TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt Kindt and acclaimed artist Ron Garney in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior’s fight through the ages. A WAR WITH NO END. The man known only as B. is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence…even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the world for centuries, the Berzerker may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B. will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence…and how to end it.

The Demon Prince and His NightingaleFive years ago, Gu Yu's most beloved childhood friend, Wu, suddenly disappeared. To find him, Gu Yu enters the dangerous world of ghouls, disguised as a "mockingbird," humans who have sold their souls for a chance to change their fate. To save her soul from getting eaten, Gu Yu tricks her way into becoming the personal attendant of none other than the prince of demons, Jiu Tao. Will Gu Yu be able to find Wu, or will she be stuck with this prickly prince forever?

In a near-future Earth, a mysterious force from the universe has transformed a large number of humans into beastmen, ushering in a new era. In a city where tensions between the new species and old humans are about to boil over, the "Beastman Academy," which advocates for peaceful coexistence between humans and beastmen, has emerged. Yet beneath this facade of peace, hidden currents are stirringjoin the teachers and students at the academy as they learn and grow together, fighting against the evil forces that threaten to disrupt the harmony.

Jeong-hyun often acts before thinking, leaving her unemployed after fighting with the store manager for her part-time job. However, she signs up as a talent manager when introduced by her older brother. There, she falls in love with an actress, Hee-ra! "It was likelove at first sight!" but it turns out that Hee-ra acts quite differently from her expectations. Though she shouldn't be swept away in the moment, looking at Hee-ra's face makes her go through all sorts of emotions. Will Jeong-hyun finally be able to control her outbursts?

When he consoles Mrs. Kanamori, a beautiful elf whose husband has passed away, by saying "I'll marry you myself," he is taken in and becomes her fiancée...? A sweet and precious pure love comedy between a clumsy Yankee boy and the slightly natural Kanamori-san, 500 years apart.

Ordinary college students crossed the different world into the small princess of the fallen people, facing the paranoid, picky and stubborn minister, willing brother. . . ... After a long time, with wisdom and powerful magic to eliminate misunderstanding, discrimination, defeat the Lord, finally reap the love of all, and get the pure love of the imperial prince.

Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur: he wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. He completed approximately 50 stories between 1939-1941, all unified by a unique artistic vision. Whether it’s the superhero Stardust doling out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress Fantomah tearing evildoers from limb to ragged limb, contemporary readers are stunned by the pop surrealism and outright violent mayhem of Hanks’ work.

Letitia, who lost her parents when she was a child, was picked up by a traveling troupe that toured around the country performing music, and was forced to work like a slave. One day, the troupe is invited to perform in a kingdom renowned as the Land of Music, where they receive rave reviews from a music-loving prince. The prince, among others, seems to have developed special feelings for Letitia...

Read Making Love in a World Where It's Taboo"You want to make a baby with me, right?" Having never made love before, The Prince and his wife are in for a steamy night. Once they get a taste, they'll never be able to go back.

The Ralk Kingdom is a country of extreme meritocracy, but Razel, the son of the stupid king, has no talent for martial arts, and because he is always compared to his older sister who is a sword saint and his younger sister who is a sage, he gets banished from the kingdom.From then on, he tries to live as an adventurer in a different country, but his older and younger sisters, who love him dearly, come after him!? A lovey-dovey life of an adventurer with strong and slightly lewd sisters begins!

Letitia, who lost her parents when she was a child, was picked up by a traveling troupe that toured around the country performing music, and was forced to work like a slave. One day, the troupe is invited to perform in a kingdom renowned as the Land of Music, where they receive rave reviews from a music-loving prince. The prince, among others, seems to have developed special feelings for Letitia...

Alice's parent were killed when she was young, she saw the killer and made the promise to herself to kill him. Little did she know that when she will go to high school, the killer would become her teacher.

"Whether in joy or in sorrow, stand by my side through life and death. Do not seek to comprehend or excuse my actions; your only obligation is to love me. 'Why did I have to appear attractive to him? I long for the ability to remain unnoticed, like someone of my nature.' He embodies both darkness and illumination, despair and aspiration. The moment I beheld his face with my regained sight remains unforgettable. A perilous love flourishes amidst misconceptions and truths, obsession and retribution. The visage of 'that man,' who is distinctly not 'that person,' is indelibly imprinted in my memory."

Hibari, a member of the streaming group Bird's Nest TV, has a secret he can't tell anybody...He has a super sensitive body that makes him feel uncomfortable when people touch him. Ever insecure about it, he can't even bring himself to approach Kodai, his crush. Then, one day while shooting a video, Kodai and another member, Masato, get too close, too fast...!With the emergence of such an unexpected rival, Hibari falls into a depressive state uncharacteristic of him...

