Nick has worked with comics for the last 15 years. From garbage disposal, to filing, to grading, he has become a disgruntled, weathered comic fan. A firm believer that comics are meant to be fun and be printed on paper, Nick seeks wacky, bizarre, and head-scratcher comics from every era. Introduced to Ranma ½ at a young age, his love for manga continues to grow, fueling his desire to learn Japanese and effectively avoiding the wait between publication and translation. His love for classic comics originated from a battle between Batroc the Leaper and Captain America, and he’s never turned back. Preferring “reader copies” over pristine comics, he yearns for comics to return to the fun days of the Silver Age buying up anything his bank account can sustain.
An inescapable side effect of reading shojo manga is a glowing, warm feeling, something My Love Story excels at producing. This warm feeling typically stems…
Reading comics teaches us an amazing amount of skill when interpreting a story. They teach us to think logically, translating still pictures into active motion;…
Bizarre manga is a wonderful thing. Typically it deviates from standard tropes and themes for the benefit of off the wall storytelling, and brain melting…
Within the list of legendary and beyond influential manga artists, Kazuo Umezu ranks in the Renaissance man section. His catalogue of work ranges through countless…
Recently, Moyoco Anno’s manga have come into my radar in a big way, both through Sakuran and Insufficient Direction (available from Vertical). While perusing the…