New resource: Comipedia

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

ComiPedia is the brainchild of Shawn (Eclipse) of ComiPress fame. I just spent a little time wandering around the site, and it’s a very useful resource for anyone who is curious about Japanese manga magazines. The guide, which was compiled by a number of people over a period of time, gives basic information about each magazine: the publisher, price, release schedule, link to the website, and a cover scan. ComiPedia is searchable by title, publisher, or genre, and it includes light novel imprints, too. Ed Chavez wrote the introduction, and Shawn includes a timeline of the history of the project itself. It’s very nicely done and I highly recommend it.

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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