-
Lovesickness
An innocent love becomes a bloody hell in another superb collection by master of horror Junji Ito. Ryusuke returns to the town he once lived in because rumors are swirling about girls killing themselves after encountering a bewitchingly handsome young man. Harboring his own secret from time spent in this town, Ryusuke attempts to capture…
-
Deadman Wonderland Vol. 1-13
After a powerful earthquake nearly destroyed all of Tokyo, a prison known as Deadman Wonderland rose from what was left of the city. Privately-run through the guise and functions of a theme park, Deadman Wonderland takes in prisoners from all over Japan, using them as attractions for tourists. Little do the public know about the…
-
Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 1
“I’ve literally never read anything like this ‘genre-defying’ sorta-anthology thing, but it’s f*cking awesome. The writing is strange and deeply unsettling, and the artwork is gorgeous. The new comic I most look forward to reading each month.” –Brian K. Vaughan, Saga Collecting the first twelve issues of the critically acclaimed, best-selling anthology comic ICE CREAM…
-
To Your Eternity 1-21
I’ve always been somewhat in love with this series. And recently I’ve had the joy to get my digital collection up to date— for a long time I only had the ten volumes from a Humble Bundle—and since I was sick, I figured I would slam it back. And my god, did I weep exactly…
-
Why Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf?
I threw the smut tag on here but it’s not until the final chapter (thankfully). This is a really soft, gentle manga.
-
Don’t Let the Forest In
*Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him.* High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for…
-
New World: An Anthology of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Aaah… what a stupendous collection, with so many big names in comics! My favorite in this anthology ended up being Written in Stone, by Carla Speed McNeil. I ended up reading it three times back to back, and then once more before I put down the book. (I reread it when I opened the book…
-
Darlin’
This is a short werewolf story and gods, it’s gorgeous. The linework is nice, and the main characters are great. And finding out that there’s a greater story descended from this one??? AUTHOR’S NOTE:This comic functions as a spiritual (rather than canonical/chronological) predecessor to my current long-form comic, DARLIN’ AND HER OTHER NAMES. This original comic is a loose…
-
Stab the Rabbit
This book is just a way to alleviate some masculine violence, bro. I’m not joking. It’s got a few stories in it and it takes a juvenile delight in using slurs and doesn’t really have a care for being “politically correct”, as angry male comics would put it. They let you know right in the…
-
The Nib: The Death Issue
It’s a wild subject to start on, and it addresses statistics, perspectives, and the current sciences surrounding death. The comics are insightful. Funny. Not always something I agree with, but it does open up more about what people are thinking about when they approach death. The sacredness of the act of dying, the fear of…
Trigger Warning: Animal Death
Welcome to the Menagerie.
Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.
What is M?
I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.
Truck-Kun Kill Count:
6
Menagerie Categories
- Anime (20)
- Blog (5)
- Books (31)
- Comics (18)
- Dropped (8)
- Game (6)
- Light Novel (13)
- Magazines (1)
- Manga (50)
- Manwha (6)
- Movies (12)
- Webtoon (5)
- Zines (5)
Tagged in the Menagerie
Absolute Asshole NPC (20) Animal Sidekick (15) Beast Man (19) Changing the Timeline (15) Childhood Friends (17) Curiosity Fucks You Up (14) Damsel in Distress (16) Damsel in Distress (subverted) (23) Dangerous Reputation (19) Doting Husband (15) Everyone Loves MC (33) Evil Eyes & Big Heart (14) Fan Service (30) Harem (Standard) (20) Hypercompetent MC (32) I Swear They’re Gay (15) Last Minute Hero (30) Lolis (14) Loss of Humanity (18) Main Character Coloring (25) Mean Boy (41) Mean Boy Love Interest (14) Modern Morals (15) Nat 20s (27) Not Actually Dead (18) Nuclear Revenge (27) Old Men Still Got It (15) OP Protag (44) Power of Friendship (29) Power of Love (22) Regained Youth (14) Reincarnated into Nobility (17) Self-Sacrifice (18) Sympathetic Evil (18) The Moral is Community (15) Tragic Backstory (21) Tsundere (14) Twist! (24) Uniquely Skilled (32) Unreliable Narrator (20) Villainess (15) Weird and Wacky On Purpose (19) Western-Style Fantasy (38) Wrong Place Wrong Time (15) Zero to Hero (23)