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Issue #269 -
Contents

Posted July 13, 2005
Cover by Moto Hagio, design by Adam Grano

Opening Shot

Newswatch

Firing Line

  • The manga of Erica Sakurazawa
    scattershots by Johanna Draper Carlson
  • All-ages manga
    scattershots by Trina Robbins
  • Short-story anthologies
    scattershots by John Carnahan
  • Swan Volumes 1 and 2
    reviewed by Shaenon Garrity
  • Gravitation Volumes 1-11 and Hot Gimmick Volumes 1-8
    reviewed by Steven and Jillian Grant
  • Fruits Basket Volumes 1-5
    reviewed by Bill Sherman
  • Paradise Kiss Volumes 1-5
    reviewed by Sean T. Collins
  • The Wallflower Volumes 1-3
    reviewed by Adam Stephanides
  • Here is Greenwood Volume 1
    reviewed by Joe McCulloch
  • Happy Mania Volume 1
    reviewed by Rob Vollmar
  • Chobits Volumes 1-8 and Love Hina Volumes 1-14
    reviewed by Dirk Deppey
  • Fushigi Yûgi Volumes 1-14
    reviewed by Robin Fisher

Bullets

  • Tramps Like Us Volume 1 reviewed by Ian Brill, W Juliet Volume 1 reviewed by Johanna Draper Carlson, Princess Ai Volume 1 reviewed by Kristy L. Valenti, and Othello Volumes 1-2 reviewed by David Welsh

Essays

  • My Manga Childhood
    by Ema Nakao
  • Filling the Void
    by Kai-Ming Cha
  • Draw Like a Girl!
    by Lea Hernandez
  • The Yaoi Invasion
    by Kristy L. Valenti
  • Kind of Blue
    by Zuniga

Moto Hagio and the Magnificent Forty-Niners

  • The Magnificent Forty-Niners
    by Matt Thorn
  • X+X
    by Rob Vollmar
  • The Moto Hagio Interview
    Click here to read an excerpt from the interview.
    by Matt Thorn
  • The Moto Hagio Gallery
    by Moto Hagio
  • "Hanshin: Half-God"
    short story by Moto Hagio, translated by Matt Thorn

Time Out of Joint

  • by Kenneth Smith


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