Comics (especially Manga) are often not pushed in front of any standardised ratings board before going on sale, and the age ratings from the publisher often seem very lax - and possibly deliberately to sell more books! Or possibly I'm just a little old and out of touch.

Anyway, when writing about a Comic I'll try to look at the level of the language, the level of violence, if there is any blood or gore, and how much skin that characters are showing. If I feel that there's a lot, or if I feel the Comic edges over some kind of boundery, then I'll class the Comic as Mature.

Whatever it was, a Mature Comic had something in it that I didn't think should be seen by little children.

 
 
 

Evil inc.

You would think that covering something that has been done to death would not be a good idea, but paradoxically for a comedy it works quite well.

Posted Tuesday 1st September 2009 by Crazy Choco
 
 

Faeries' Landing

Faeries' Landing strikes me as some kind of a weird experiment, or possibly an author just wanted to try out a few different genres in the same series. Oh My Goddess! is a strong influence though.

Posted Saturday 10th October 2009 by Crazy Choco
 
 

Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts

If that sounds a little bit silly, then let me assure you that Instant Teen is deliberately trying to be very silly. I mean, Tokyopop have even gone so far as to design the cover to look like a serial packet.

Posted Tuesday 10th August 2010 by Crazy Choco
 
 

Lum (Urusei Yatsura)

Rumiko Takahash is a famous name in Manga, both in the Western world and in Japan - mostly for the Ranma ½ and InuYasha Manga series. Not everyone in the West knows about some of her older works, however.

Posted Wednesday 12th August 2009 by Crazy Choco