Wired discovers doujinshi and draws an interesting conclusion:
Japan seems to understand that creativity doesn’t fall from the sky. It needs nurturing, inspiration, tools and skills; and it’s no problem if your inspiration is something cool someone else did first.
The reporter visits Ikeburo and Ahibahara to get both sides of otakudom.
Meanwhile, Ed Chavez files his second report on Comiket at the MangaCast.
Papo de Budega, a Brazilian blog, posts an interview with VIZ Media Vice President International Carol Roeder. The interview focuses on licensing of the most popular properties in Latin America.
Fangirls Sans Cleavage is a cute look at G-rated cosplayers.
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started
MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for
School Library Journal,
Publishers Weekly Comics Week,
Comic Book Resources, the
Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and
Robot 6. She also edits the
Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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