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Volume 2 of Bakuman!
I loved Ohba and Obata's work in Death Note, so it's a real kick to see them working together again here. And, as this is a “manga about manga”, it's teaching me a lot of insider sutff about the manga industry and the creative process that appeals heavily to the otaku in me as well as the cartoonist.
I gather that Bakuman has been running for a couple of years in Japan and is still going, so I hope this translates into many more volumes of the English version still to come. (Not a sure thing, of course: BECK lasted over thirty volumes in Japan but pooped out after twelve over here. Which still ticks me off, BTW -- that was my all-time fave manga and I would dearly love to have and read the whole thing! Ah well, what can ya do...)
I loved Ohba and Obata's work in Death Note, so it's a real kick to see them working together again here. And, as this is a “manga about manga”, it's teaching me a lot of insider sutff about the manga industry and the creative process that appeals heavily to the otaku in me as well as the cartoonist.
I gather that Bakuman has been running for a couple of years in Japan and is still going, so I hope this translates into many more volumes of the English version still to come. (Not a sure thing, of course: BECK lasted over thirty volumes in Japan but pooped out after twelve over here. Which still ticks me off, BTW -- that was my all-time fave manga and I would dearly love to have and read the whole thing! Ah well, what can ya do...)