Recent news and reviews

Posted on August 31, 2005 by Brigid Alverson

If you were thinking about buying Shojo Beat just for Absolute Boyfriend, save your pennies: Viz is bringing out the first volume as a graphic novel in February, according to Anime News Network. List price is $8.99. A list of new Viz titles for winter and spring is here. Thanks to the irreplaceable Irresponsible Pictures for the tip.
On Anime on DVD, Eduardo Chavez reviews volume 1 of Scrapped Princess and gives it a B+.
Wizard Universe has hugs and kisses for A Perfect Day For Love Letters, a title that Johanna Draper Carlson didn’t like.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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