Comments on: Exes http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/ Spending too much on comics, then talking too much about them Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Allan Smythe http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-19832 Allan Smythe Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:30:09 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-19832 Check out Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka. It's an old school manga being released for the first time in the States starting in September. There are free samples over at www.vertical-inc.com/blackjack. If it was your cup of tea feel free to spread the word. Check out Black Jack by Osamu Tezuka. It’s an old school manga being released for the first time in the States starting in September. There are free samples over at http://www.vertical-inc.com/blackjack. If it was your cup of tea feel free to spread the word.

]]> By: Simon Jones without a blog http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9943 Simon Jones without a blog Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:17:00 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9943 This is the thing about Case Closed. The way it's structured means it can be written forever and ever so on into infinity. It will churn out story after story after story, forever trapped in it's static formula. This is not necessarily a bad thing. But it is built to be a perpetual cash cow (And, by some accounts, intentionally so) until the author retires. Or dies. This is the thing about Case Closed. The way it’s structured means it can be written forever and ever so on into infinity. It will churn out story after story after story, forever trapped in it’s static formula. This is not necessarily a bad thing. But it is built to be a perpetual cash cow (And, by some accounts, intentionally so) until the author retires. Or dies.

]]> By: Connie http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9903 Connie Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:17:23 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9903 Actually, if I remember correctly (and I may not, I read it around 3-4 years ago), Eerie Queerie's first two volumes actually made sense compared to the last two, which says something. That was one of the absolute worst series I've ever read. I like Case Closed a lot, but I also lament the fact that it's around 60 volumes long. I don't know if I can deal with it for that long, but for right now I still love the crap out of every volume. I do recommend volume 10 as a must-read if you liked it in the past. Cheeky Angel is the big stone of sin I wear around my neck. I haven't liked that series since volume 4, but here I am with up through 19 preordered, and I hate every single volume I've read for the past three years. The amount of time and money I've wasted on it is astounding given its quality, but I have a serious need for closure, even with the worst things. I wish it wasn't so long. Actually, if I remember correctly (and I may not, I read it around 3-4 years ago), Eerie Queerie’s first two volumes actually made sense compared to the last two, which says something. That was one of the absolute worst series I’ve ever read.

I like Case Closed a lot, but I also lament the fact that it’s around 60 volumes long. I don’t know if I can deal with it for that long, but for right now I still love the crap out of every volume. I do recommend volume 10 as a must-read if you liked it in the past.

Cheeky Angel is the big stone of sin I wear around my neck. I haven’t liked that series since volume 4, but here I am with up through 19 preordered, and I hate every single volume I’ve read for the past three years. The amount of time and money I’ve wasted on it is astounding given its quality, but I have a serious need for closure, even with the worst things. I wish it wasn’t so long.

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » AX news, international manga award, and more http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9902 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » AX news, international manga award, and more Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:51:35 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9902 [...] is talking about the manga they’re not reading. David Welsh posts his list, Johanna adds to hers, Myk posts a longish comment at TZG 2.0, Alex Scott counts em down at [...] [...] is talking about the manga they’re not reading. David Welsh posts his list, Johanna adds to hers, Myk posts a longish comment at TZG 2.0, Alex Scott counts em down at [...]

]]> By: Myk http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9879 Myk Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:55:57 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9879 Well, actually I´m speaking from the office floor, where I´ve been <a href="http://teilzeitgigant.de/2007/06/27/where-i-lay-my-head-is-home/" rel="nofollow">crashing these past six days</a> to get this insane project I´m working on done; so your post gave me a welcome excuse to take a break from making Flash - XML - Backend communication work in something resembling a seamless manner. Well, actually I´m speaking from the office floor, where I´ve been crashing these past six days to get this insane project I´m working on done; so your post gave me a welcome excuse to take a break from making Flash - XML - Backend communication work in something resembling a seamless manner.

]]> By: TZG2.0 | FASTER, INTERNET! KILL! KILL! http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9873 TZG2.0 | FASTER, INTERNET! KILL! KILL! Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:57:06 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9873 [...] [The original post in which Mr. Welsh discusses the reasoning behind his dropping of various long running series, including Hiroki Endo´s excellent postapocalyptic fairytale Eden, from his Manga portfolio can be found here] [...] [...] [The original post in which Mr. Welsh discusses the reasoning behind his dropping of various long running series, including Hiroki Endo´s excellent postapocalyptic fairytale Eden, from his Manga portfolio can be found here] [...]

]]> By: davidpwelsh http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9867 davidpwelsh Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:05:47 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9867 The weird thing about <i>EQ</i>... well, one of the weird things about it... was that it sort of managed to be two popular kinds of BL in one... the sensitive and character-driven stuff of the first volume, followed by the weirdly coercive, fan-service-y stuff that followed. If it was two entirely different series, no problem, because I could have avoided the pervy priests and French maid costumes and enslaved dead boys. But it all just kind of got lumped together. The weird thing about EQ… well, one of the weird things about it… was that it sort of managed to be two popular kinds of BL in one… the sensitive and character-driven stuff of the first volume, followed by the weirdly coercive, fan-service-y stuff that followed. If it was two entirely different series, no problem, because I could have avoided the pervy priests and French maid costumes and enslaved dead boys. But it all just kind of got lumped together.

]]> By: JennyN http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9864 JennyN Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:51:13 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9864 Aaargh! Of course it *was* Tokyopop, as David had just informed all of us. ::Facepalm:: Aaargh! Of course it *was* Tokyopop, as David had just informed all of us.

::Facepalm::

]]> By: JennyN http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9863 JennyN Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:49:05 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9863 Right with you on EERIE QUEERIE. Rarely have I seen a series become such a complete *mess* so quickly. What puzzled me was why on earth whoever published it (Tokyopop?) picked it up in the first place, since it was short and presumably either mostly already out or actually complete by the time it was licensed in the US. And even more so, how any halfway competent Japanese editor had allowed it to degenerate into the weirdness (and I don't mean that in a good way) it became. Maybe the mangaka was somebody's good and great friend? Right with you on EERIE QUEERIE. Rarely have I seen a series become such a complete *mess* so quickly. What puzzled me was why on earth whoever published it (Tokyopop?) picked it up in the first place, since it was short and presumably either mostly already out or actually complete by the time it was licensed in the US. And even more so, how any halfway competent Japanese editor had allowed it to degenerate into the weirdness (and I don’t mean that in a good way) it became. Maybe the mangaka was somebody’s good and great friend?

]]> By: davidpwelsh http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9860 davidpwelsh Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:28:52 +0000 http://precur.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/exes/#comment-9860 Good point, Blogless Simon. The <i>Kindaichi</i> books are more consistent in that regard, since they're generally self-contained except for one story that stretches out over two volumes. That happens more often with <i>Case Closed</i>, if I recall, but the stories are generally shorter. Good point, Blogless Simon. The Kindaichi books are more consistent in that regard, since they’re generally self-contained except for one story that stretches out over two volumes. That happens more often with Case Closed, if I recall, but the stories are generally shorter.

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