News from all over

Posted on September 3, 2005 by Brigid Alverson

Broccoli Books has an illustration and coloring contest for fans of all ages. Deadline is September 30.
On Mainichi Daily News, an interview with cartoonist Izumi Matsumoto, creator of the Kimagure Orange Road series. Matsumoto has been out of commission for years due to depleted cerebrospinal fluid, which caused fatigue and headaches. Now he wants to use his talents to raise awareness of the little-known condition.
Anime on DVD reviews volume 1 of Pretty Maniac, a new manga from DrMaster rated for 13 and up.

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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