An abundance of paying work, the 100-degree temperatures (I took refuge in the mall) and a poorly timed internet outage have conspired to keep me offline today, so I’m playing a bit of catch-up.
First on the list: PW Comics Week. I can’t begin to summarize the goodness of this issue, which includes interviews with Yoshihiro Tatsumi, author of The Push Man, and Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, the writers of Destiny’s Hand, as well as a profile of Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear creator Oh! Great. Just go and enjoy! If you need analysis, Love Manga unpacks it a bit.
Meanwhile, the MangaCast just keeps rolling along, adding more and more SDCC content. The latest: Ed interviews JTK, the manwha-ga responsible for Almost Highly Classified.
At The Beat, Heidi has a rather vague report of a shuffle at Tokyopop. Rob Valois, one of the “global manga” editors who also worked on the Rising Stars of Manga line, is out.
Heidi also points us toward this article on ComiPress about classic manga, a subject that seems to be increasingly popular these days. Take her advice and click on the original Japanese article to see some cool old covers.
Pata makes the eminently sensible suggestion that we all get together and agree on a common style for writing about Japanese culture. As a former copyeditor, I heartily second the motion. He offers a few examples of things that ought to be in the stylebook.
