The following discussion contains spoilers. MICHELLE: For this month's CLAMP Manga Moveable Feast, special guest Karen Peck and I decided to weigh in on couple of the quartet's shorter works, namely Suki (complete in three volumes) and Legal Drug (unfinished in three volumes, but newly relaunched in Japan under the name Drug & Drop). I'd heard these series were related … [Read more...] about Chatting About CLAMP
Let’s Get Visual: A Tale of Two Series
MICHELLE: You didn't think we were going to let a CLAMP MMF go by without devoting a special Let's Get Visual column to it, did you? (Insert a Hokuto Sumeragi "ho ho ho" laugh here.) It's an absolute must for a group like CLAMP, whose output is so diverse, not merely in the realms of story and demographic, but also artistically speaking. In fact, I had a pretty tough time … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: A Tale of Two Series
Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
From the back cover: Rewind to junior year in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, to a winter break no one has ever heard about. Fat snowflakes fall onto manicured lawns, quilted stockings hang over marble fireplaces, and everyone is at peace, especially Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer. Now that Alison's murderer is in jail and A is dead, they can finally relax. Little do they know … [Read more...] about Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundaup: Part Four
It's the fourth quarter, and your co-hosts have banded together to take you through the final stretch! Anna joins me for a special Let's Get Visual column dedicated to Inoue's artwork, where we discuss pages from Real and Vagabond. And speaking of Vagabond, we both weigh in on the series, with Anna tackling the two most recent VIZBIG editions to be released (nine and ten) … [Read more...] about Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundaup: Part Four
Vagabond, Vols. 1-3
By Takehiko Inoue | Published by VIZ Media (first VIZBIG edition) One of my goals for this Manga Moveable Feast was to finally read some of Vagabond. I've been collecting the VIZBIG editions since they started coming out, which means there were ten of these on my shelf (with their spines forming a group portrait) unread. Now that I finally have read some of Vagabond, I've … [Read more...] about Vagabond, Vols. 1-3