Bleach swipes, Mangastuds, and Handley stick men

Here is your scandal du jour: In this long (warning: image-heavy) LJ thread, the poster raises the question of whether Nick Simmons (son of KISS member Gene Simmons) is tracing from Bleach when drawing his comic Incarnate. The latest word is that publisher Radical is putting the comic on hold while they investigate. Gia has more at Anime Vice.

Super manga blogger Deb Aoki is the guest host on the latest Inkstuds podcast, where she, Chris Butcher, David Welsh, and Ryan Sands discuss alternative manga that may appeal to indy comics fans. Deb also revisits some interviews with Chinese creator Benjamin at her own blog.

ANN rounds up the latest commentary on the Christopher Handley case. And in this helpful video, Gia uses stick figures to explain why Handley should never have been prosecuted in the first place.

Hige provides a handy guide to the series on the SigIKKI.com online manga site.

The Udon folks have a nice preview up of vol. 1 of Megamix.

Thinking ahead? MangaCast posts the manga listings from the March Previews.

Lives of the saints, manga style. Because why should Giotto and the Old Masters have all the fun?

News from Japan: For those who keep track of such things, Canned Dogs has the latest title and price data on eromanga and ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.

Reviews:John Thomas discusses King of RPGs on the latest Sci-Guys podcast.

Julie on vol. 1 of The Big Adventures of Majoko (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 4 of Blade of the Immortal (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Rob on vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Cantarella (Panel Patter)
Rob on vol. 1 of Children of the Sea (Panel Patter)
Shannon Fay on Ciao Ciao Bambino (Kuriousity)
Todd on vol. 1 of Deadman Wonderland (Anime Maki)
Todd on vol. 1 of Hanako and the Terror of Allegory (Anime Maki)
Connie on vol. 4 of Hayate x Blade (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of King of RPGs (MangaCast)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 31 of One Piece (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Sakura Eries on vol. 13 of School Rumble (Mania.com)
Connie on vol. 20 of Skip Beat (Slightly Biased Manga)
Carlo Santos on vol. 8 of Slam Dunk (ANN)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Stolen Hearts (Prospero’s Manga)
David Welsh on vol. 1 of Ultimo (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Scott Green on Ultimo, Deadman Wonderland, and Black Jack (Ain’t It Cool News)

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Comments

  1. Just noticed the link for Carlo Santos’ review is messed up. Looks like it should be two links, for Carlo’s Slam Dunk review and a review of Stolen Hearts on the Prospero’s Manga site.

  2. Thanks! I had a little bit of stray HTML in the wrong place and that messed the whole thing up.

    One more reason to redesign the site—I notice that when I make a HTML error on Paperless Comics, it usually doesn’t kill the whole thing.

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