Monthly Archives: February 2010

In the wake of the Christopher Handley case, Justin Norrie of the Brisbane Times contrasts the Japanese attitude toward drawn pornographic images with those of Australia and the U.S. Lori Henderson looks at a site that uses manga to show … Continue reading →

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: … Continue reading →

David Welsh looks at the best of this week’s new releases—and a few from last week as well—at The Manga Curmudgeon. R.C. Harvey has a thoughtful (but NSFW) response to the prosecution and sentencing of Christopher Handley at The Comics … Continue reading →

Reactions are still pouring in on the Christopher Handley sentencing; Handley received a six-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to possession of obscene manga. This local-paper coverage made me wince: The Iowa Independent did an OK job of summarizing the … Continue reading →

In celebration of Valentine’s day, the Good Comics for Kids bloggers came up with a list of our favorite romantic comics—including lots of manga. Deb Aoki goes a slightly different route with her list of 10 bizarre shoujo manga love … Continue reading →