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Shin Kujo's a young man who went through a horrible tragedy when he was a kid. Because of that, everyone around him treated him like a freak, so he learned to be distant from others to protect himself. But, one day, at his college entrance ceremony, he meets Hayate Hinohara, one of his classmates, and this changes his whole life. Despite Shin being the way he is, Hayate smiles and laughs with him in an innocent, friendly manner. And, even when Hayate finds out about his past, he still treats Shin the same way, which confuses Shin at first, but he then starts to develop feelings for Hayate. Hayate's also attracted to Shin's kindness and caring for other people, so they both start to have special feelings for each other... However, just as Shin starts to slowly escape from his loneliness, he gets caught in another shocking incident...?!

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Having always admired his father, Haruto chose to walk the path of a sake brewer. He and Nao, who were born into a family of brewers, were close enough to discuss their futures together. But after 10 years, their situation had changed drastically. They had hoped to support Nao's family's brewery together, but... Nao is no longer the heir?! Haruto is disappointed by his childhood friend's decision, but when he runs into Nao by chance, something seems different...

Hibari, a member of the streaming group Bird's Nest TV, has a secret he can't tell anybody...He has a super sensitive body that makes him feel uncomfortable when people touch him. Ever insecure about it, he can't even bring himself to approach Kodai, his crush. Then, one day while shooting a video, Kodai and another member, Masato, get too close, too fast...! With the emergence of such an unexpected rival, Hibari falls into a depressive state uncharacteristic of him...

Young Prince Leif looks nothing like the Queen or his older brothers. It would make sense to assume that they all hate him - especially when they lock him into the clock tower on the day of the ball - but are the fates just trying to protect him from a horrible case of mistaken identity?

With his slicked-back hair and the tattoos on his body, it's difficult to see Ryuji Takakura as anything other than a quintessential member of the Yakuza. That being said, how deep of a brotherhood does he share with the fluffy little bunny in his arms?

Read manhwa To My Beloved FoeOn the cusp of calamity, the dead have risen! Corpses that have long grown cold return to steal warmth from the living, and the natural order dangles by a single thread of fatea pair of lovelorn enemies tethered intrinsically by ice and fire. Together, Selena and Millard may yet salvage an era that's torn between bitter frost and scorching flame. They must enter the enigmatic Magic Tower with only one another to rely on, knowing they may never return

THE GRAPHIC CANON (Seven Stories Press) is a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind trilogy that brings classic literatures of the world together with legendary graphic artists and illustrators. There are more than 130 illustrators represented and 190 literary works over three volumes—many newly commissioned, some hard to find—reinterpreted here for readers and collectors of all ages. Volume 1 takes us on a visual tour from the earliest literature through the end of the 1700s. Along the way, we're treated to eye-popping renditions of the human race's greatest epics: Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Odyssey (in watercolors by Gareth Hinds), The Aeneid, Beowulf, and The Arabian Nights, plus later epics The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales (both by legendary illustrator and graphic designer Seymour Chwast), Paradise Lost, and Le Morte D'Arthur. Two of ancient Greece's greatest plays are adapted—the tragedy Medea by Euripides and Tania Schrag’s uninhibited rendering of the very bawdy comedy Lysistrata by Aristophanes (the text of which is still censored in many textbooks). Also included is Robert Crumb’s rarely-seen adaptation of James Boswell’s London Journal, filled with philosophical debate and lowbrow debauchery. Religious literature is well-covered and well-illustrated, with the Books of Daniel and Esther from the Old Testament, Rick Geary’s awe-inspiring new rendition of the Book of Revelation from the New Testament, the Tao te Ching, Rumi’s Sufi poetry, Hinduism’s Mahabharata, and the Mayan holy book Popol Vuh, illustrated by Roberta Gregory. The Eastern canon gets its due, with The Tale of Genji (the world’s first novel, done in full-page illustrations reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley), three poems from China’s golden age of literature lovingly drawn by pioneering underground comics artist Sharon Rudahl, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Japanese Noh play, and other works from Asia. Two of Shakespeare’s greatest plays (King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and two of his sonnets are here, as are Plato’s Symposium, Gulliver’s Travels, Candide, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Renaissance poetry of love and desire, and Don Quixote visualized by the legendary Will Eisner. Some unexpected twists in this volume include a Native American folktale, an Incan play, Sappho’s poetic fragments, bawdy essays by Benjamin Franklin, the love letters of Abelard and Heloise, and the decadent French classic Dangerous Liaisons, as illustrated by Molly Crabapple. Edited by Russ Kick, The Graphic Canon is an extraordinary collection that will continue with Volume 2: "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray in Summer 2012, and Volume 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest in Fall 2012. A boxed set of all three volumes will also be published in Fall 2012.