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June 17, 2013 11:15 am Chiaki Kuriyama! (aka Gogo from Kill Bill and one of the girls from Battle Royale)

October 22, 2012 6:08 pm Fantastic article! This perfectly captures my reaction against this kind of thinking. In regards to the motivations behind the "fake-nerd," it's always seemed to me a problem with the word "nerd" itself. It's too big, no one knows what it means. So when someone calls themselves a "nerd" no one can correct them because the word is not defines.

August 16, 2012 10:49 pm Reading these comments, I'm really interested in what American comics will look like in 10 years. Despite it's cultural strangeness, manga is actually very accessible because most series (excluding things like One Piece which go on forever) it is possible to start at the very beginning and read to the end, in comparison to mainstream super hero title ala Spiderman. A lot of manga that makes it over here is targeted at children (ex. Pokemon), and manga has a sizable YA selection (Fruits Basket) so kids grow up with it. It's influence is inescapable and it inspires a lot of people to draw their own comics. I know I and a lot of people I know started on manga and than later (highschool/college) found American comics. I think Scott Pilgrim is a really good indicator of how Japanese comics are going to influence future western works and I couldn't be more excited and curious.

August 16, 2012 1:47 pm The problem with manga in America is that the stuff that gets the most attention is of one or two genres, some of it not very good. But there really is something for everyone. One of the great things about the Japanese comic market is that unlike America, where comics aren't really mainstream, manga is read by all sorts and therefore made for all sorts: young girls, young boys, business men, history buffs, foodies, women, etc. If you want a diverse list of some great manga that aren't as well known I would check out Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga reviews (Jason Thompson is the author of Manga: The Complete Guide) LINK --> http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/ @Merlin1963: if you enjoy realistically drawn and deep characters I would try out anything by Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto). Personally I think he's one of the best people working in comics in general. Monster is the first work of his I read and is like The Fugitive + Physiological Crime Story set against the backdrop of post-Berlin wall Europe.

June 1, 2012 8:38 pm This has nothing to do with covers, I just wanted to voice my appreciation of the Once More With Feeling quote at the top of the page.

April 12, 2012 5:10 pm I do what I want, Namor! http://gingerhaze.tumblr.com/post/20726695300/beckycloonan-gpoy