Manga Review: "COSMIC CENSORSHIP VOLUME 1" Introduces a Girl Who Must Die

COSMIC CENSORSHIP VOL. 1

TITAN COMICS/Titan Manga

WRITER-ARTIST: Ryu-ichi Sadamatsu

TRANSLATION: Molly Rabbitt

LETTERS: Tom Williams

DESIGN: David Colderley

EDITOR: Louis Yamani

ISBN: 978-1787745704; paperback (July 1, 2025)

256pp, B&W, $12.99 U.S., $16.99 CAN, £9.99 UK

Rating: Age 15+

Uchuu Kenetsukan is a five-volume sci-fi, mecha, and action manga written and drawn by Ryu-ichi Sadamatsu.  It was serialized over 39 chapters in the online platform, LINE Manga, from 2020 to 2023.  Titan Manga is publishing an English-language edition of Uchuu Kenetsukan as a paperback graphic novel series under the title, Cosmic Censorship.  The first volume debuted July 1, 2025.

Cosmic Censorship Vol. 1 (Chapters 1 to 8, and “Intermission”) opens in the year 2019.  It introduces Maki Makino, a high school student and former track and field club member.  She was once a track star in middle school, but a horrible leg injury ended that.

One day, Maki meets a mysterious man wearing sunglasses on her way to school.  He saves her life, but he starts acting like a stalker.  His name may be “Roger Penrose,” or is that the name Maki gave him?  He is apparently a part-time janitor at her high school... and something called a “cosmic censor” – whatever that is!  What Maki does not know is that this encounter connects to her past and future.  Maki is going to die soon.. or is she?  The future cannot be changed!  Or can it?  And now, Maki has to learn to navigate new powers...

THE LOWDOWN:  Since October 2023, Titan Manga has provided me with print and PDF copies of their manga publications for review.  One of the latest is Cosmic Censorship Volume 1.

I came across a description of Cosmic Censorship as being in the same vein as the classic mecha Japanese media franchise, Neon Genesis Evangelion.  I have to admit that I have never watched the anime, but I did read several volumes of the manga.  I suggest the Neon Genesis Evangelion 3-in-1 Edition Volume 1 as a good way to start on the manga version.

Cosmic Censorship Graphic Novel Volume 1 does indeed offer some mecha fun and alien monsters, but this first volume is more fight comic than anything else.  That is not a bad thing.  The duels and battles here had me flipping through the pages to see more.  That is because the beautiful it yields bracing, fast-paced, engaging storytelling.

For all its kinetic energy, however, this series is lightly humorous and teases a “boy meets girls” relationship, with a macabre spin, of course.  Maki and Roger have the potential to be a couple that really captures the reader's interest because she is so inquisitive and he is so determined to protect her from the disasters that her nature may bring.

Cosmic Censorship's sense of mystery also draws me deeper into the series.  I am already curious about the next volume, and I am ready to see what befalls Maki and Roger next.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of mecha manga and of science fiction-action manga will want to try Cosmic Censorship.

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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

COSMIC CENSORSHIP VOL. 1 is available in print and digital editions from booksellers, including from Amazon.

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Comics Review: "ARCHIE MEETS JAY & SILENT BOB" is More Charming Than Raunchy

ARCHIE MEETS JAY & SILENT BOB

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS, INC.

STORY: Kevin Smith

PENCILS: Fernando Ruiz

INKS: Rich Koslowski

COLORS: Matt Herms

LETTERS: Jack Morelli

EDITORS: Jamie Lee Rotante; Vincent Lovallo; Stephen Oswald

EiC: Mike Pellerito

COVER: Fernando Ruiz and Rich Koslowski with Rosario “Tito” Peña

VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Francesco Francavilla; Phil Hester; Dan Parent; Ty Templeton; Dan Panosian; Michael Allred; Fernando Ruiz and Rich Koslowski with Rosario “Tito” Peña

48pp, Color, $7.99 U.S. (regular covers), $11.99 (foil variants) (September 2025); on sale in comic book shops July 9, 2025

Rating: Teen+/Mature

Eternal high school student and teenage boy, Archie Andrews, and his friends made their debut in M.L.J. Magazines' Pep Comics #22 (cover dated: December 1941), and before long, Archie was the publisher's headliner character.  In 1946, the company changed its named to Archie Comic Publications, also known as “Archie Comics.”

