Arata the Legend by Yuu Watase - I've read about 15 volumes of this so far, and plan to keep going. This is the manga Watase was meant to write, imo. Or maybe her past experience has led her to the point of being able to produce a very well-paced manga. ALSO HER WOMEN HAVE HIPS. ALWAYS. IN MANGA. IT'S AMAZING. This series runs in Shounen Manga, but ( Read more... )

--I am still watching The Newsroom, but I am loving the ever-living fuck out of Political Animals.
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The manga Saturn Apartments is about an orphaned window-washer who lives in the future. People have left the Earth and live in a big structural ring surrounding the Earth. Obviously, in order to see the Earth below, the windows must be washed. Usually, only the people who live in the top two classes of society can afford to do so - the window- ( Read more... )

Nightschool, vol. 1 and 2 by Svetlana Chmavoka
Volume 1 was a reread for me. It held up well, and I look forward to reading more of this series.

Her Majesty's Dog, vol. 2 and 3 by Mick Takeuchi
Not as good as volume 1, but still good.

20th Century Boys, vol. 3 and 4 by Naoki Urasawa
I continue to have so much love for this series.

Greenwitch by ( Read more... )

Voting is open for the first round of the Incomprehensible Awards at rachelmanija.

Let's talk Star Wars novels. Does anybody read these? Star Wars novels were my first sci-fi novels, back in elementary school. I remember reading Steve Perry's Shadows of the Empire in 5th grade and being like, OMFG! So then I read A.C. Crispin's Han Solo trilogy, the ( Read more... )