Monthly Archives: January 2007

Just a few quick things…

OK, I couldn’t resist after I saw this: Pata looks at Del Rey’s Avril Lavigne manga and imagines where this trend is heading. Simon “NSFW” Jones and David Welsh also have comments. At PWCW, Calvin Reid has a bit more … Continue reading

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Meta: Site silliness

We just moved the site over to a bigger server (by “we,” I mean of course Mr. MangaBlog, my live-in tech consultant) and it will be a little wonky for the next few hours, until we get everything pointed in … Continue reading

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PR: Del Rey announces global manga

Below the cut is Del Rey’s full press release on their newly announced title, Make 5 Wishes, created in collaboration with Avril Lavigne. Here’s the cover and a sample spread. The comments section is open for your opinions! DEL REY MANGA … Continue reading

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From Avril to academia

Tokyopop blogger Andre has the scoop: Del Rey has two global titles in the works, The Reformed, by Christopher Hart, and Avril Lavigne’s Make 5 Wishes. Katherine Dacey-Tsuei has an early reaction at PopCultureShock. David Welsh discusses the YALSA list … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast is up!

The latest MangaBlogCast is up at the MangaCast. After our holiday hiatus, Jack and I are switching to Mondays, and we’ll try to bring you a timelier and more varied podcast every week. Here are the links for this week’s … Continue reading

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Review: Blue is for Boys and Pink is for Girls,

Blue is for Boys Pink is for Girls By Various Artists Sweatdrop Studios, $9.50 You can think of these two anthologies as the manga equivalent of practicing the scales. Each book has nine stories in different genres: romance, action, fantasy, … Continue reading

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