MICHELLE: It's been a while, but Let's Get Visual has awoken from its hibernation in time to celebrate the Takehiko Inoue Manga Moveable Feast. Joining me for this occasion is special guest host Anna Neatrour, who is also co-hosting the MMF with me! Welcome, Anna! ANNA: Thank you! I am excited to join in on a Let's Get Visual post for Takehiko Inoue, because I think he is … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: Takehiko Inoue
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Let’s Get Visual: The Jibblies
MICHELLE: So, in our last installment of Let's Get Visual we celebrated the pretty, so it seems only fitting that this time we devote our attentions to images that make us shudder with a feeling I like to call "the jibblies." Just like beauty, creepy is a subjective thing, so we've each chosen a variety of images that get our personal hackles rising. MJ, you want to go … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Visual: The Jibblies
Uzumaki, Vols. 1-3
By Junji Ito | Published by VIZ Media As with Ito’s two-volume work, Gyo, the best word to describe Uzumaki—despite a back cover blurb promising “terror in the tradition of The Ring”—is “weird.” High school student Kirie Goshima lives in Kurôzu-Cho, a small coastal town nestled between the sea and a line of hills. She narrates each chapter in an effort to share the … [Read more...] about Uzumaki, Vols. 1-3
Bokurano: Ours 1-2 by Mohiro Kitoh: B
Fifteen kids—most of them, except for one boy’s kid sister, in 7th grade—are taking part in a summer program called “Seaside Friendship and Nature School.” Chafing at the instruction to go out and observe nature, the kids decide to explore a nearby cave, where they inexplicably discover a computer lab and a strange guy who calls himself Kokopelli. Kokopelli tells the kids … [Read more...] about Bokurano: Ours 1-2 by Mohiro Kitoh: B
Gyo 1-2 by Junji Ito: B+
Walking fish aren't the usual sort of monsters one associates with Halloween, but their invasion makes for creepy reading nonetheless! Tadashi and his high-maintenance girlfriend, Kaori, are vacationing in Okinawa when Kaori begins complaining of putrid smells. Soon after, a chase ensues between Tadashi and a barely glimpsed, fast-moving creature, culminating with the … [Read more...] about Gyo 1-2 by Junji Ito: B+