MICHELLE: Welcome to the third installment of Let's Get Visual, a monthly column with Manga Bookshelf's MJ in which we flex our artistic muscles! Although it's not our intent to have specific themes for each column, we do like responding to requests! Last month, as suggested by a reader, we devoted our column to action scenes. This month, inspired by a comment from … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: Speechless
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Let’s Get Visual: Annnnnd Action!
MICHELLE: Welcome to the second installment of Let's Get Visual, the monthly column in which MJ (of Manga Bookshelf) and I attempt to improve our admittedly lacking skills in visual analysis! In the comments section of last month's post, it was suggested that we choose selections that would allow us to "examine movement and panel-to-panel storytelling." This notion intrigued … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: Annnnnd Action!
Let’s Get Visual: Warm-Up Exercises
MICHELLE: Welcome to a brand-new Feature here at Soliloquy in Blue: Let's Get Visual! Each month, Manga Bookshelf's MJ and I will select a page or sequence of pages from our recent manga reads that we find intriguing and attempt to develop our visual-critiquing muscles by sharing our thoughts about it. Neither of us is particularly adept at this, but it's our hope that by a … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: Warm-Up Exercises
NANA Project #7!
So very much happens in volumes thirteen and fourteen of NANA that one could easily expend 1000 words on plot synopsis alone. Hachi grows somewhat stronger, Nana sustains some painful blows, several of the fellows aren't on their best behavior, and some peripheral characters grow in importance. In a way, this feels like a new phase in the series, and these two installments … [Read more...] about NANA Project #7!
MMF: That’s a Wrap!
The Paradise Kiss MMF has now come to a close. Thank you again to everyone who participated—each contribution was a pleasure to read, and their quality made my job as host both easy and fun! Tune in next month when we'll be doing something a little bit different with the MMF: a kids' table! Our main course will be Yotsuba&!, but we'll also be feasting upon a variety of … [Read more...] about MMF: That’s a Wrap!