Monthly Archives: September 2005

What is manga?

Are manga comics at all? I find the question profoundly boring, but they’re tearing up the message board at Comicon over this post by Pat O’Neill. There’s still time to join in the conversation. O’Neill’s initial essay is a reaction … Continue reading

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Katrina links

It’s kind of hard to think about comics right now; the devastation down south, even though it’s far away on the map, keeps hitting home in different ways. In its own way, the comics community is rallying round: Newsarama reports … Continue reading

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Give CMX a chance?

Over on Newsarama, Troy Brownfield provides a peek at CMX’s fall line. Now, I know we’re all supposed to be hating on CMX because of the Tenjho Tenge debacle. But I’m willing to forgive them a bit because Gals! is … Continue reading

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It’s a Rivkah world…

Manga artist Rivkah Greulich has posted a preview of her manga, Steady Beat, on her blog. Grab it quick, before the geniuses at Tokyopop change their minds and make her pull it again. (But if they do, there’s a consolation … Continue reading

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