Monthly Archives: March 2006

Weekend activities

Ah, the weekend is almost here. Time to relax and read. But what? The blogosphere has a few suggestions. For those looking for something on the literary/artistic side, David Welsh devotes his Flipped column to Japan as Viewed by 17 … Continue reading

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Uneasy reading

Fruits Basket Volume 13 has arrived in our house, so nothing is going to get done around here for a while. However, there are a few things to note elsewhere. Manganews reports that Eiichiro Oda, the manga-ka responsible for One … Continue reading

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Netcomics upgrade

I got a nice e-mail from Heewoon Chung of Netcomics today with some good news: Netcomics now supports Safari and Firefox browsers on Mac OS, which means that many, many more people can check them out. Netcomics launched in January … Continue reading

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TP/HC: The wrapup

OK, geez, I take a day off to take my dad to the doctor and all heck breaks loose. I refer to the Tokyopop/HarperCollins deal, which even made the New York Times. (registration required; I’ll update the link if it … Continue reading

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Random links

A quick update on what was going on while I was off earning money. At Love Manga, David Taylor is understandably thrilled that Del Rey is expanding to the UK and peppers them with questions via e-mail, thus unearthing this … Continue reading

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Manga complex

Flower Mound sounds like a manga title, but it’s really a town in Texas that just had a manga day at the local library. Some good comments from youth librarian Teresa Chiv: Chiv said she considers manga to be at … Continue reading

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