Monthly Archives: September 2010

Short stack

This is Banned Books Week, and Erica Friedman celebrates with a look at some anime and manga about armed librarians fighting for justice at Okazu. ComiXology or Kindle? ANN’s Brian Ruh samples several different flavors of digital manga. David Welsh … Continue reading

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New manga, Del Rey questions, indy manga previews

What’s going on at Del Rey? I speculate a bit at Robot 6, and Johanna discusses it as well at Comics Worth Reading. Kate Dacey, Brad Rice, and David Welsh look at this week’s new releases. Melinda Beasi’s pick of … Continue reading

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Manhwa shortage; what’s up with Del Rey?

Sean Gaffney hosts this week’s Manga Moveable Feast, which features After School Nightmare; the links are flying in, so click here for the complete list. And Sean chips in with his own review of vol. 1. What’s happening at Del … Continue reading

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Early Monday roundup

Deb Aoki takes a look at the first volume of Hetalia three ways, on the Zinio comics reader, on the comiXology reader, and in print, and finds that e-readers aren’t quite ready for unflipped manga. She also talks to comiXology … Continue reading

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Rummaging in the manga attic

Deb Aoki interviews the publishers of ComicLoud, a new bilingual Japanese/English manga magazine that is being published on the Kindle. Sean Gaffney previews next week’s new manga. Lori Henderson has the list of this week’s new all-ages comics and manga … Continue reading

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Tokyopop goes on comiXology

Tell it, Shaenon: To be a truly irritating manga nerd, it’s important to obsess over at least one untranslated manga, boring people with long descriptions of its veiled glories and bitching about the myopia of the U.S. manga market and/or … Continue reading

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