Tokyo Tarareba Girls 6

Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 163236736X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish! DON'T LOOK BACK Faced with the possibility that she might be pregnant, Kaori loses sight of what she wants from Ryo. With Koyuki sinking deeper into her affair and Rinko compromising on her dreams of a heart-pounding romance, it seems like the futures they envisioned in their twenties have never been more unattainable. Are they out of time after all?

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 1

Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN: 1645052516
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She''s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn''t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!

Goblin Girl

Author: Moa Romanova
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1683962834
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
A dating site match goes really wrong in this troubling, funny graphic memoir. Things seem to be looking up when Moa Romanova ― broke, depressed, and living in a squat above an old store ― matches with a very famous celebrity on a popular hook-up site. Not only does the 53-year-old man like Moa ― he also immediately validates and motivates her in a way that not even her therapist does, even offering to help financially support her artistic ambitions. However, Moa soon discovers that there are strings attached. Drawn in a style that's de Chirico by way of the '80s, Romanova's relatable graphic memoir is a thought-provoking debut.

Moto Hagio's a Drunken Dream and Other Stories

Author: Moto Hagio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781606993774
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fantagraphics Books is proud to launch its manga line with MotoHagio's collection of short comics, A Drunken Dream and Other Stories.Hagio is one of Japan's most influential and critically lauded comicsinnovators; she has been reinventing shojo manga (Japanese comics marketed at10-18 year-old girls) since 1969. Unconstrained by boundaries of genre, she hassculpted a career characterized by intellectual curiosity, psychologicalauthenticity, and an esthetic sense that has elevated the shojo genre into theliterary. In "Autumn Journey" (1971), a boy's pilgrimage tothe home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or hisdaughter can imagine. In "Marie, Ten Years Later" (1977), twoestranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance ofa perfect triad of intimacy. In "A Drunken Dream" (1980), twoscientists--one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priest--meet on aspace station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meetagain. In "Iguana Girl" (1991), a girl who appears to her mother andherself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome hermother's rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret.Learn for yourself why the creator of They Were Eleven! (adapted into an animereleased on DVD in 2005) continues to garner international critical praise andappeals to readers across ages and generations.

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Vol. 2

Author: Izumi Tsubaki
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 0316312347
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
It's Nozaki-kun's job to create characters, but he doesn't have to look very far for inspiration! Umetarou Nozaki, a high school student leading a double life as a popular shoujo manga-ka, is an extraordinary guy. This is hardly news to Chiyo, of course! But not to be outdone by Nozaki, the people around him are pretty unique too... There's a maiden-hearted playboy, a flighty former editor, a serious editor, an insomniac, an angel-voiced troublemaker, a hard-working drama club president, and the school prince who's actually a princess. With this colorful cast of characters vying for Nozaki's attention, Chiyo's got some tough competition ahead!

Your Forma, Vol. 1

Author: Mareho Kikuishi
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975339665
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous “smart thread” technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawback—they record every sight, sound, and even emotion their users experience. For electronic investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples’ memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence to solve the toughest crimes is all part of a day’s work. The problem is, she’s so good at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. Does this unlikely duo have what it takes to resolve their mutual suspicions and avert a deadly technological infection from sweeping across the globe before it’s too late?

Namesake

Author: Megan Lavey-Heaton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985309596
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description

Kaiju Girl Caramelise, Vol. 4

Author: Spica Aoki
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975322762
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Kuroe finally mustered up her courage and kissed Minami...in her kaiju form! Now that he's the hot topic of the national media, it's the job of the newly dubbed “Kaiju Prince" to protect his human girlfriend from the press. But with the delicate balance of the Minami-Kuroe/Harugon-Manatsu love triangle ruined, can their fragile relationship survive the scrutiny of the media—and the jealousy of their friend?

Princess Jellyfish, Volume 9

Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1642122610
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description

Tokyo Tarareba Girls 1

Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1632366851
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish! COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDA Rinko has done everything right. She hustled her way through her 20s to make it as a screenwriter, renting her own office in a trendy Tokyo neighborhood. Everything should have gone according to plan... So at 33, she can't help but lament the fact that her career's plateaued, she's still painfully single, and she spends most of her nights drinking with her two best friends in their favorite pub. One night, drunk and delusional, Rinko swears to get married by the time the Tokyo Olympics roll around in 2020. But finding a man--and love--may be a cutthroat, dirty job for a romantic at heart. A sharp new comedy about female friendship from the creator of Princess Jellyfish!