The MangaBlogCast is a little late this week, but it’s as chock full of manga news and commentary as ever. Check it out! Here are notes and links from this week’s show:
The great scanlation conspiracy revealed!
Love Manga expressed some skepticism about a site called Golden Age of Manga, whose “about us” page purported to reveal the Great Scanlator Conspiracy.
Love Manga
Golden Age of Manga
Manga-kas: Not overpaid
ComiPress translates a Japanese article from the Japanese media about the low pay of manga-kas. American commenters take note.
ComiPress article
Commentary at Newsarama
Discussion at The Engine
History of manga
Translator William Flanagan explains how U.S. manga evolved to its current format.
Natsuki Takaya speaks!
Time magazine interview with Fruits Basket manga-ka Natsuki Takaya
Furuba makes the top 30
Volume 14 of Fruits Basket debuts at number 29 on the USA Today Booklist; commenters at MangaBlog speculate about which manga will crack the top ten.
Time discovers the manga lifestyle
Another Time article focuses on the business side of manga.
Preaching the One Pound Gospel
Rumiko Takahashi will resume work on One Pound Gospel and bring it to a close.
Announcement at Rumiko Takahashi fan site
Review of One Pound Gospel
Warcraft artist interview
Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week interviews Korean artist Jae-Hwan Kim, who draws Warcraft.
Harder-core yaoi
Digital Manga releases some details on its new company, 801 Media
Works in progress
Updates on upcoming books:
Broccoli progress report on several volumes
Details on Flower of Life, from DMP
Preview of Emma, from CMX
New Negima manga series announced in Japan
Incoming…
Notable books to look out for this month:
Suzuka, plus fresh volumes of School Rumble, Negima, Basilisk, and ES
Volume 4 of both Monster and Golgo 13
Little late because of me! No MBC next week, but back to normal schedule after that.