Langerholic

[avram]

Yet another week with nothing new shipping that I buy. Man, this policy of waiting for trades and being selective is really hitting me hard in whatever organ is responsible for the need for instant gratification. Probably something with a funny name, like the spleen or the Isles of Langerhan. (Hey, all the first page of Google hits for “isles of langerhan” refer to a musical group.)

So it was experiment time. Either that or save-money-buy-not-buying-comics time, but that’s no fun. This week’s experimental purchase is a TokyoPop-style Clamp book from Del Rey’s new manga division. That’s right, mainstream publishers are hopping on the manga bandwagon, and even releasing stuff printed right-to-left! (Well, sure, they save prepress money that way, and can present it as a more authentic manga experience. Me, I’m just glad those childhood Hebrew lessons are turning out useful.) The title appears to be xxxHOLiC (according to the Del Rey site) or XXXHOLiC (according to the Clamp site) xxx+Holic (according to the fans) or an illegible squiggle (according to the cover), and it’s got lovely art nouvaeu drawing. More after I read it.

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[bigscary.livejournal.com]

That may have been a bad choice -- not only is it a story intertwined with the also Del Rey released Tsubasa, but if you're not well versed in CLAMP, its going to make little sense (from my browse, the ONLY characters who are not guests from earlier CLAMP titles are the two main characters -- but at least it's got that over Tsubasa, where the main characters are slight remodels of Sakura and Li from CCS.)