This intrepid comics correspondent has been trying to fill the void left by Midnight Secretary (which I read thanks to this very site!) for lo these many years. I am sorry to report that Bride of the Water God does not fill that void. How hard is it to find a romance comic with beautiful art, a winning heroine, both humor and high-stakes over-the-top soap-style drama, and a surly supernatural hero with a heart of … Continue reading Bride of the Water God by Mi-Kyung Yun →
Bitchery, this request comes from me (Amanda) and I’m abusing my powers to get some recs! I used to be a huge manga reader, but it goes in waves. A couple years ago, I checked the site where I read a lot of manga, mainly scans and translations. I was shocked – SHOCKED – to discover that the site had been hacked and the owner didn’t have the energy to bring it back. Which fine, no … Continue reading The Rec League: Romantic & Smutty Manga →
Some of the best love stories I’ve ever read have been in comic books. Comics are full of great romance, but unless you are looking at a graphic novel or a stand-alone story arc, you need to be thinking less “Romance Novel” and more “Soap Opera” because of the lack of closure due to the serial format of the genre. That being said, comic books have been exploring all kinds of romances since they first … Continue reading The Rec League: Romance-Friendly Comics →
