At About.com, Deb Aoki has a lengthy, wide-ranging interview with Felipe Smith about his inspirations for Peepo Choo and the experience of creating manga for a Japanese magazine.
Jason Thompson writes about the Spider-Man manga for the latest edition of his House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.
News from Japan: ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings, including the news that the latest volume of One Piece has sold over 2 million copies.
Reviews: Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith review some recent yaoi manga in their August BL Bookrack column. Lori Henderson discusses the loss of a character in vol. 44 of One Piece; obviously, her review includes a spoiler.
Carlo Santos on vol. 1 of Bakuman (ANN)
Jones, one of the Jones Boys, on vol. 1 of Children of the Sea (Let’s you and him fight)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Code:Breaker (The Comic Book Bin)
Katherine Farmar on vols. 1-4 of Flower of Life (Comics Village)
Charles Webb on vol. 1 of House of Five Leaves (Manga Life)
Derik Badman on vols. 8-10 of Mushishi (Madinkbeard)
Julie Opipari on vols. 1-9 of Sand Chronicles (Blog@Newsarama)
Kiki Van De Camp on vol. 7 of Sand Chronicles (Animanga Nation)
Julie Opipari on vol. 21 of Skip Beat! (Manga Maniac Cafe)