Voting is now open in the About.com Manga Readers Choice Awards; Deb Aoki has assembled lists in a number of different categories, so go check it out—because if you don’t vote, you can’t complain about the winners.
Manga creator Usumaru Furuya will be a guest at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this year, and Christopher Butcher (who, not coincidentally, is the director of TCAF) provides a bit of background on Furuya and shows some examples of his work.
Erica Friedman posts the latest edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.
Caddy C. discusses gender, food, and Fumi Yoshinaga at A Feminist Otaku.
David Welsh asks his readers to name which classic manga they would like to see licensed in English, and as usual, the readers oblige.
Melinda Beasi takes a look at three manga bloggers who focus on romance at Manga Bookshelf.
Tanbishugi spots three new Blu titles on Amazon, all from Gentosha: Beloved Devil, by Hiro Madarame, Itoshi no Nina, by Ryou Ikuemi, and Kawaii Hito Cute, by Erii Misono and Mizumi Takaoka. ANN fills in a bit of background on each one.
The National takes a look at women manga artists in the United Arab Emirates.
News from Japan: Zipang creator Kaiji Kawaguchi has a new series, Hyōma no Hata ~Revolutionary Wars~ (Hyōma’s Flag ~Revolutionary Wars~), which just started running in Big Comic magazine; the first chapter (in Japanese) is here. And Canned Dogs is back with some brief bits of news, including the tidbit that Shuhou Satou (Say Hello to Black Jack) has started another manga with a suspiciously familiar name, Bokuman.
Reviews: Daniella Orihuela-Gruber rounds up some recent reading at All About Manga. Wolfen Moondaughter celebrates Valentine’s Day by hunting for yaoi at Sequential Tart.
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 13 of 20th Century Boys (The Comic Book Bin)
Todd Douglass on vol. 1 of AiON (Anime Maki)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Amnesia Labyrinth (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Lori Henderson on vols. 1 and 2 of Beauty Pop (Manga Xanadu)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 3 of Bokurano: Ours (The Comic Book Bin)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 10 of Emma (Panel Patter)
Kate Dacey on vols. 1-3 of Fairy Cube (The Manga Critic)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 4 of Fairy Tail (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Anna on vols. 5 and 6 of Gatcha Gacha (Manga Report)
Erica Friedman on Himitsu (Okazu)
Bill Sherman on vol. 56 of InuYasha (Blogcritics)
Emily on Kimi no Neiro (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Bill Sherman on The Manga Guides to Electricity, Biology, and Physics (Blogcritics)
Todd Douglass on vol. 3 of Neko Ramen (Anime Maki)
Sheena McNeil on Otomen (Sequential Tart)
Alex Hoffman on vols. 1-3 of Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (Manga Widget)
Just a little note—Itoshi no Nina isn’t listed as a Blu title but a regular Tokyopop one. I’ve seen it tagged as josei elsewhere.