I rounded up this week’s new manga at MTV Geek; there weren’t a lot this week, but what there is looks good. Lissa Pattillo gives her take in her On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. David Welsh chimes in as well, and he’s happy to see vol. 1 of Drops of God on the list.
The horror-themed Manga Moveable Feast continues, with hostess Lori Henderson posting about ghostbuster manga and Michelle Smith kicking in a review of vols. 1-3 of Uzumaki. Lori rounds up all the Day 2 links on her archive page at Manga Xanadu.
The Globe and Mail interviews Vertical’s Ed Chavez about Drops of God.
Daneilla Orihuela-Gruber, who has been traveling lately, asks readers: Would you bring your smutty manga with you or wipe it from your laptop and leave the books at home?
News from Japan: ANN links to a survey that asked women in their 20s which manga they thought were moe. The answers probably won’t surprise you. GTO creator Tohru Fujisawa has a new manga in the works; chances are it won’t be moe. Vampire Miyu manga-ka Narumi Kakinouchi has a new series in the works, Fairy Jewel.
Reviews
Ken Haley on vol. 1 of Blood Blockade Battlefront (Sequential Ink)
Kristin on vols. 8 and 9 of Detroit Metal City (Comic Attack)
David Welsh on GoGo Monster (The Manga Curmudgeon)