Check out the latest edition of the MangaBlogCast at MangaCast. This week, we take on the power list, direct market vs. chains, and panty shots. Here are the links:
ICv2’s Ten Most Powerful People in Manga
Commentary:
MangaBlog
Precocious Curmudgeon
Icarus Comics
Love Manga’s first attempt last summer
Comics Worth Reading (includes the Next Ten on ICv2’s list)
Precocious Curmudgeon’s ten most creatively influential publishers list
MangaBlog’s ten most powerful bloggers list
Running the numbers
ICv2’s top ten manga properties
Discussion of sales at MangaBlog
Direct market sales figures for September
Dramacon 2 debuts at number 4 on BookScan
Bleach benefits from the Cartoon Network effect
Tanoshimi leaves thong unaltered in UK edition of Air Gear
Manga scholars discuss boxing funerals, fan subculture
Viz to sell Bleach merch “exclusively” in chain stores
Retailer objects
Deppey takes him down
Yaoi-Con
Yaoi Suki’s Yaoi-Con page
New titles and cover scans from Love Manga
New OEL titles from Tina Anderson’s Tokyopop blog
New manga reference sites
Google manga directory
Comipedia
Incoming
Ode to Kirihito
Museum of Terror, vol. 3
Oh My Goddess, vol. 4 *** release date is now January 2007
Style School, vol. 1 *** oops, don’t bother, release date isn’t till February 2007
Penguin Revolution, vol. 1