Yearly Archives: 2006

Otakon updates: Good news on Yotsuba&!

Let’s get to the best news first, from the ANN account of the ADV panel: When questioned about the release of the next volume of Yotsuba@!, Williams replied that it is tentatively scheduled for the first quarter of 2007. The … Continue reading

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Magazine news

The Japanese manga illustration magazine SS is looking for submissions with the theme of “costume.” ComiPress has the guidelines. Asahi.com looks at two new magazines with otaku appeal, Mechabi and Phantom. Mechabi editor Yuichi Matsushita, 26, says his biggest competition … Continue reading

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More links

Newsarama interviews Jake Forbes about his new Tokyopop title, Return to Labyrinth, based on the Jim Henson film Labyrinth. Naruto takes the train: ICv2 tells us that Viz is doing a major promotion with San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit, … Continue reading

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More thoughts on yaoi

… but not mine. I’m kind of burned out on it, actually. David Taylor really didn’t like the article I linked to yesterday, and his critique has some merit: The author hasn’t read much yaoi. This is because the number … Continue reading

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Global questions

In a post cleverly titled “Even a Gaijin Can Draw Manga,” Bento Physics takes on the question of global manga. Here’s the key quote: I believe that OEL manga should be an aspirational ideal and not a marketing/publishing conceit, that … Continue reading

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Interviews 'n' stuff

The LA Weekly has a nice article about Yoshihiro Tatsumi, but it doesn’t go into depth like this week’s PW Comics Weekly piece. If you only have time to read one, go with PW. Ginger Mayerson of the Lincoln Heights … Continue reading

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