Hoshigaki

July 28, 2008 6:18 pm @Brandon2- Since you have to be worth to pick up Mjolnir, I would imagine that in this post apocaliptic version of the Marvel Universe there would not be anyone worthy enough.  I also realize that this post makes me a super nerd and a tool.

July 18, 2008 2:30 pm

Spectacular.  Eckhart was fantastic as Harvey.  I really don't have the words for how good this movie is.  Nolan was able to take the tone of a Batman comic, throw it up on to the screen, and make it not feel hokey more so than any comic book movie before it, including Batman Begins.  This movie is a testment on how to adapt a comic property to a movie.  Also if you are going to see this, see it on the IMAX.  It is unbelievable on the IMAX.

July 16, 2008 7:18 pm @nroa-  Thanks.  The art was truly poop.

July 16, 2008 5:10 pm Was the Darwin in this book the same as the one in the arc of uncanny xmen the rise and fall of the shiar empire?  I thought that darwin was older than what he was depicted here.

June 24, 2008 10:34 pm I forgot to say that the first volume of Gantz comes out this week and that might be fun for you to read.  It's about a boy who is dies and is given a second chance to live if he participate in a game of life and death with others who were saved from their deaths.  Did I mention that it involves aliens and a man inside a sphere.  This manga is ultra violent and reminds me of a mix of a David Lynch film and the Running Man movie.

June 24, 2008 7:23 pm

@Dan-  Damn it!!  I forgot to mention Battle Royale even though I own the entire series.

I would also like to suggest Masion Ikkoku.  It's a romantic comedy about a widow who manages a apartment building with excetric tennats.  It can be funny while still being heartwarming.  I just want to get out some of the different types of manga series that are out there to sample.

June 24, 2008 4:26 pm

It's going to be hard to find manga that is released in the U.S. that is less than 8or 9 volumes, however I got a few to recommend that I read or that I know that are good.  I will not restate what was said before, but Genshiken, Bleach and Monster are all win.

Deathnote- Do not let it's popularity with the general masses full you, this series is great.  It is about a high school boy who finds the deathnote of a Shinagami or death god.  With this deathnote, a person can write someone's name in it and that person will die.  This boy, Light Yagami, uses this book to try to clean up the world my murdering undesireables.  The only person in his way is a super genius detective only know by the name L.  If you like the idea of reading a book about the battle of wits between two people, read this.  All twelve volumes are out now.

 Nana-  This is shojo which is for young girls,however I do like it.  This goes out to Ron so listen up.  It is like Beverly Hills 90210 with punk music as it's soundtrack.  It can be sappy and some of the characters are annoying, however Nana O. is one of my favorite manga characters ever.  This is about two girls named Nana who become friends.  There are 9 volumes out.O

M.P.D. Psycho- This is about a person with mulitiple personality disorder who solves crimes with cospiracy theories about various serial killers in the book and how they are connected.  It makes the violence in Kick-Ass seem tame.  There are 4 volumes out.

Ode to Kirihito- This book is by the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka.   It is about a doctor who is know for curing illnesse that finds a rare illiness in the mountains of Japan that turns people into dog-like creatures and then it kills them.  This is one volume, but it is over 800 pages.  Almost everything by Tezuka is good so I would also suggest Metropolis and Phoenix.

Lady Snowblood-  This manga is by Kazuo Koike who also wrote Lone Wolf and Cub.  If you liked Lone Wolf and Cub you will like this.  It is about a woman on a quest for revenge over the deaths of her family.  There should be 2 volumes out.

Gon- This is about a small dinosaur named Gon.  He has adventures through prehistoric time and they are quite funny.  The interesting thing about this book is that there are no words.  The entire story is told visual.  There are 4 volumes out.

Welcome to the N.H.K.-  This monga is 8 volumes long and 7 are out.  It is about a Hikamori or shut-in who spends all of his money and time playing hentai games, reading manga, and being a loser.  This hikamori meets a girl who wants to pull him out of his funk, but he is having a hard time doing that.  It is really funny but pretty dark in it's portrait of a otaku on the edge.

I have more like Naruto, Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, Dominion Tank Police, and others but I'm spent.

June 17, 2008 9:44 pm @Lady Tartan- The last issue is 82.

June 15, 2008 4:45 pm @Clinton Barry- I did not hear them mention the current JSA in the podcast.  Black Adam just showed up in the last issue.

June 7, 2008 2:28 pm It was awesome to see Stan answer the question I had and I can not thank Ifanboy enough for the chance to ask a question to Stan Lee.