Monthly Archives: March 2005

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reviews “Four Shojo Stories” by Viz. This is actually an older comic that has been out of print for a while; one of the stories goes back to 1975. Still, it gets good word-of-blog. Bonus points: It … Continue reading →

Manga maniacs practice art of glint is yet another news story, this one from Eugene, Oregon, about why the kids are so crazy about this manga stuff. I’m linking to it because it includes a point of view that I … Continue reading →

I’m reading as fast as I can, but I can’t cover every manga that’s out there, and anyway, it’s good to see different takes on a book. Here are a couple of other sites worth taking a look at. Comics4LibrariesWiki: … Continue reading →

Here is an event for those who are really serious about learning Japanese from manga—and are going to be in San Francisco in May. It’s a talk by the author of a book called Japanese the Manga Way. There are … Continue reading →

One obvious way to convert the manga habit into Something Worthwhile is to encourage your kids to learn a bit of Japanese. Or maybe not. Japanese is not an easy language to learn; for starters, it has three different alphabets. … Continue reading →

My husband and I have really been enjoying “Iron Wok Jan,” which manages to have plenty of laughs for kids and adults. I am hooked on “The Kindaichi Case Files,” which isn’t really a kid’s series (too gruesome) but is … Continue reading →