Memoirs of a Jaded Otaku Archive

  • excel19

    Parody, Paranoia, And Another Word That Starts With P That You May Guess In a Few Minutes

    Posted on February 23, 2010 | No Comments
    One of the great frustrations of my silly little meaningless life of working retail and buying too many action figures is that I don’t set aside quite enough time to read all the manga I want to be reading. There are, at this moment, eighteen...

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  • 12-1

    Origins & Obsessions

    Posted on January 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I always tell people I was doomed from the start. Before I was even born, my parents had purchased, for my cousin’s birthday, a pair of SHOGUN WARRIORS toys. The 4″ solid metal ones, a Poseidon and a Great Mazinga. They never got around to...

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  • Our Colorfully-clad Fist-fighting Men Overseas

    Our Colorfully-clad Fist-fighting Men Overseas

    Posted on June 16, 2009 | No Comments
    by Jonathan L. Switzer Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan By Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear, and Saul Ferris Story & Art by Jiro Kuwata Published by Pantheon Books, $29.95 www.pantheonbooks.com www.dccomics.com

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  • The Exception to the Rule’s Exceptional Endgame

    The Exception to the Rule’s Exceptional Endgame

    Posted on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
    By Jonathan L. Switzer Neon Genesis Evangelion Vol. 11 Story & Art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Original Concept by GAINAX – khara Published by Viz Media, LLC, $9.99 www.viz.com

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  • Mania, Melodrama, and Melancholy

    Mania, Melodrama, and Melancholy

    Posted on May 19, 2009 | No Comments
    by Jonathan L. Switzer Honey and Clover Vol. 1 & 2 Story & Art by Chica Umino Published by Viz Media, $8.99 ea. http://www.honeyandclover.us http://www.shojobeat.com One of the big stories in the comics world for the past, oh, five years or so has been the...

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