MANGA MONDAY!

Manga or Japanese comics, is one of the greatest things to ever happen to the American comic market since the advent of Super-Heroes. While we know a lot of our customers only truck with the 'Merican made books we all know and love, Manga offers a VAST array of subject matter, genres, art/writing styles and situations that appeal to age groups from wee little ones to grumpy old people! Even the most jaded comic book reader will find something new and exciting in the world of MANGA!!

This week we focus on the sequel to one of the greatest Samurai epics ever created--LONE WOLF AND CUB!! Created after Goseki Kojima's death, series writer and co-creater, Kazuo Koike teams up with Hideki Mori to bring you the further adventures of Daigoro!

NEW LONE WOLF AND CUB

(W) Kazuo Koike (A/CA) Hideki Mori

Kazuo Koike returns to Lone Wolf and Cub with an epic sequel, New Lone Wolf and Cub. Ogami Itto, the Lone Wolf, and his nemesis, Yagyu Retsudo, lie dead after their titanic duel. Ogami's young son, Daigoro, stays at his father's side, and none dares help the child-save Togo Shigetada, a samurai on a desperate and deadly mission of his own!

We have the first ten volumes of the Manga in stock, along with the original Lone Wolf and Cub series for all your samurai slicin' needs!

EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 6/12!!

LONE WOLF AND CUB 2100 OMNIBUS

(W) Mike Kennedy  (A) Francisco Ruiz Velasco

Daisy Ogami holds the key to a dying future's salvation. Powerful interests will stop at nothing to obtain Daisy, but her android bodyguard will do anything to protect her . . . and the promise of a brighter day. Collects Lone Wolf 2100: Shadow on Saplings; Lone Wolf 2100: The Language of Chaos; and Lone Wolf 2100: Pattern Storm.

What could make one the GREATEST and most EPIC tales of betrayal and revenge ever put to not just paper, but almost any visual medium, better? CYBERPUNK!! (naturally)  Released concurrently with the original Dark Horse run of Lone Wolf back in the early 2000s, I was initially very put off by the idea that a comic so perfect, so utterly completely well crafted, could be tainted by changing even one little element, that I refused to read it for years. Clearly I must have been on some shitty drugs when I made that decision cause holy crap, was I wrong! Kennedy and Velasco do an amazing job of paying homage to the original work while still keeping the reader guessing and creating an environment that feels as real as that of the Edo period the original creators worked so hard to convey. Neon, gritty alleyways, cybernetic ninjas--what's not to love? Cyberpunk is life--embrace it. RECOMMENDED BY CASEY!!

SHIPPING LIST FOR 2/13/13

Visit our shipping next week section for a list of new and back in stock items arriving on 2/13/13!

EMERALD AND OTHER STORIES TP

(W/A) Hiroaki Samura

Hiroaki Samura's Emerald and Other Stories collects seven powerful short pieces from the manga maestro that have appeared in various Japanese magazines. In "Emerald," Samura tells his first explosive adventure set in the Wild West, and a series of humorous vignettes about two motor-mouthed teen girls is woven through several other riveting tales. A masterful storyteller bounces around genres and time periods in this unique collection!

ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 1/2/13

47 RONIN #2

(W) Mike Richardson  (A) Stan Sakai

Lord Asano is goaded into an assault by a corrupt court official in the Shogun's palace, and then forced to commit seppuku! Learning that Asano was sentenced without a proper investigation, his retainers set in motion a plan to enact revenge on the official whose insults proved too much for Asano to bear.

The 47 have taken the plunge, now it's gonna be a non-stop ride to regaining honor. RECOMMENDED BY HOWARD!