CLAMP preview, Yaoi-Con chat

Over at MTV Geek, we have a preview of the first chapter of the new CLAMP manga Gate 7. Many thanks to the folks at Dark Horse for sharing!

Deb Aoki talks to Digital Manga Publishing CEO Hikaru Sasahara about DMP’s takeover of Yaoi-Con (and their plans to move it south to LA) and the changing role of the Digital Manga Guild.

The Manga Village team looks at this week’s new releases.

Two editors from now-defunct publishers spill the beans on ANN’s ANNCast: Mike Kiley talks about his days at Tokyopop and Jake Tarbox discusses his stint at CMX.

Jason Thompson devotes this week’s House of 1000 Manga column to Gôjin, which he describes as “a tokusatsu giant monster comic crossed with steampunk Japanese history.”

Sean Gaffney looks ahead to next week’s new manga, including Viz’s omnibus edition of CLAMP’s X.

The Ninja Consultants wrap up New York Comic Con in their latest podcast, and I-hsiu Lin has a very thorough report on the Hiro Mashima panel at vidgle.

Help David Welsh choose between three dubious manga in the November Previews! David’s license request for this week is not at all dubious: Shimane no Bigoshi, a workplace manga set in a small town.

This month’s Manga Moveable Feast will be hosted by Alex Hoffman at Manga Widget and will feature the works of Natsume Ono.

Lissa Pattillo shows off her latest manga purchases at Kuriousity.

Read the book, then drink the wine: Vertical is holding a wine-tasting in New York next week that will allow Drops of God fans to taste six wines mentioned in the book.

News from Japan: Takehiko Inoue is working on layouts for the next chapter of Vagabond, which he put on hiatus last year due to health concerns. The first printing of One Piece set a new record with an initial print run of 4 million copies. O-Parts Hunter creator Seishi Kishimoto has a new series in the works. The doujinshi Strike Witches: Witches of Africa will be serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s COMPTIQ magazine.

Reviews: Ash Brown checks out some manga from the library at Experiments in Manga. Sean Gaffney posts some brief reviews of manga with a supernatural twist at A Case Suitable for Treatment.

Kristin on vols. 6 and 7 of Black Butler (Comic Attack)
Serdar Yegulalp on vol. 16 of Black Jack (Genji Press)
Serdar Yegulalp on vol. 2 of A Bride’s Story (Genji Press)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 5 of Cross Game (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Anna on vol. 7 of Dengeki Daisy (Manga Report)
David Welsh on vol. 1 of The Drops of God (The Manga Curmudgeon)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Gate 7 (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Rebecca Silverman on vol. 1 of Gate 7 (ANN)
Connie on vol. 4 of Gorgeous Carat (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 5 of Grand Guignol Orchestra (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 11 of Kimi ni Todoke (The Comic Book Bin)
Erica Friedman on Koigokoro (Okazu)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 7 of Kurozakuro (The Comic Book Bin)
TSOTE on Lawman S (Three Steps Over Japan)
Connie on vol. 3 of Mars (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 5 of Oresama Teacher (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 16 of Please Save My Earth (Slightly Biased Manga)
Ed Sizemore on vol. 1 of Princess Knight (Comics Worth Reading)
Rebecca Silverman on vol. 4 of Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (ANN)
Connie on vol. 8 of Seiho Boys’ High School (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Toradora! (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1-5 of Yurara (Soliloquy in Blue)

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  1. Everyday I scan the “News from Japan” section for news of the return of Vagabond or Nana. Today half my wish has come true!