Posts Tagged ‘Manga’

PODCAST #1 (PART 2) NOVEMBER 10, 2010 Inveterate Media Junkies Podcast #1 PART TWO We hope you have as much fun listening as we did making this podcast! If you would like to listen to PART ONE of the 1st Inveterate Media Junky Podcast PLEASE CLICK HERE A few folks are having trouble playing the [...]

PODCAST #1 (PART 1) NOVEMBER 8, 2010 Inveterate Media Junkies Podcast #1 Part 1 We hope you have as much fun listening as we did making this podcast! A few folks are having trouble playing the PODCAST LINK. WordPress.com’s “Media Players” are NOT currently working properly. If you click on the “Inveterate Media Junkies Podcast [...]

And it’s empty… …Just like my dreams of ever reading all these books. Yes, each shelf is stacked TWO ROWS DEEP. Yes, there are FOUR MORE shelves just like this one.* In all seriousness, I will finish every one of them… As soon as my clones arrive. *Yes, CCW*TV Blog Readers– I really did listen [...]

MANGA, MANGA EVERYWHERE Manga books are normally released every Tuesday– just like music. They arrive in mainstream bookstores and Anime/Manga stores on Tuesdays. Comic book stores can often gets these volumes EARLIER than the other outlets… and occasionally a week late. So depending on what store you haunt– the books may have arrived last Tuesday [...]

~My OPEN LETTER to the GOD of MANGA~ Dear God of Manga, I know I haven’t written you in while and you might be feeling a little neglected. I’m sorry about that… But I really want to thank you for any influence you may have had in nudging Dark Horse Comics into RESUMING printing of [...]

ME WANT NOW!™ ME WANT NOW!™ will be a fairly regular column that will POP UP when you least expect it… Entirely at my whim and will highlight something really cool (or possibly not so cool) that I REALLY, REALLY WANT. ME WANT THIS RIGHT NOW: Golgo 13 Collection 1 DVD: Contains Eps 1- 13 [...]

You Can Go Home Again Anyone who follows the CCW*TV Companion Blog or watches my rants on CCW*TV will not be surprised to read that I have become increasingly disenchanted with the Big 2 comic publishers. Lame “blockbuster” events, rising cover prices, gratuitous deaths and clichéd storytelling are only a few of the problems that [...]

HOW ARE THESE DIFFERENT? Recently, I came across an article entitled MANGA VS COMICS… I know. I know… What’s weird– there are a ton of articles just like this out there… All comparing Manga to American Comic Books. Truth be told, I am not in agreement with most of their content. First off, let’s make [...]

Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you floppy readers to tell [...]

Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you floppy readers to tell [...]

A NEW WEEKLY FEATURE Since I am a 99.9% “Wait for the Hardcover or the Trade Paperback” kind of guy, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is and let you know what I’m buying every week. Since people keep asking why I buy so many books every week, I expect all you [...]

EXCUSE ME, IS THE RECESSION DEPRESSION STILL ON? If you’ve read my “Tale of Two Booksellers” post, you know I have been on a Manga buying spree lately… Primarily based on the excellent suggestions of Jose Melendez and other helpful posters at the CCW*TV Blog. Now if I can just stop buying them– I might [...]