A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran » Manga

Mangaman gets starred review in Kirkus Reviews.

Colleen Doran — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:15:10 +0000

Getting a good review from Kirkus Reviews is not easy. Not only did we get a glowing review, it’s a starred review. This is as good as it gets. Mangaman is my new graphic novel written by Barry Lyga. It is a”fun romp” according to J Michael Straczysnki, and I must say it was a [...]

YALSA nominates Barry Lyga/Colleen Doran’s MANGAMAN for BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL FOR TEENS 2011

Colleen Doran — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:12:38 +0000

The Young Adult Library Services Association published its list of Best Graphic Novels for Teens for the years 2011, and the soon-to-be-released Mangaman makes the cut! “Fantastic—in every sense of the word! Lyga and Doran have created an eye-popping fun-ride through the comics traditions of East and West. Fans of both comics and manga will [...]

MANGAMAN!!!

Colleen Doran — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:35:35 +0000

Sci-fi adventure meets love story—and East meets West—in Mangaman, an original graphic novel for teens. Ryoko, a manga character from a manga world, falls through the Rip into the “real” world and tries to survive as the ultimate outsider at a typical American high school. Barry Lyga writes a metafictive masterpiece as manga meets traditional [...]

Announcing Barry Lyga and Colleen Doran’s new graphic novel MANGAMAN!

Colleen Doran — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:31:23 +0000

The new graphic novel written by best selling Young Adult author Barry Lyga, creator of The Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl, Archvillain, Boy Toy, and Goth Girl Rising, and Colleen Doran (you’re at her website,) is a “A metafictive masterpiece in which manga meets traditional Western comic book style, with artist Colleen Doran combining manga [...]

12/21/2010

Colleen Doran — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:00:00 +0000

For those who don’t get the joke on this page, there is a famous Japanese comic entitled The Rose of Versailles, by Riyoko Ikeda. This work is among my greatest influences. The “man” in the scene in panel 1 is a reference to the main character from Rose of Versailles, Lady Oscar, a girl who [...]