Yearly Archives: 2006

Tania del Rio’s newest column is up at Buzzscope, and this month she writes about teaching manga classes and what makes manga manga: I remain convinced that what makes manga manga is really 70 percent storytelling and only 30 percent … Continue reading →

The new Comic Foundry is up with a nice article about Vertical Publishing, which publishes Japanese novels and children’s books in addition to classic manga like Tezuka’s Buddha. Here’s Vertical’s marketing director Anne Ishii on a much-anticipated upcoming release: “This … Continue reading →

Volume 10 of Naruto makes its debut at number 67 on the USA Today top 150.

David Welsh dissects this month’s Previews in his Flipped column and concludes that October will be manga month, with something for every taste. Panels and Pixels reviews some recent manga, including Life, Monster, and Golgo13. And at Buzzscope, Erin post … Continue reading →

I’m a little late this week, but here’s the list of manga you can expect to find in your local comics store today (from Comiclist.) DARK HORSE COMICS Ju On, Vol 2, $9.95 Samurai Executioner, Vol 10, $9.95 DEL REY … Continue reading →

Anime News Network has more on the Tokyopop panel at Anime Boston. In addition to the list of upcoming titles, there are some interesting comments on ongoing series, including the fact that some bookstores have pulled Boys of Summer because … Continue reading →