interests that I could talk about, but I think this thorough and exhausting entry does solid justice. I’m Joanne. I am multifaceted.

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Creating a Space: An Interview with Mechella Yezernitskaya / Infinite Spaces

When presented with the opportunity to curate a summer exhibition highlighting PAFA’s extensive permanent collection, Mechella Yezernitskaya (PhD candidate, Bryn Mawr College) and her co-curators Natalia Angeles Vieyra (PhD candidate, Temple University) and Laurel McLaughlin (PhD student Bryn Mawr College) chose a theme, Infinite Spaces, almost as wide reaching as the collection it sought to display.

Yezernitskaya with Georgia O’Keeffe’s Red Canna, 1923

Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Canna, 1923, Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 7/8 in., The Vivian O. and Meyer P. Potamkin Collection, Bequest of Vivian O. Potamkin, 2003.1.8, © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | http://www.arsny.com

Though she has contributed to all aspects of the exhibition, Yezernitskaya’s influence has been most strongly felt in the modern portions of the show. A delicate process, she was most interested in creating a dialogue between the historical and contemporary works bracketing painting, sculpture, and works on paper from the modern era.

“In ‘Urban Zones,’ the historical works show how artists employed classical perspective to reveal varied vantage points of city life,” Yezernitskaya notes. “At the turn of the century, modern artists became fascinated by the lines, grids, and geometry of soaring skyscrapers and industrial centers as well as the frenzy and fragmentation of urban life.”

She continues, “Finally, in a curious turn, contemporary artists are revitalizing traditional artistic techniques such as the camera obscura and panoramic devices to simultaneously expand and compress the space of the city. Together, the cross-temporal pairings allow viewers to see how artists have responded to urban space throughout the centuries, and to pick up on common themes and motifs that have endured through time.”

These themes, weaving their way throughout the historical, modern, and contemporary periods of American art history, give Infinite Spaces a powerful synthesis that shows the universality of humanity’s desire to understand its lived environment across time, place, style, and media. Artists have used the same basic tools of observation and detailed study for centuries and from around the world to reflect space as comprehensively as possible.

This is particularly visible in “Environmental Expanses,” which will be on display in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building’s Maguire Gallery. Works by Peter Blume, Thomas Chimes, and Edwin Walter Dickinson present the viewer with both the array of different artistic approaches to landscape, as well as the common goals of these modern painters.

Edwin Walter Dickinson, Sky Over Ollioules, 1938, Oil on canvas, 18 x 28 in., Bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II, 2016.21.1

“Dream-like imagery, fantasy, religion, and even diaristic recordings of the natural world,” link these artists together, describes Yezernitskaya. “We are hoping that viewers make connections across the works to encompass expansive notions of the environment.”

With several large scale components of Infinite Spaces being highlighted in a number of long term gallery exhibitions across PAFA’s museum campus, one of Yezernitskaya’s foremost challenges was oddly enough the incorporation of the space of PAFA itself.

“We had to think deeply about space beyond the five thematic sections of the exhibition,” she explains. “PAFA’s goal is to unite the Historic Landmark and the Samuel M.V. Hamilton buildings that are connected by the outdoor Lenfest Plaza...Viewers are bound to encounter Infinite Spaces ad infinitum.”

The attention paid to the actual perception of space in a show centered around the diverse approaches to the concept, give the audience an experience in which they undergo the same basic processes as the artists whose work populates the gallery walls.

Anne Ryan, Abstract Drawing #1, c. 1950, Drawing on paper (hand-made), 13 x 16 1/2 in., Gift of Ofelia Garcia, 2017.56.14, © Anne Ryan

New acquisitions, are certainly a focal point for Yezernitskaya, as two works have particularly excited her in the curatorial process: Abstract Drawing #1 by Anne Ryan, acquired in 2017, and a lithograph titled Ninth Stone by Lee Bontecou, acquired in 2015.

