It’s the first of the month, and that means a new issue of Sequential Tart. This month they have a lengthy analysis of Return to Labyrinth. And while it’s not manga, everyone is talking about American Born Chinese, so check out Shaenon Garrity’s interview with Gene Yang.
At the Tokyopop blogs, ChunHyang72 takes a break from phenomenology ‘n’ stuff to present her usual thorough manga roundup. And hey, what’s this? She and Erin “Ninja Consultant” Finnegan have their own Manga Recon blog at PopCultureShock. They already have a couple of cool posts up, along with a preview of vol. 2 of Omukae Desu, so check it out.
Dark, But Shining interviews Michael Gombos, director of manga licensing for Dark Horse. (Via Blog@Newsarama.)
David Welsh’s sharp eye caught something I missed in the yaoi article I linked to yesterday: a certain attitude toward the appearance of yaoi fans.
Latest from ICv2: Tokyopop is bullish on Trinity Blood, with a manga series and two series of novels in the works.
At ANN, Pata has a hard time finding anything bad to say about Ode to Kirihito but has no such problem with volume 2 of Air Gear. Just the thought of writing a column that includes both of those makes my head want to explode. The Comic Book Bin reviews volume 1 of Judas, a new series from Tokyopop. At Anime on DVD, Jarred Pine gives high marks to DVD, a manwha title by Kye Young Chon, the creator of Audition. At Okazu, Erica Friedman reviews Yuri Hime 6.
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