Helen Chazan is here to introduce you to Takao Shimura's EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ADULTS, published by Seven Seas and translated by Jocelyne Allen.

Helen Chazan takes a look at another classic comic by Rumiko Takahashi, and professes her love for Kyoko Otonashi in a review that blends the critical with the personal.

Today we welcome comics critic Helen Chazan to the SOLRAD fold with an essay on Rumiko Takahashi's "Mermaid's Scar" published in Mermaid Saga #2 from Viz Media.