News by category: Reviews
Roundup: reviews of The Dreaming, and interview with The Australian ›
Thursday, 24 May 2007Here’s also a new review of The Dreaming v1 at HorrorScope, and also an interview with me (thanks to Mark). A story about me and The Dreaming at The Australian is still up, and a nice review of The Dreaming v2 at Manga Jouhou.
HorrorScope reviews The Dreaming Vol. 1 ›
Friday, 18 May 2007“Volume one is the first of an intended three-part series and sets up more questions than it answers, but the engaging characters and eerily chilling story ensures you’re locked in for the ride to come. An extremely impressive debut from an author/artist with a big future.”
Manga Jouhou reviews The Dreaming Vol. 2 ›
Friday, 4 May 2007“The Dreaming is one of the most effective horror manga series I’ve ever read. It’s like those horror movies where, despite having your eyes half covered, you look out to see what’s happening next. It has an extremely captivating and mysterious narrative; it keeps me guessing and wondering, impatient for more after I finished the volume.”
Comics Worth Reading reviews The Dreaming Book 1 ›
Wednesday, 27 September 2006“The way the sisters look alike yet subtly different, enough for the reader to tell them apart, is a testament to Chan’s art. Her drawings make the story stand out, and the cliffhanger ending comes all too soon. It’s a tough wait for the next volume, due in November, with the reader’s imagination going full throttle in the meantime.”
Review of The Dreaming at Comic Book Bin ›
Friday, 23 June 2006However, drawings alone won’t make one a good cartoonist or, in this case, manga-ka. Using pictures with words on them, in sequences, Queenie knows how to establish plot, character, and setting so that her narrative moves with hardly a hitch. Creating comic art that captivates requires an ability to draw pages in which the layout, design, and contents come together to form a rhythm that in turn carries the reader on the journey of story. Queenie does that with the self-possession of a veteran.
Review roundup of The Dreaming Book 1 ›
Wednesday, 15 February 2006The mostly positive reviews are still here:
- AnimeFringe
- IGN reviews
- Dark But Shining
- Anime News Network
- Tangogna T
- and I found a really negative one at AnimeJump!
The Dreaming is out ›
Monday, 9 January 2006Happy New Year! The Dreaming preview Chapter 4 is up on the TOKOYPOP server. My List of Australian Stores stocking The Dreaming is still up, and has more entries added. I should also add that the book sold out in Kinokuniya and Kings Comics in mid-December, and they should be re-stocking in January. Phantom Zone is also running out… though luckily they have a courier service. The book is OUT ON THE STREETS, as evidenced by this 5-star review on Amazon.
The Dreaming personal review at Precocious Curmudgeon ›
Tuesday, 20 December 2005“The Dreaming is lovely to look at, though. Chan has a solid, spooky handle on creating this kind of setting and conveying this kind of mood. Varied page composition and panel flow carry the reader along from waking life to the creepy nightmares the twins sometimes share.”
The Dreaming personal recommendation by jeepersjournal ›
Tuesday, 20 December 2005“The backgrounds are some of the most sumptious I’ve ever seen in a comic, and put most shoujo manga artists and superhero artists TO SHAME. The School itself is a major character due to all this detail. Victorian dresses, disappearances and unsettling dreams as just a handful of the dangers the girls face, in one of the only horror comics to actually creep me out [the only other one I can think of offhand that I liked was Moto Hagio’s Half God, and when you get to that level it’s pretty danged good.”
Animefringe reviews The Dreaming Vol. 1 ›
Wednesday, 30 November 2005“Overall, this is a very strong entry into the professional manga scene, one that is well presented, effectively creepy at times, and one that actually has an ending in sight. The Dreaming is very easily recommended to almost anyone willing to read a non-Japanese manga, and particularly for those who appreciate a good comic design.”
