Advances in digital technology have made manga more assessible than ever, with online platforms able to accommodate a tremendous catalogue of work, which is now largely available to a global audience. With the industry booming, looking for something new to read or a fresh author to discover can be overwhelming in its variety, but theContinueContinue reading “Manga Hidden Gems: Holiday Yasumi”
Author Archives: Morning, Roo
A Haiku About the End of Winter
Branched silhouettesFlicker against the woodshedSnow begins to melt Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
A Haiku About Seasons
Net of brown ivy Scrawled along the red brick house Veins of seasons past Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
A Haiku About Wrapping Presents
A tennis racketSealed neatly in gift wrap, still—A tennis racket Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
Manga Review: The Knight and the Corpse
A few months ago, the Shueisha-run platform MANGA Plus announced it would begin simulpublishing new oneshots in English as well as Japanese, focusing primarily on their Jump Plus catalogue, which has become renowned for its abundant library of short manga. For English-speaking manga fans, this opens the door to a fabulous variety of otherwise undiscoveredContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: The Knight and the Corpse”
A Haiku About Shadows
Lush summer woodland Spills onto the River Lune Painting the banks black Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
A Haiku About Daylight Savings Time
Time winds back an hour The old tabby wonders why Breakfast is delayed Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
A Haiku About Smokestacks
Dusty plumes billow From a column of chimneys Ash grey on deep blue Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
A Haiku About Reminiscing
The mushrooms growing on the bark remind me of my grandfather’s eyes Ⓒ Morning, Roo For any enquiries please use the contact form.
Manga Review: Hotel
PART 52 of 52 ONESHOTS in 52 WEEKSボウイチの『ホテル』 “Hotel” by Boichi It seemed fitting that, for the final entry of 52 Oneshots in 52 Weeks, I revisit Hotel, one of the first short manga I ever read. The sci-fi odyssey by South Korean author Boichi was published in Weekly Morning in 2006, and serves asContinueContinue reading “Manga Review: Hotel”
