MBQ
MBQ cover
Publisher: TokyoPop - Volume:1 - Genre: Action/Comedy - Rating: 16 and older - Art and Story: Felipe Smith
I normally loathe hip-hop manga, but this Felipe Smith is onto something. The boy plays too much GTA for sure, and obviously has a head for telling stories a la Tarantino, because MBQ V1 is divided into Pulp Fiction-like intersecting slices of inner-city life with extra helpings of: violence, sex, karaoke, the "Cops"(one in particular that already deserves a spin-off), a struggling artist, fast food and really, really nasty old ladies. This big-city tale manages to hit home without being overtly rap or thug, replacing the usual clichés with real characters.
Read it if: You like Chapelle Show-style raunchy comedy, and/or sex and violence... ir, welcome, America!