Monthly Archives: August 2006

Last week, Time magazine discovered manga, with a business story and an interview with Natsuki Takaya. Now what? In his Flipped column, David Welsh offers some story ideas for journalists who want to get a bit of manga in their … Continue reading →

I had a busy weekend, culminating with a trip today to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum to watch the launch of a hand-built wooden schooner. It was an awesome experience, and I’m really glad I got to see it. Here’s a … Continue reading →

Tokyopop sent me some first volumes of some new series debuting in August, and I will handle most of them as quick reviews rather than try to write a full-length review of each one, as I did with Bird Kiss … Continue reading →

I’m not particularly anxious to stir up another yaoi discussion, but I thought this perceptive comment might be easily overlooked because it’s in a comments thread. Commenting on Chris Butcher’s post on yaoi, Alex Woolfson says It’s interesting that “feelings … Continue reading →

Newsarama has an interview with George Alexopoulos, who won a Rising Stars of Manga slot and has a new book, Go with Grace, that just came out this month. Anime on DVD has an early review up of the the … Continue reading →

Time magazine has an interview with Fruits Basket manga-ka Natsuki Takaya, and it’s clear that she’s not threatened by global manga: Simply put, I’m glad that manga as an expressive form is expanding. I think that nationality has no relation … Continue reading →