Monthly Archives: June 2006

From the AoD Forums comes happy news for yaoi fans. From the Akadot newsletter: Be-Boy GOLD The magazines that had been on hiatus because of BIBLOS’ bankruptcy have found a new home! Their new publisher will be Libre Publishing. New … Continue reading →

Tokyopop has posted their list of November releases. Hat tip to the folks at the AoD Forums for spotting this and providing lots of opinions! Here’s the list: · Priest Volume 15 · Last Fantasy Volume 3 · Devil May … Continue reading →

In fairly short order, Slashdot reported that the Swedish bittorrent tracker The Pirate Bay was shut down, The Pirate Bay was back up, and someone hacked the website of the Swedish police, which makes me wonder if Captain Jack Sparrow … Continue reading →

Manga was a slightly bigger presence among the Harvey Award nominees this year, not that that’s saying much. Dramacon was nominated for Best New Series, and Blame, Buddha, and The Push Man made the Best American Edition of Foreign Material … Continue reading →

That was one suggestion for the page that ended up as RSOM Refugees. Check it out for a peek at manga that were submitted to Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga but didn’t make the cut. Some of it is pretty … Continue reading →

There’s a lot to like about this article in PingMag – The Tokyo-based magazine about “Design and Making Things” about Gez Fry, an American illustrator living in Tokyo. There’s the guy’s art, which is great, and his discussion of technique, … Continue reading →