Lee Bontecou, Ninth Stone, 1968, Lithograph, ed. 20/34, 19 1/2 x 24 9/16 in., Gift of the Fishman/MacElderry Collection, 2015.41.2

“Both of these works are not what most viewers would immediately expect of the two artists,” suggests Yezernitskaya. While Ryan and Bontecou typically utilize found materials for their sculpture, these acquisitions relay how the artists interpret space in two-dimensions. When paired with Loren MacIver’s 1949 Oil Slick in ‘Fantastical Universes’ they conjure otherworldly, whimsical, and enigmatic spaces.”

Loren MacIver’s, Oil Slick, 1949, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., Gift of The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Foundation, 2003.16

“Inevitably,” Yezernitskaya proposes, “these and other pairings throughout the exhibition create many narratives that interrogate various aspects of space—from how these three artists imagined space using abstract formal devices to how they forged their own space in the Abstract Expressionist movement.”

Like her fellow curators Vieyra and McLaughlin, Yezernitskaya is supremely focused on portraying PAFA as an institution eager to celebrate inquisitive and innovative artists, as well as the breadth of the American experience.

“The early twentieth century was a time of great change, chaos, and catastrophe, which for many artists and their families meant seeking a home, refuge, and opportunity elsewhere,” concludes Yezernitskaya, hinting at a link to contemporary immigration debates. “I was struck by this observation and contemplated the identities of these artists as émigrés and exiles living in diaspora who ultimately shaped the canon of American art.”

In particular, Yezernitskaya found that a number of artists such as Louise Nevelson, Louis Lozowick, Peter Blume, and Pavel Tchelitchew all emigrated from the Russian Empire, adding another dimension to her own doctoral research on early twentieth-century art with a focus on the visual culture of Russian and Soviet avant-gardes.

“Within each of the works represented in Infinite Spaces, there are endless stories of artists traversing space—physically, emotionally, psychologicaly, and imaginatively—and, ultimately, creating space for themselves in the world.”

-Liam Bailey

Liam Bailey is a recent graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he majored in Art History. He is currently an Exhibitions Intern at PAFA, assisting Curator of Contemporary Art Jodi Throckmorton with the exhibition Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World, Curators Laurel McLaughlin and Mechella Yezernitskaya with SWARM., and Curators Natalia Vieyra, McLaughlin, and Yezernitskaya with Infinite Spaces: Rediscovering PAFA’s Permanent Collection. Before arriving at PAFA, Liam co-curated Jane Gottlieb Photographs France with Professor Bruce Robertson, an exhibition at the Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He plans to apply to graduate schools for Art History in the fall.

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Monthly Manga Review Index: August 2017

August was a month of transitions: here at Manga Bookshelf, our long-time colleague and friend Ash Brown announced that he would be retiring his blog at the end of 2017. Though Ash’s reasons for stepping back are understandable, I selfishly wish he’d continue Experiments in Manga. As his recent reviews of My Brother’s Husband and A Small Charred Face attest, he’s a perceptive, elegant writer with a unique voice, and a unique point of view. Here’s hoping that he finds his way back to blogging again!

Further afield, Joe McCulloch just posted his final “This Week in Comics” round-up at The Comics Journal — sad news for anyone who cares about good comics criticism. Joe was always erudite and funny, peppering his writing with memorable turns of phrase and incisive comments. Even when TCJ didn’t have much manga content, Joe tirelessly dug into his own private vault to write about oddities — how’s pachinko manga grab you? — classics — hi, Golgo 13 — and titles that cry out for an English language edition. I can’t imagine who TCJ will enlist for “This Week in Comics,” but that person has a big pair of shoes to fill.

