This is the week Sailor Moon arrives in bookstores, although comics shops seem to be running a bit behind. I look over this week’s new manga at MTV Geek, and Lissa Pattillo does the same in her On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney, meanwhile, has already moved on and is looking at next week’s new releases.
Big news from Fantagraphics this morning: They will publish Moto Hagio’s pioneering BL manga Heart of Thomas in August 2012. The book will be published as an omnibus that collects all three volumes of the original, and it will be printed in duotone. Matt Thorn will translate.
At comiXology, Kristy Valenti gives eight reasons to read Moyoco Anno’s Flowers and Bees.
Alex Hoffman turns a jaundiced eye on Stu Levy’s Hetalia stunt at Manga Widget.
David Welsh reaches the letter C in his favorite manga alphabet.
News from Japan: JManga has a report on Summer Comiket, featuring lots of photos. Erica Friedman reports in on the yuri doujinshi event Girls Love Festival. Ninja Girls creator Hosana Tanaka has started a new series with the somewhat cumbersome title Tokisaka-san wa Boku to Chikyū ni Kibishisugiru (Tokisaka-san is Too Harsh Toward Me and the Earth). And ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.
Reviews: Carlo Santos has a fresh batch of concise reviews in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN.
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 3 of Bunny Drop (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Cage of Eden (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Anna on vol. 5 of Kamisama Kiss (Manga Report)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 39 of Oh My Goddess! (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Ash Brown on vol. 1 of Parasyte (Experiments in Manga)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Soliloquy in Blue)
Eduardo Zacarias on vol. 17 of xxxHolic (Animanga Nation)