I have a conceptually unique subject to review tonight; a short-story collection of Shojo manga. Now, I am not talking about a collection of manga pilots called one shots, but real honest to goodness short stories. In the past, I… Read More ›
Month: March 2012
Le Portrait De Petite Cossette Review: Like Dorian Grey But With A Ghost And Surrealism
Anime has an interesting mixed history with the horror genre. Usually action based series that just happens to involve horror tropes like vampires in the case of Hellsing or werewolves in the case of Princess Resurrection, fit under this umbrella… Read More ›
Crossed Special: Comparing The Then And Now Of Comic’s Favorite Human Atrocity Part 2
Crossed: Psychopath is all together a different beast than the original. Written by David Lapham and drawn by Raulo Caceres, familiar names in the Avatar Press catalog. The story starts several years after the happening world is infested with crossed Marauding bands… Read More ›
Star Crash Review: Breaking New Ground By Looking Into Science Fiction Post Star Wars
During the time between Star Wars’ initial release in 1977 through the early eighties, there have been countless movies whose creation seemed to only try to cash in on the Star Wars’ success. Every one of these films would borrow/steal… Read More ›
Crossed Special: Comparing The Then And Now Of Comic’s Favorite Human Atrocity Part 1
Story time is upon us here tonight at CTBF and the story in question is one that started it all and the genre that constitutes one-fourth of this site. Yeah, I feel like introducing you (sea of darting eyes) to… Read More ›
Not Love But Delicious Foods Review: Food Priced So High That You Are Obligated To Love It
Of all the tons of manga released in the United States over the last ten years, encompassing various out-there titles, very few would go classified as the adult woman world of Josei. This manga’s demographic, constitutes an audience of older… Read More ›