My August yielded a modest crop of reviews: I Hear the Sunspot and She and Her Cat, two coming-of-age dramas about twenty-somethings teetering on the brink of adulthood; Melody of Iron, the latest Tezuka title to be Kickstarted to press; and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, a good-natured comedy about a salaryman who gets a second chance at life as a slime monster. I have a number of reviews in progress for September, including MB favorites Queen Emeraldas, Otherworld Barbara, After Hours, and My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, as well Jiro Taniguchi’s most recent books Venice and Furari. I’m also in the process of gathering my thoughts on Hergé a Québec, an exhibition I saw at the Musée de la civilisation in Québec City last week. Stay tuned!

REVIEW OF THE MONTH

Stop the presses–The New York Review of Books deigned to publish a manga review! The title in question is Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which was released earlier this year by Kodansha Comics. Ryan Holmberg’s assessment of Ichi-F is markedly different in tone than most early reviews, which praised Kazuko Tatsuya’s meticulously detailed drawings, and his emphasis on the day-to-day routines of Fukushima workers. In particular, Holmberg takes issue with the fact that the author used a pseudonym, making it difficult to fully assess his political (or economic) motivation for writing Ichi-F:

We know, through press reports, that Tatsuta was in his late forties when he drew Ichi-F, so one assumes a fairly extensive resume of past comics work; what would that oeuvre reveal about his politics and associations if we knew his real name and could look it up? Alas, all we are really shown about Tatsuta is that he earnestly believes in what he sees with his own eyes, in the merits of hard work, and in the good intentions and dedication of his workmates and their employers. And he seems to be adverse to any of the personal or political reflection that transforms a report or recollection into a worthwhile memoir, or for that matter into a persuasive work of journalism.

At the same time, however, Holmberg argues that Ichi-F provides a measured counterpoint to “the superficial, fear-mongering nonsense that infects so much post-Fukushima reporting and art, both inside and outside Japan,” by showing what the clean-up entails, effectively “mak[ing] the threat visible and knowable and, if not controllable, then at least navigable.” Holmberg’s analysis is further bolstered by a thoughtful primer on nuclear politics in Japan, providing some badly needed context for understanding where Ichi-F fits into that discussion.

FROM THE TOP: DEBUTS AND FIRST VOLUMES

Appleseed Alpha, Vol. 1 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Beyblade Burst (Teh Ooi Sherene, Star2)

Cosplay Animal, Vol. 1 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)*

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Vols. 1-2 (Sarah, Anime UK News)

Don’t Be Cruel: Plus+ (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 1 (Tyler Goulet, All-Comic)

Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 1 (Thomas Maluck, No Flying No Tights)

Girl’s Last Tour, Vol. 1 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

Haikyu!!, Vol. 1 (Julie, Manga Maniac Cafe)

Haikyu!!, Vol. 1 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 1 (Matthew Alexander, The Fandom Post)

Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler, Vol. 1 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

Love & Lies, Vol. 1 (Jordan Richards, AiPT!)

Love & Lies, Vol. 1 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

Love’s Reach, Vol. 1 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)*

Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga (Anne Ishii, The Comics Journal)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY, Vol. 1 (Ben Leary, The Fandom Post)

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers, Vol. 1 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

My Brother’s Husband, Vol. 1 (Ash Brown, Experiments in Manga)

My Girlfriend Is a T-Rex, Vols. 1-2 (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (Katie Skelly, The Comics Journal)

Otherworld Barbara, Vols. 1-2 (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)

Please Tell Me! Galko-Chan, Vol. 1 (Al Sparrow, Comic Spectrum)

Plum Crazy! Tales of a Tiger-Striped Cat, Vol. 1 (J. Caleb Mozzocco, Good Comics for Kids)

Plum Crazy! Tales of a Tiger-Striped Cat, Vol. 1 (Helen, The OASG)

Sekirei, Vol. 1 (Matthew Alexander, The Fandom Post)

She and Her Cat (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Spirits & Cat Ears, Vol. 1 (Matt Morrison, No Flying No Tights)

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 1 (David Brooke, AiPT!)

