Quick hits

David Welsh collects what others are saying about Ohikkoshi and spotlights shoujo and sunjeong books whose titles start with the letter R at The Manga Curmudgeon.

Jon Snyder takes a look at this week’s new releases at Japanator.

Good news: Otaku Champloo is back, with a spiffy new design, and Khursten kicks things off with a look at Vertical’s Tezuka covers. Welcome back!

Leroy Douresseaux talks to manga creator Sonia Leong about her webcomic Aya Takeo.

New York’s Center for Book Arts will feature the manga magazine Garo in an exhibit this spring. Same Hat has all the gory details.

Reviews: The Manga Recon checks in with short reviews in their latest On the Shojo Beat column.

Kate Dacey on vols. 1-5 of Bride of the Water God (The Manga Critic)
Jennifer LeBlanc on Living for Tomorrow (The Yaoi Review)
Susan S. on vol. 1 of Ludwig II (Manga Jouhou)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 3 of My Heavenly Hockey Club (i heart manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on Our Kingdom (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 2 of A Tale of an Unknown Country (A Case Suitable for Treatment)

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Comments

  1. Thanks a lot for the shoutout, Brigid! o/

  2. haha, for once Same Hat isn’t GORY and we get slapped with that adjective ;)

    Thanks for the link! I’m not going to make the opening of the GARO exhibit, but hoping to deputize a SH reader to take photos for us!