5. Sasameki Koto (Whispered Words)
Unlike the previous two series, Sasemeki Koto is unabashedly yuri. The main characters in the series are all pretty much self-identified lesbians, aside from the one recurring male (but possibly gender-variant) character.
Read the full article here:
http://roygbiv.jezebel.com/these-are-the-seven-best-lesbian-anime-series-ever-made-1634542445/+andrasneltz
Biblical history and esoterica have been subject to literary adaptation for centuries, from Milton's 1667 dramatization of the fall of Lucifer to modern novels and movies like Left Behind and Legion and Dogma. Despite Japan not being a predominantly Christian country, Scripture has inspired numerous Japanese manga artists as well, including Kaori Yuki's Angel Sanctuary, Kazue Kato's Blue Exorcist, Daisuke Moriyama's Chrono Crusade, Kent Minami's Angel Para Bellum, and Nanae Chrono's Vassalord, to name a few. Writer Masao Yajima & illustrator Boichi's 2008 manga series Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation takes a more prominent than typical approach to adapting Biblical concepts for its own ends, resulting in a tense, provocative action manga for open-minded mature readers.
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http://www.animenation.net/blog/2014/09/05/34804/
Given the depth and range of the issues discussed, Journey offers a light and revealing take on science and it's a valuable addition to the YR library. The graphic novel format, however, is surprisingly unrealized, and many a twink would wish for color and a style more in line with sci-fi comix, such as Heavy Metal and others. One Peace Books, 2013.
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http://colltales.com/2014/08/01/booking-the-summer/
Whispered Words is the English language release of popular Yuri manga series Sasamekikoto, by Takashi Ikeda, put out by One Peace Books. Volume 1 contains the first three volumes of the Japanese series and will be followed by Volume 2 (JP volumes 4-6, which is now up for pre-order) in Autumn 2014 and Volume 3 (JP Volume 7-9).
Read the full article here:
http://okazu.yuricon.com/2014/05/16/yuri-manga-whispered-words-sasamekikoto-is-on-sale-now-in-english/
Author of My First Kafka and his wife are pretty cool Brooklynites!
“Creating everything from hip dining to children's literature, Itta Werdiger-Roth and Matthue Roth have become Brooklyn's Jewish power couple.
The couple met in 2004 when they were both visiting the city. Now married and living in Brooklyn, they have three daughters, ages 6, 4 and 3 months. Their newest family addition has caused Werdiger-Roth to take some time away from her other baby ¡½ her kosher, Prospect Heights restaurant, Mason and Mug.”
Read the full article here on The Jewish Week:
http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/36-under-36/mason-and-mug-and-beyond
Schoolgirl is the English translation by Allison Markin Powell of ½÷À¸ÅÌ, which was published in Japan in 1939 when Osamu Dazai was twenty-nine or thirty. It's narrated in the first-person by a young student, maybe in her early teens. She relates one day of her experience, from ¡ÆLaying in bed each morning, I'm always so pessimistic' to going to school to eating dinner to trying to sleep and sleeping. She does this by selectively presenting her internal monologue to the reader and sometimes commenting on it in a manner that is consistently endearing, surprising, moving, insightful to me. She often describes her behaviour and thoughts and feelings as occurring ¡Æfor some reason' or ¡Æsuddenly'. Schoolgirl is a short book. I've read it 4–5 times. By my estimate it's 20 per cent shorter than the short story ¡ÆGood Old Neon' by David Foster Wallace.
read the article here:
http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Three-Japanese-Books
Italian writer and music journalist Danilo Deninotti was, like myself and many others, greatly affected when he first discovered the music of Nirvana. After he changed the face of rock music, the legend of frontman Kurt Cobain has only grown since his suicide in 1994. When Deninotti decided he wanted to create a graphic novel about Cobain, he chose to avoid the much-written about years of drug use and crippling celebrity and instead focus on Cobain's childhood and the early, pre-Nevermind years of the band.
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/56235/most-interesting-comics-week
This slender volume contains retellings of three Kafka pieces. “The Metamorphosis,” of course, along with “Excursion in the Mountains” and “Josefine the Singer or, The Mouse People.” The latter two I am ashamed to admit I was completely unfamiliar with, so this book was my first experience with them.
This is a beautiful book which stands alone as a piece of art. That's my appraisal. The artwork is just extraordinary. Edward Gorey is, I think, the first reference-point many will make, but the line-work is much more detailed than anything Gorey ever did. Look at the full rolls of thick beards of the “three strange men with long beards” who have moved in with the Samsas, the way their beards roll and tumble like tiny strands of insane pasta, each individually realized.
Read the full article here:
http://www.picturebooksreview.com/2014/05/my-first-kafka-2013.html
Italian writer and music journalist Danilo Deninotti was, like myself and many others, greatly affected when he first discovered the music of Nirvana. After he changed the face of rock music, the legend of frontman Kurt Cobain has only grown since his suicide in 1994. When Deninotti decided he wanted to create a graphic novel about Cobain, he chose to avoid the much-written about years of drug use and crippling celebrity and instead focus on Cobain's childhood and the early, pre-Nevermind years of the band.
Read full article here:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/56235/most-interesting-comics-week
