I’m posting a bit late today because I’m busy reading and re-reading the finalists for the MangaCast awards. Oh happy task!
A while ago I linked, without much comment, to an unfavorable review of The Japanese Living Room. I just got a comment from the author, Sean Michael Wilson, suggesting I check it out for myself. Here is the link; let me know what you think.
At MangaCast, Ed has a few things to add to this article about the manga industry in Britain.
The Beat has some links and comments on movies based on manga.
Channel NewsAsia has a story on the Nancy Drew graphic novels that includes interviews with writer Stefan Petrucha and artist Sho Murase. Here’s why I like having women artists drawing comics for women:
“Manga is so popular right now. So, it wasn’t a problem to incorporate that into the drawings,” said Murase. What she did have a problem with, however, was agreeing on Nancy’s chest size.
Laughing, she said: “I went back and forth with the publishers to decide what size was appropriate for Nancy.”
What are people reading? At Blogfonte, Mark is enjoying two from Del Rey, School Rumble and ES, and at Comics-and-more, Dave has fallen victim to Death Note. At Completely Futile, Adam Stephanides is too intimidated to write about a good manga so he chooses CUTExGUY, a “shoujo gender-bending comedy,” instead.
