Angela Eastman
Angela graduated from Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH in 2008 with a BA in English and a Minor in Writing for Publication. While at CSC she spent three years as the president of the college's anime club.
She has a blast writing articles and reviews focusing on anime, manga, comics and conventions but her true passion lies in writing fiction, particularly children's literature. She takes part in an MFA course in Creative Writing for Children at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.
Angela has written reviews for Mania.com, an entertainment website, including the latest graphic novel release of Megatokyo. Currently she writes reviews for The Fandom Post. She is also a contributor for Real Otaku Gamer.
Angela also works as an editor for the Digital Manga Guild, a project started by publisher Digital Manga Publishing. Her most recent project is the boy's love manga The Color of the Clear Blue Sky.
Her personal homepage contains links to her published work, including poetry and links to other articles, and her articles are listed on Twitter and Facebook when they go live.
If you would like Angela to review a book, please email her at angeastman@gmail.com.
Latest Articles
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Book Review: Kitty & Dino by Sara Richard
When a boy brings a dinosaur egg home, will Kitty have a new pet to compete with - or a new best friend?
Apr 4, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Manga Review: My Girlfriend's a Geek V. 5 by Rize Shinba, Pentabu
The last volume of My Girlfriend's a Geek is fun, but as a finale the manga fizzles out.
Mar 29, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Manga Review: Bunny Drop Volume 5 by Yumi Unita
The manga skips forward to Rin's high school years, and we see that while she and Daikichi have formed a real family, there are other problems to deal with.
Mar 20, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Comic Review: Lou! #1 "Secret Diary" by Julien Neel
This episodic kid's comic shows aptly displays all the highs and lows of the life of a 12-year-old girl with a skillful use of humor and sensitivity.
Mar 16, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Manga Review: A Bride's Story Volume 3 by Kaoru Mori
Shifting the focus to another bride, Kaoru Mori displays more of the Silk Road culture, while letting us check in with the characters we've already met.
Mar 13, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Graphic Novel Review: Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
Friends with Boys is a touching and funny coming-of-age tale about former home-school kid Maggie learning how to deal with high school life.
Feb 21, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Black Butler Volume 8 by Yana Toboso - Manga Review
Black Butler reaches a high point of tension with the bloody end to the fight with the circus, though the drama is diminished by a goofy episode.
Feb 15, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part One: Comic Review
Continuing from where the cartoon left off, The Promise may find Zuko and Aang as enemies once again as they disagree on how to move forward in peace time.
Jan 24, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Soul Eater Volumes 6 and 7 by Atsushi Ohkubo - Manga Review
The fight with Medusa comes to an apparent close in Soul Eater, but she's not the only witch the DWMA students have to worry about.
Jan 18, 2012
- Angela Eastman
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Tesoro by Natsume Ono - Manga Review
Tesoro is a collection of older short stories from the creator of House of Five leaves, and this heartfelt anthology may be Natsume Ono's best work.Over the
Dec 13, 2011
- Angela Eastman
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