Sometimes all it takes to fall hopelessly in love with an amazing manga is a few pages. That was my initial impression of A Kingdom of Quartz, the debut manga…

This dark supernatural fiction starts with the question, "Why does Vlad the Impaler look like a young girl?" in chapter two. The first facetious and obvious response that comes to…

In Japanese fiction, the Shinsen-gumi are a ubiquitous character. Admittedly, I have mostly read shōjo manga and visual novels about them, particularly the Hakuouki series and the legendary Kaze Hikaru.…

A lot of writers and illustrators have attempted to write on what it means to be employed in the creative industry. In my opinion, the best book about writing is…