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Posted 03-20-2011 at 11:14 AM by populuxe
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Classic Comic Strips

Posted 02-22-2011 at 04:59 AM by populuxe
Updated 02-28-2011 at 04:13 AM by populuxe

I've always enjoyed comic strips. I would read Peanuts every day, as well as Blondie, Andy Capp, Modesty Blaise and a host of others. I'm pretty sure it's a big reason I'm such a big manga fan today.

Lately, I've been buying hardcover reprints of classic comic strips. This stuff is magnificent. I'm surprised by how much fun they are.

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The Complete Peanuts Vol. 1: 1950-1952
This is the classic stuff. It's...

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Miyabi Fujieda's Yuri-verse

Posted 02-11-2011 at 02:09 AM by populuxe
Updated 02-11-2011 at 03:13 AM by populuxe

It was about a year and a half ago that I learned about Iono-sama Fanatics by Miyabi Fujieda. It's the story of Iono, the queen of a small country who loves women and travels the world to charm and cajole them into working for her. It's full of wonderful characters, humor, yuri romance, and even a bit of action. I immediately became a fan of Fujieda's work and have bought all his tankoubans. With the exception of the non-yuri Twinkle...

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Occasional Anime and Manga Chatter

Posted 02-05-2011 at 06:25 PM by populuxe
Updated 02-05-2011 at 06:36 PM by populuxe

I used to do something like this. Just a simple thread for talking about the shows I've watched or books I've read. Things that are too bloggy for the forum, but not in-depth enough for their own blog posts.

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A Parable For People Who Won't Buy a Title Unless It's Fully Released First

Posted 01-12-2011 at 11:48 PM by populuxe
Updated 01-13-2011 at 07:48 AM by populuxe

Back around 2002/2003, ComicsOne was releasing the manga series Bride of Deimos by Yuho Ashibe and Etsuko Ikeda. It was a bit of a gamble. It was a shoujo gothic horror story from the late 1970s and it was 15 volumes long.

I read a lot of comments at the time it was being released from people who said they wanted to buy it but wouldn't unless it was fully released first. When someone does that, they...

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