Monkey Tale

    (eigoManga, 2004)
™ and © 2004 eigoManga

Kevin Tyler starts having visions after receiving a gift of an ancient sword from an old friend of his father’s. Like a good manga hero, the slacker then becomes embroiled in a web of destiny, suppressed memories, and celestial troublemakers that challenge him to grow up and fend off the impending apocalypse. Monkey Tale is “an original American manga” but you’d hardly know it from reading. Writer/artist Myung Hee Kim, a.k.a. Newviz, perfectly apes the animated line work, layout, and storytelling techniques of Japanese comics. She even lands the diction of translated manga neatly. It’s impressive to see one person the lone creator of a book this sweet on the eyes and a story so deftly funny, sweet and suspenseful. Monkey Tale will grab even the reader who normally eschews manga.

— Brendan McGinley
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