Archive for the Manga Category


10 years ago, Americans wouldn’t have understood this

Published May 27th, 2008

(HT: Candace Fitzpatrick and GoComics)

Stars and Stripes (and Stanford)

Published May 17th, 2008

More evidence that comic books, er, graphic novels are going mainstream.
Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper, reports that in preparation for the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, the U.S. Navy is  distributing 30,000 copies of its own manga.  Titled CVN-73, the book tells the story of third-class petty officer Jack Ohara, […]