Vampire Knights Memories, Vol. 1 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Waiting for Spring, Vol. 1 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

ONGOING SERIES

7th Garden, Vol. 5 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Vol. 7 (Nick Creamer, Anime News Network)

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 3 (Gabe Peralta, The Fandom Post)

Attack on Titan, Vol. 22 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Behind the Scenes!!, Vol. 4 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Bleach, Vol. 70 (Cold Cobra, Anime UK News)

Bloody Mary, Vol. 7 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Bloom Into You, Vol. 2 (Helen, The OASG)

Complex Age, Vol. 5 (Helen, The OASG)

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 2 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 9 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Vol. 8 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Dimension W, Vol. 7 (Josh Piedra, The Outerhaven)

Erased, Vol. 2 (Helen, The OASG)

Erased, Vol. 3 (Eric Cline, AiPT!)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 19 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Food Wars!! Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 19 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

Girls’ Last Tour, Vol. 2 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

Girls’ Last Tour, Vol. 2 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 6 (Keith Hendricks, NerdSpan)

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 7 (Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network)

Haikyu!!, Vol. 12 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Hunter x Hunter (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Vol. 4 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 25 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World, Vol. 2 (Matt Morrison, No Flying No Tights)

Log Horizon: The West Wing Brigade, Vol. 5 (Helen, The OASG)

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Vol. 4 (Aaron, Manga Energy)

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun, Vols. 7-8 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 9 (Nick Creamer, Anime News Network)

My Love Story!!, Vols. 12-13 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

My Neighbor Seki, Vol. 9 (Matthew Warner, The Fandom Post)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (Jordan Ramee, Gamer Professionals)

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (Kenyth Mogan, Huffington Post)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 2 (Jordan Richards, AiPT!)

No Game No Life, Vol. 6 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys’ Fault That I’m Not Popular, Vol. 10 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

One Piece, Vols. 27-28 (SKJAM, SKJAM! Reviews)

One Piece, Vols. 49-51 (Renay Williams, B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog)

One Piece, Vol. 83 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

One-Punch Man, Vol. 11 (Elizabeth Lotto, The Outerhaven)

Otherworld Barbara, Vol. 2 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Platinum End, Vol. 3 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Real Account, Vol. 3 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Queen Emeraldas, Vol. 2 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

School-Live!, Vol. 7 (Gabe Peralta, The Fandom Post)

Sherlock: The Great Game, No. 1 (Todd Young, AiPT!)

Skip-Beat!, Vol. 39 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

Sweetness & Lightning, Vol. 3 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Ten Count, Vol. 4 (Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading)

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 12 (Elizabeth Lotto, The Outerhaven)

Twinkle Stars, Vol. 3 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Umineko, Vol. 10 (Kate O’Neil, The Fandom Post)

Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 8 (Matt Morrison, No Flying No Tights)

Until Death Do Us Part, Vol. 9 (Matt Morrison, No Flying No Tights)

Welcome to the Ballroom, Vol. 5 (Jordan Richards, AiPT!)

What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Vol. 12 (Terry Hong, Book Dragon)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 7 (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 7 (Leroy Douresseaux, Comic Book Bin)

Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 7 (Anna N., The Manga Report)

FROM THE VAULT

3 x 3 Eyes (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

The Drops of God, Vol. 1 (A Library Girl, A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)

Hell Girl, Vol. 1 (Greg Hackman, The Fandom Post)

Hell Girl, Vol. 2 (Chris Beveridge, The Fandom Post)

Minima!, Vol. 1 (Sakura Eries, The Fandom Post)

Moyashimon, Vol. 2 (Matthew Alexander, The Fandom Post)

My Heavenly Hockey Club, Vol. 3 (Matthew Alexander, The Fandom Post)

Tower of the Future (Megan R., The Manga Test Drive)

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Faith Orcino, Anime Ushi)

* Denotes a digital-only release

By: Katherine Dacey

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