Buckle up, dear reader; this week’s Manga Review is bursting at the seams! The first order of business? The best (and worst) of 2022. The Comics Journal recently posted its annual list, polling thirty-three critics, artists, editors, and scholars about their favorite titles. While some of the nominations were predictable—there were a lot of folks praising Kate Beaton’s Ducks—there were also a refreshing number of contributors who discussed their manga-reading habits, among them Ritesh Babu, Helen Chazan, Austin English, Charles Hatfield, Chris Mautner, Joe McCulloch, and Katie Skelly. The Beat’s 30 Best Comics of 2022 had fewer manga entries but offered a more balanced list of mainstream and indie comics, as did The Mary Sue, which gave nods to Junji Ito and Yamada Murasaki in its list of the 30...
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