Yearly Archives: 2009

Monday updates

Let’s have some fun! Kate Dacey counts down the 10 worst manga in her collection and explains exactly why each one of them is so bad. Readers are welcome to make their own suggestions; I heartily endorse Kate’s, myself, except … Continue reading

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Psy-Comm complete; Kodansha crackdown

Tony Salvaggio reports that vol. 3 of Psy-Comm is now complete on the Tokyopop site. Apparently Kodansha sent out some cease-and-desist letters to a scanlation group. AstroNerdBoy has some thoughts on why that happened and how it could be prevented … Continue reading

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PR: Yen Press to publish Clique manga

Lissa Pattillo caught word of this the other day, and it’s now official: Yen Press will be publishing a manga version of the first volume of the YA novel series The Clique. For those who are hearing about this for … Continue reading

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Jason gives away his manga, JuYoun explains Yotsuba&! changes

Lori Henderson rounds up this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. Jason Thompson is kicking off 365 Days of Manga, his online continuation of Manga: The Complete Guide with a review of Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau … Continue reading

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Where’s Naruto?

ICv2 reports that comics sales were up in August but graphic novel sales were down. They also post Diamond’s list of the top 300 graphic novels, and the top-ranking manga is The Legend of Zelda, at number 25. At Comics … Continue reading

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New comics and a new RK story

Deb Aoki, Kate Dacey, and Lori Henderson check out this week’s new manga releases at their respective blogs. The last volume of the VizBig edition of Rurouni Kenshin includes an all-color short story that has never been published in English … Continue reading

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