Potpourri

You can talk about Carl Horn and his manly manga all you like, but it takes a truly manly man to admit he likes Shojo Beat. Matt Brady gives the May issue the once-over in his blog, Warren Peace Sings the Blues.

At the MangaCast, Readilbert shares some more travel manga, about Bali this time, and Ed brings us up to date with the latest on Galaxy Angel Party.

Paul Gravett explains why manga should not be ignored, and pulls out some of the good stuff, in a 2004 article. Certainly some of the manga he mentions (i.e. Walking Man) are getting plenty of attention now. (Via Journalista.)

Robots Never Sleep takes a look at the Japanese omnibus edition of Tekkon Kinkreet (alt. title: Black and White), which is soon to be republished by Viz.

New volumes of three long-running series prompt some introspection on David Welsh’s part.

The Chicago Sun-Times interviews Joshua Elder, creator of Mail Order Ninja (although he insist’s it’s not manga, so maybe I shouldn’t be posting this).

Attention shoppers! At PopCultureShock, Katherine Dacey-Tsuei rounds up the latest deals on manga. There’s more on the Tokyopop site, where Katherine’s alter ego, ChunHyang72, presents a manga minute bulging with interesting news and tidbits. I depend on CH72 to keep me apprised of Stu Levy’s technicolor posts.

The Taiwan Journal interviews Taiwanese cartoonist Chu Te-Yung. (Via Manganews.)

The Manganews blog has a video report about homeless people who live in manga cafes.

They must be doing something right at Broccoli, because vol. 1 of Juvenile Orion is going back for a fifth printing.

Congratulations to Okazu’s Erica Friedman, who just made it legal: She and her wife celebrated their civil union last week. Erica is all over the web, as she demonstrates here.

Reviews: At MangaCast, Readilbert reviews Yukan Club and Hot Blooded Girl, Mangamaniac checks out vol. 1 of Seimaden, and Ed goes ero with reviews of the 18+ titles Taboo District and Pink Sniper (note: covers NSFW). John Thomas of Mecha Mecha Media reviews Loveless. Sean Gaffney, the guest reviewer at Okazu, checks out vol. 3 of Strawberry Marshmallow. At Slightly Biased Manga, Connie reviews vols. 6, 7, and 8 of Swan, vol. 2 of Queens, vol. 14 of One Piece vol. 7 of Sgt. Frog, Walking Man, vol. 2 of Kashimashi, and vol. 6 of Cantarella. Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga page checks out a smutty Japanese title, Haitoku wa Amaku Mushibamu. At the Mangamaniacafe, Julie savors vol. 5 of Yakitate!! Japan and vol. 7 of Kekkaishi. At Anime on DVD, Patricia Beard reviews vol. 1 of Tail of the Moon and Matthew Alexander looks at vol. 1 of Junk. Active Anime’s Holly Ellingwood reviews vol. 2 of Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs, vol. 17 of Hana-Kimi, vol. 25 of Oh My Goddess, and vol. 6 of Kamui, while Christopher Seaman checks out vol. 1 of Shugo Chara! and vol. 1 of My Dead Girlfriend. Jog checks out vol. 8 of Golgo 13. Comicsnob Matt Blind reads vol. 2 of Errant Story. At the Star of Malaysia, Kitty Sensei checks out vol. 1 of Mushishi, Cheeky Monkey looks at vol. 1 of Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs, Christina Koh reviews vol. 3 of Museum of Terror, and an unnamed reviewer takes on vol. 1 of Kitchen Princess.