Monthly Archives: March 2006

Some quick links and good reads: My German is not very good, but the upshot of this article seems to be that costumed manga girls overran the Leipzig book fair. It’s pretty funny to run it through BabelFish: With some … Continue reading →

One of the interesting things about OEL manga is that many of the creators have blogs, so we can check out how the next volume is coming along. It helps pass the (long) time between volumes. Let’s see how everyone … Continue reading →

Worth reading: Manga maven Telophase has an article up on Tokyopop’s Manga Online discussing the stylistic differences between OEL and Japanese manga. She has a great eye and a knack for explaining what makes good manga work; check out her … Continue reading →

I’ve had a flurry of paying work, so posting will be light this week, but Christopher Butcher has posted a nice response to my Is Viz sexist? post that includes an interesting discussion of manga pricing.

David at Love Manga has covers of some new manga, Vampire Knight (Viz), Cold Sleep (Digital Manga Publishing), and Moeyo! Takara Corporation and Warera Takarara Corporation (Dramaqueen). Speaking of Dramaqueen, they have previews up on their site of two books … Continue reading →

The MTV News article below has a sentence that should send chills up every parent’s spine: We’re hoping that the readers here will begin to see manga as a medium where it’s very similar to soap operas or whatever they … Continue reading →