Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news and critiques some digital manga initiatives at Manga Xanadu.
Erica Friedman presents the latest Yuri Network News and counts down the top ten yuri manga of 2010 at Okazu.
Sean Gaffney takes a look at the new manga being released this week. Sean also has a license request, Soap Girl, although given the nature of the story as he describes it, it seems like a long shot.
David Welsh, meanwhile, rounds up some Osamu Tezuka manga he’d like to see published over here. And Brent Newhall provides a handy list of Tezuka manga that are available in English at Otaku, No Video.
At The Manga Critic, Kate Dacey takes a look at a classic early shoujo manga, Tezuka’s Princess Knight.
Sean Michael Robinson writes about the importance of Misturu Adachi, the creator of Cross Game, and the problem of sports comics as a genre at The Hooded Utilitarian.
Twin Spica is the topic of the latest Manga Out Loud podcast; hosts Ed Sizemore and Johanna Draper Carlson are joined by Sam Kusek, Daniella Orihuela-Gruber, and Tim Maughan for the discussion.
Melinda Beasi discusses three of her favorite female manga creators and cheers on Erica Friedman at Manga Bookshelf, and she teams up with Michelle Smith to look at artwork that fails at Soliloquy in Blue.
Linda Thai presents parts 12 and 13 of her interview with Stu Levy at Something Deeper.
Tony Yao takes a look at Vertical’s summer catalog at Manga Therapy.
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber has some tips on traveling with manga at All About Manga.
Susie of Studio QT explains why Gantz is so hard to retouch—and what she does about it.
Job board: Viz is looking for a publishing sales assistant. (Hat tip: Japanator.)
Reviews
Connie on Ayako (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate Dacey on Ayako (The Manga Critic)
David Welsh on Ayako (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 5 of Butterflies, Flowers (ANN)
Connie on vol. 2 of Deka Kyoshi (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 7 of Detroit Metal City (Slightly Biased Manga)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Dragon Girl and vol. 1 of Sasameke (Good Comics for Kids)
James Fleenor on vol. 2 of Dusk (Anime Sentinel)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 8 of Emma (Panel Patter)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 2 of House of Five Leaves (The Comic Book Bin)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 2 of Jormungand (Panel Patter)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Kizuna (Deluxe Edition) (Soliloquy in Blue)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 7 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Comics Worth Reading)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Kurozakuro (I Reads You)
Erica Friedman on Mikazuki no Mitsu/Crescent Sweet Honey (Okazu)
Connie on vol. 15 of Ouran High School Host Club (Slightly Biased Manga)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 28 of Negima! (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Andre Paploo on vol. 4 of Raiders (Kuriousity)
Ash Brown on Stay Close to Me (Experiments in Manga)
Ai Kano on vol. 3 of Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (Animanga Nation)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of Toriko (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Brent Newhall on vols. 1 and 2 of Ultra Maniac (Otaku, No Video)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 5 of Yotsuba&! (Panel Patter)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 9 of Yotsuba&! (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Hi, Brigid! The post on artwork that fails is actually at my blog. It can be found here.
Hey Brigid. The writer’s name is actually Sean Michael Robinson, not Sean Michael Wilson. Thanks!
Poor Brigid. She does such a good job and my only comment is a fix request. Thank you for continued awesomeness, Brigid! :D
Thanks, Michelle! And I appreciate the feedback—I do this blog over breakfast, and sometimes the coffee hasn’t fully kicked in yet!