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<\/a>By Shinji Saijyo\nPublisher:<\/strong> DRMaster
\nAge Rating:<\/strong> 13+
\nGenre:<\/strong> Cooking
\nPrice:<\/strong> $9.95<\/p>\n
Now, I\u2019ve taught comics to kids off and on for fifteen years. Whenever I start, the first thing I ask is \u201cWhat\u2019s comics?\u201d At first, I always got \u201cSpiderman!\u201d or \u201cBatman!\u201d or the like. About a decade ago, I also got some \u201cDragonball!\u201d answers, maybe a \u201cSailor Moon!\u201d or two. This time, it was only at the very end that I got the superheroes. Their initial answers were newspaper comic strips and Manga.<\/p>\n
A big part of comics camp is reading. I pull out dozens and dozens of graphic novels, comics, manga, and collections of comics published over the last seventy-five years. And the kids are voracious readers\u2014I had to bring in extra material midway through the week just to keep ahead of their reading. Which brings us to this review. What follows is a review by one of the campers. Auguste came last year to my comics camp, but I honestly didn\u2019t know he liked it so much. This year, he was eager to draw, eager to read, and eager to talk about the books he read. So I handed him the first volume of Iron Wok Jan<\/em>. This is what he had to say:<\/p>\n \u201cI read the manga book Iron Wok Jan<\/em> and it was great. It is about two cooks named Jan and Kiriko. They try to compete to see who is the better cook. In the end Jan makes his first mistake and he\u2019s mad but then he fixes his mistake. I think this book also teaches that if you make a mistake, try to fix it. This book takes place in the best Japanese restaurant called Gobanchi. There are many other characters but they don\u2019t appear as much as Jan and Kiriko. I highly recommend this book and give it 9 stars out of ten. I think this book is better for older kids or adults because it is a little hard to understand but you may prove me wrong. I also advise you that there are a few curse words but other than that it is a good book.\u201d<\/p>\n Later I asked him what the bad words were, I felt bad and was worried what I may have \u201cexposed\u201d him to. They were minor ones, a \u201ccrap\u201d and \u201cdamn\u201d here and there. Language aside, I completely agree with Auguste. Iron Wok Jan<\/em> is a riot of fun and action, probably the most \u201cballs-out\u201d cooking manga ever. It\u2019s pretty much an over-the-top rager of a battle manga, using the coolest, grossest, wackiest food ideas ever. I bought the first fifteen volumes when Dr. Master was running a sale several years ago, and I read them back to back to back over a few days. From about volume thirteen, the stories get a little repetitive and the print quality lags a bit (the inks are muddy and the paper is crappier), but in later volumes that\u2019s all fixed. I love this series, it\u2019s got the perfect combination of anti-hero, great characters, crazy action, humor\u2014it\u2019s got it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently I ran a comics camp for boys and girls ages nine to twelve. For one week, these kids dove into comics like you wouldn\u2019t believe. They drew and drew and drew, and drew some more. We talked about character, plot, action, but also visual elements like panels, word balloons, speed or emotive lines, and how to draw eyes and mouths to show what your character is thinking. By Shinji Saijyo Publisher: DRMaster Age Rating: 13+ Genre: Cooking Price: $9.95 Now, I\u2019ve taught comics to kids off and on for fifteen years. Whenever I start, the first thing I ask is \u201cWhat\u2019s comics?\u201d At first, I always got \u201cSpiderman!\u201d or \u201cBatman!\u201d or the like. About a decade ago, I also got some \u201cDragonball!\u201d answers, maybe a \u201cSailor Moon!\u201d or two. This time, it was only at the very end that I got the superheroes. Their initial answers were newspaper comic strips and Manga. A big part of comics camp is reading. I pull out dozens and dozens of graphic novels, comics, manga, and collections of comics published over the last seventy-five years. 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