Late wrapup

Here’s a quick non-manga plug: We have been enjoying the first season of Jonathan Creek, which has finally made it onto American DVD (we got it from Netflix). If you haven’t seen it, it’s a British mystery series about a magician’s technician who solves impossible mysteries—corpse in a locked room sort of things. It’s weird and witty and well worth a watch.

Okay, back to the manga. In today’s edition of The Comics Reporter, Bart Beaty checks out Non Non Ba, which won a top prize at Angouleme, and finds it surprisingly boring.

I’ve been so busy the last two days that I completely forgot to check the USA Today Booklist. Fortunately, Dirk Deppey remembered, and he reports that vol. 13 of Naruto slid to number 79 and vol. 18 of Bleach debuts at number 129.

Kotaku takes a slightly NSFW peek at Blue Dragon.

At Newsarama, Chris Arrant interviews Brandon Graham about King City.

Congratulations to David Welsh, who has just been promoted to Manga Editor at Comic World News, home to his weekly Flipped column.

If you’re going to be in Lausanne this weekend, check out Polymanga! Closer to home, Seattle is hosting Sakura-Con this weekend.

How old is the oldest otaku? At Comicsnob, Matt Blind continues his history of fandom, and Matt Thorn chimes in with some interesting comments on Tezuka’s anime.

Purity Brown takes a look at three shounen-ai series worth reading.

Reviews: The Pittsburgh Tribune’s Jessica Severs enjoys vol. 1 of King City. At Mecha Mecha Media, John Thomas gives thumbs up to vol. 2 of Shaman Warrior. Anime Jump’s Chad Clayton reviews vols. 1 and 2 of Stellvia. Slightly Biased Connie checks out vol. 3 of Starry Night, the manwha novella collection, and volumes 10, 11, and 12 of Eyeshield 21. At TokyoSpace, Andre reviews vol. 1 of Tactics. Manganews posts a handful of new reviews: anitra on vol. 1 of Dokebi Bride, Floating_Sakura on vol. 2 of The Dreaming, Kiara on vol. 7 of High School Girls, and Ishaan on vol. 1 of JUNK – Record of the Last Hero. At the MangaCast, manga maniac Julie checks out vols. 1 and 2 of Naruto Collector magazine, and back at the cafe she reviews vol. 1 of Omukae Desu. Miranda of Prospero’s Manga checks out vol. 1 of The Dark Goodbye, and Ferdinand updates us on vols. 2 and 3 of Aishiteruze Baby. The Hipster Dad reviews vol. 1 of To Terra. (Via Journalista—good catch!) Also found first by Dirk: Pol Rua reviews vol. 1 of King City for Comics Should be Good. And at Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood reviews vol. 2 of Someday’s Dreamers: Spellbound and vol. 12 of Hana-Kimi.