Rob McMonigal lists his picks for the best manga of 2011 at Panel Patter. Dave Ferraro posts his top manga list at Comics-and-More, and it skews heavily toward Vertical titles (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
Sean Gaffney posts the links for the first day of the Sailor Moon Manga Moveable Feast.
News from Japan: Foxy Lady manga-ka Ayun Tachibana has a new series in the works, about two girls who trade places, for Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine.
Reviews: Ash Brown discusses a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga.
Justin on vol. 1 of 7 Billion Needles (Organization Anti-Social Geniuses)
Nick Smith on vol. 1 of Dawn of the Arcana (ICv2)
Lori Henderson on vol. 18 of Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga Village)
Rob McMonigal on vols. 1-3 of I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow (Panel Patter)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 12 of Kimi ni Todoke (The Comic Book Bin)
Lesley Aeschliman on vol. 1 of Magic Knight Rayearth (Blogcritics)