?Fantastic?in every sense of the word! . . . Fans of both comics and manga will love Mangaman.? ?Jeff Smith, author of Bone When Ryoko Kiyami, a manga character from a manga world, falls through the Rip into the ?real? Western world, he must learn to survive as an outsider at a typical American high school. He must find a way back through the Rip to his manga world, but things tangle up when he develops ?hearts for eyes? for a beautiful girl from the wrong kind of comic book. This metafictive masterpiece blends manga and traditional Western comic book styles to create a complex comic hybrid that?s both hilarious and heartbreaking.