“Archie Meets” is a series of mostly one-shot comic books which features the cast of the Archie comic book franchise meeting other fictional pop culture characters or real-life figures.  The first was Archie Meets the Punisher from Archie Comics and The Punisher Meets Archie from Marvel Comics.  The latest is Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob.  Film fans know that the characters, “Jay and Silent Bob,” appear in some of the films from writer-director Kevin Smith.  Jay, played by actor Jason Mewes, and Silent Bob, played by Kevin Smith, himself, first appeared in the film, Clerks (1994), and went on to appear in several of Smith's film, including their own Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001).

Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob is written by Kevin Smith, drawn by Fernando Ruiz (pencils) and Rich Koslowski (inks); colored by Matt Herms; and lettered by the great Jack Morelli.  In this new one-shot, a summer job turns into so much more when Archie meets Jay and Silent Bob.

Archie Comics & Secret Stash Press Present “Jay & Silent Bob: Chasing Archie”:

“Jay & Silent Bob: Chasing Archie” opens at “Quick Stop Groceries” where Randal Graves is thinking about the recent passing of his friend, Dante Hicks (as seen in 2022's Clerks III).  He also thinks that he and his coworker, Elias Grover, should not work as hard as they are, although Randal doesn't really work hard.  Enter Archie Andrews – out of Riverdale and in New Jersey looking for a job.

Our All-American boy has entered the world of profanity, scatological conversation, and weed, but there is even more.  Before long, Archie has met Jay & Silent Bob and has entered “RST THC” (formerly “RST Video”), their small business, a legal marijuana dispensary.  Archie's new Jersey acquaintances all think he is square.  Then, they learn that he is in a rock 'n' roll band, “The Archies.”

As luck would have it, The Archies are opening for “Josie and the Pussycats” on the power trio's Riverdale stop of their current concert series, “The Ersatz Tour,” at the “Riverdale Arena.”  Jay's daughter, Millennium “Milley” Faulken,” loves Josie and the Pussycats.  So, now, Randal, Jay & Silent Bob, Millie, Elias, and tag-along Blockchain are heading to Riverdale for the concert.  But when one of the visitors decides to crash one of the bands' set, who knows just how crazy it will get.

THE LOWDOWN:   For several years, Archie's marketing department has been sending me PDF copies of some of their titles for review.  One of the most recent is Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob.

Right from the start, I have to say that I love Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob, and I do mean love.  As for as celebrity-written Archie comics one-shots go, Kevin Smith's turn here works out much better than October 2024's mildly disappointing and slightly over-hyped Archie: The Decision, written by DC Comics superstar writer, Tom King.

Kevin Smith makes Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob read like genuine Archie Comics, even with all the profanity (the F-bomb, among them), sexual innuendo, and drug references.  In fact, the adult, or at least, older-teen elements don't seem all that out of place simply because this comic book is such a fun read.  The happy ending makes me think that Kevin Smith, Jay & Silent Bob, and the “View Askewniverse” should make regular visits to Riverdale and vice versa.

The pencil art by Fernando Ruiz is classic Archie Comics storytelling and conveys a sense of spry, slightly edgy comedy that Kevin Smith brings to this and that frequently yields surprises – some of them shameless.  Rich Koslowski, a frequent Archie Comics contributor, uses his solid inking on Ruiz's pencil art to sharpen the storytelling's focus.  The colors by Matt Herms and the letters by the great Jack Morelli put the finishing touches that make Kevin Smith's characters and situations feel right at home in the world of Archie.

Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob is really a big deal.  It is a classic-style Archie Comics comic book, so I automatically love it.  However, dear readers, Kevin Smith and the creative team so completely pull off this crossover slash mashup that I think anyone who has ever enjoyed an Archie comic book will certainly enjoy Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of classic-style Archie Comics and of Kevin Smith will want to find a copy of Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob.

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EXTRAS:

-- This comic book includes a “Special Feature, an essay by Fernando Ruiz entitled, “Notes from New Jersey … and Riverdale!.” in which Ruiz writes about his collaboration on this comic book with writer Kevin Smith.  This piece also includes preliminary art and a color sketch.]

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

The Kindle edition of ARCHIE MEETS JAY & SILENT BOB is available at Amazon.

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