Jason Thompson presents another strange vintage manga, Kazan, in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.
Graphic Novel Reporter talks to AX editor Sean Michael Wilson about the new alt-manga anthology.
At iFanboy, Molly McIsaac presents a starter guide to shoujo manga.
Sean Kleefeld was there for the Dayton stop on Tokyopop’s Greatest Otaku tour, and he documents the event in words and pictures. It sounds like it was pretty laid-back.
OneManga.com has pulled all the manga scans and scanlations from their site, and Sunday Comics Debt takes a moment to reflect on what they did right. Interesting reading.
Reviews: Kate Dacey posts the latest entry in the Manga Hall of Shame, Color of Rage, and David Welsh continues the theme of Bad Manga Week with his own selections of the worst manga ever. At Every Day Is Like Wednesday, J. Caleb Mozzocco posts short, witty reviews of the first volumes of three horror manga and a handful of school manga.
Kristin on vol. 2 of Black Butler and vol. 1 of Time and Again (Comic Attack)
Michael Buntag on vol. 6 of Black Lagoon (NonSensical Words)
Sesho on vol. 2 of Blade of the Immortal (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Danica Davidson on vols. 1-4 of Death Note (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Dengeki Daisy (Good Comics for Kids)
Snow Wildsmith on A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Carl Kimlinger on vol. 10 of Hellsing (ANN)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 20 of Hikaru No Go (Comics Worth Reading)
A Library Girl on King of the Lamp (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Casey Brienza on vol. 1 of My Girlfriend’s A Geek (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Sesho on vol. 2 of One Piece (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Danica Davidson on vol. 1 of Raiders (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Danica Davidson on vol. 1 of Ratman (Graphic Novel Reporter)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of RE:Play (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Charles Webb on vol. 3 of Time and Again (Manga Life)
Courtney Kraft on Utahime: The Songstress (Graphic Novel Reporter)