Jason Thompson devotes his entire House of 1000 Manga column this week to manga about Jesus.
Gottsu-Iiyan posts the last part of his translation of the conversation between Eiichiro Oda (One Piece) and Takehiko Inoue (Vagabond, Slam Dunk).
Kate Dacey, Sean Gaffney, and David Welsh look at this week’s new manga, and Melinda Beasi makes her Pick of the Week.
Attention Kodansha! If you’re wondering what North American fans would like to see you license, check out this open thread at The Manga Curmudgeon. That is all.
Erica Friedman introduces us to Feel Young magazine at MangaCast; you may never have heard of it, but I’ll bet you have read something from its contributors.
According to Deb Aoki, Ultimo manga-ka Stan Lee is going to team up with Yoshiki to create a “motion manga.”
NYCC/NYAF news is still trickling in. Lissa Pattillo has the lowdown on the Dark Horse panel at Kuriousity, and Deb Aoki ably sums up the Yen Press panel. Casey (a.k.a. Kethylia) lists her higlights and lowlights of the event. And here are some “General Impressions” from the Reverse Thieves. At Manga Therapy, Tony Yao notes that NYAF was a minor part of the whole show and wonders if its days are numbered.
Lit Crit of the day: Alex Hoffman considers the metafiction of solanin, comparing it to J.M. Coetzee’s Slow Man.
‘Tis the season: Lori Henderson updates her list of Halloween manga at Manga Xanadu, and she looks at some series that feature tricks (rather than treats). At Kuriousity, Shannon Fay counts down to Halloween with 13 supernatural manga, including Sugar Sugar Rune and D.Gray-Man.
Ryan posts some videos of Shintaro Kago working on his latest manga at Same Hat.
Alex Woolfson has some preview pages of Your Brother’s Keeper up at Yaoi 911.
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber asks her readers where they find their anime-manga community, and she also bemoans the impecunious life of a freelance editor.
Erin Finnegan is compling a holiday gift guide and she needs your help. Yes, you!
News from Japan: Manga-ka Shintaro Miyawaki has died. A new manga magazine, Monthly Comic Zenon, will be launching soon with many of the creators who once graced the pages of Comic Bunch. And ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.
Reviews: Carlo Santos rounds up some recent manga in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Michelle Smith and Melinda Beasi discuss some recent releases in their latest Off the Shelf column at Manga Bookshelf.
Julie Opipari on vol. 5 of 13th Boy (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Kate Dacey on The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography (The Manga Critic)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 11 of 20th Century Boys (The Comic Book Bin)
Greg McElhatton on vol. 1 of 7 Billion Needles (Read About Comics)
Carl Kimlinger on vols. 15-17 of Air Gear (omnibus edition) (ANN)
Connie on vol. 2 of Bakuman (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michelle Smith on vol. 2 of Bakuman (Soliloquy in Blue)
A Library Girl on vol. 1 of Black Butler (A Library Girl’s Familiar Diversions)
Eduardo Zacarias on vol. 9 of Black Lagoon (Animanga Nation)
Michelle Smith on vol. 3 of Chi’s Sweet Home (Soliloquy in Blue)
Tangognat on Cowa! (Tangognat)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Cross Game (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Cross Game (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Tangognat on vol. 6 of Detroit Metal City (Tangognat)
Carlo Santos on vol. 2 of Dorohedoro (ANN)
Emily on A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Connie on vol. 1 of Evil’s Return (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lori Henderson on vols. 1 and 2 of Hellsing (Manga Xanadu)
Connie on vol. 21 of Hikaru No Go (Slightly Biased Manga)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of House of Five Leaves (Comics-and-More)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of House of Five Leaves (ANN)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 17 of Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs (Comics Worth Reading)
Kristin on vol. 2 of In the Walnut (Comic Attack)
Animemiz on I.O.N. (Anime Diet)
Erica Friedman on vol. 4 of Jormungand (Okazu)
Kelakagandy on vols. 4 and 5 of Kimi ni Todoke (kelakagandy’s ramblings)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 6 of Maid-Sama! (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Brian Ruh on Manga: Masters of the Art (ANN)
Leroy Douresseaux on Odd Is on Our Side (The Comic Book Bin)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 55 of One Piece (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vols. 3-5 of Orange Planet (omnibus edition) (The Comic Book Bin)
Ken Haley on vol. 1 of Otodama: Voice from the Dead (Sequential Ink)
Charles Webb on vol. 2 of Peepo Choo (Manga Life)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1-3 of Planetes (Soliloquy in Blue)
Erica Friedman on Princess Princess (Okazu)
Erica Friedman on vol. 1 of Renai Joshika (Okazu)
Tangognat on vols. 5 and 6 of Shinobi Life (Tangognat)
Zack Davisson on vol. 6 of Shinobi Life (Japan Reviewed)
Alexander Hoffman on solanin (Comics Village)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 3 of Stepping on Roses (ANN)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of The Story of Saiunkoku (Soliloquy in Blue)
Caddy C. on vol. 3 of Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A Feminist Otaku)
Ken Haley on vol. 5 of Vampire Hunter D (Sequential Ink)