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'Haikyu!!' Is The Manga That May Make You Love Volleyball
'Haikyu!!' Is The Manga That May Make You Love Volleyball
'Haikyu!!' Is The Manga That May Make You Love Volleyball
Sports are at once great and hard to depict in comics. On the one hand, an artist skilled at drawing both athleticism and action (which are not always the same thing) can take a football match and turn it into something really exciting and fun to read. This applies whether you're doing a sports-centered story like Roy of the Rovers or a story with sport-as-backdrop, like the Paul Jenkins/Al Davison Hellblazer story "Football: It's A Funny Old Game." But on the other hand, an artist who's not good with those qualities can create something really stilted or just weird. So it's understandable then that sports manga --- while hugely popular in Japan --- hasn't cracked it over here. Not for lack of trying; stalwarts like The Prince of Tennis and Eyeshield 21 have been translated without any real impact. But with the success of the competitive swimming/male eye-candy anime Free, sports manga and anime are in vogue at last. And that's lucky for us, because it means Viz Media has grabbed the rights to Haruichi Furudate's volleyball manga Haikyu.
Wilfred Santiago Examines The Biggest Sports Icon of the 20th Century With ‘Michael Jordan: Bull On Parade’ [Interview & Preview]
Wilfred Santiago Examines The Biggest Sports Icon of the 20th Century With ‘Michael Jordan: Bull On Parade’ [Interview & Preview]
Wilfred Santiago Examines The Biggest Sports Icon of the 20th Century With ‘Michael Jordan: Bull On Parade’ [Interview & Preview]
At the height of his popularity, Michael Jordan was more than just an athlete. He was an icon, a cultural phenomenon the likes of which the world had never seen, and arguably the most recognizable human being on the planet. As such, there have been innumerable biographies of the athlete, but none quite like the one Wilfred Santiago has created...
High School Athletes Transform into Mecha-Jocks in ESPN Art
High School Athletes Transform into Mecha-Jocks in ESPN Art
High School Athletes Transform into Mecha-Jocks in ESPN Art
I had no idea, but it turns out that they have sports in high school now. Even more surprisingly, the ESPN sports empire has an entire magazine dedicated to these high school games. That magazine is called ESPN Rise, and the latest issue features exclusive superhero art by Alvin Lee, part of the prestigious UDON art collective...
Insane Spider-Man ‘Adventure Heroes’ Toys Go Golfing, Bowling, Slam Dunking
Insane Spider-Man ‘Adventure Heroes’ Toys Go Golfing, Bowling, Slam Dunking
Insane Spider-Man ‘Adventure Heroes’ Toys Go Golfing, Bowling, Slam Dunking
Here at ComicsAlliance, we have no shortage of love for the "eccentricities" of bootleg merchandise, but occasionally, the lines between the unlicensed and the legit can get so blurred that it really doesn't matter anymore. Such is the case with the infamous "Spider-Man Adventure Heroes" line of action figures put out by Toy Biz, in which your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man w
Stan Lee to Create 30 New Superheroes for the NHL
Stan Lee to Create 30 New Superheroes for the NHL
Stan Lee to Create 30 New Superheroes for the NHL
The NHL already has its fair share of heroes. From today's Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin to Mario Lemiuex, Wayne Gretzky, Patrick Roy, and Maurice "The Rocket" Richard. The only difference, with the exception of a minor detour for Mr. Gretzky in 1991's "ProStars", is that none of them were superheroes...
March Madness: Villains Brawl For Bad Guy Supremacy
March Madness: Villains Brawl For Bad Guy Supremacy
March Madness: Villains Brawl For Bad Guy Supremacy
Forget basketball, there are plenty of other awesome (albeit somewhat nerdy) ways to celebrate March Madness. You can give tribute to MODOK or even The Incredible Hulk, or you could simply fill out a bracket and watch your favorite villains of all time go to war...
Hugh Jackman on ESPN
Hugh Jackman on ESPN
Hugh Jackman on ESPN
'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' star Hugh Jackman continued his tour of all possible media by showing up on ESPN this morning, where we find out that he can bench-press 320, and they have him talk to Wolverine mega-fan Brian Dawkins of the Denver Broncos, whose locker is insane with all things Wolverine...