Morning news roundup

Love Manga is back, after several days of downtime due to server problems.

John Jakala has what I hope is the last word on the yaoi thing. (Via Crocodile Caucus.)

At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh is soliciting suggestions for cool manga that aren’t on the radar screen (yet).

Posters at the ANN forums are not impressed with CMX CEO Paul Levitz’s comments in this ICv2 interview.

Stuff to look forward to: Seven Seas has cover art up for Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl. Also, Anime on DVD posted some solicitations earlier this week, for those who like to plan ahead:

Del Rey:

Kitchen Princess, Vol. 1, $10.95 (01/30/2007)
Mushishi, Vol. 1, $12.95 (01/30/2007)
Train Man, Vol. 1, $10.95 (11/07/2006)

DrMaster

Iron Wok Jan, Vol. 23, $9.99 (02/29/2007)
Iron Wok Jan, Vol. 24, $9.99 (04/28/2007)
Key Princess Story: Eternal Alice Rondo, Vol. 3, $9.99 (04/28/2007)
Real Fake Princess, Vol. 5, $9.99 (04/28/2007)

Seven Seas

Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~, Vol. 1, $10.99 (12/15/2006)

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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One Response to Morning news roundup

  1. Jack says:

    I started reading Yakitate Japan! the other day — let me tell you this food/cooking manga stuff is a real hoot! If Kitchen Princess is not too too girly… i’d definitely consider it!

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