Global Manga Manifesto

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Tintin Pantoja took the rant everyone was linking to yesterday and did something constructive with it: She has written a Global Manga Manifesto. It’s a work in progress, but she’s got it off to a good start. Opinions, everyone?

Three volumes of Naruto make it to the USA Today Booklist, all down from last week: vol. 18 at number 50, vol. 17 at number 72, and vol. 16 at number 86.

The MangaCast crew lists their picks of this week’s new manga. Also up at the ‘Cast: Manga in the October Previews and the PR on vol. 2 of Murder Princess.

Comicsnob also publishes their list, with commentary, of this week’s new manga.

ComiPress has a Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) report from last March that claims that 60-70% of all comics sold in Hong Kong, and virtually all the trade paperbacks, are Japanese manga.

In the Yaoi Press blog, publisher Yamila Abraham announces that the Yaoi Hentai series will end with vol. 4. Vol. 1 is out of print and will not be reprinted but will be available online in the future. She notes that while the series got poor reviews, it sold quite well, especially at conventions. In fact, the biggest problem with YH seems to be the fact that the volumes were numbered, so people wanted all of them; from now on, YP is sticking to one-shots.

Animation Insider has a lengthy interview with Tezuka maven Fred Schodt.

In other YP news, the Yaoi Jamboree website is up.

At Heterochromia, Sasa buys manga in Paris.

The Vertical blog posts pictures of Keiko Takemiya’s book signings in Santa Monica and Portland. The Vancouver City Guide has more.

Calling Team Manga: A new member at the CBR forums loves Berserk and is looking for more manga like that.

Reviews: Erica Friedman looks at the yuri magazine Mist at Okazu. At Prospero’s Manga, Ferdinand relaxes with a soothing copy of vol. 1 of Aqua. Gothicapple checks out Not Enough Time at Manga Punk. Ishaan reviews vol. 1 of ME2 at Manganews. At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Ken Haley enjoys vol. 1 of Gunsmith Cats. At the Comic Book Bin, Leroy Douresseaux learns not to judge a book by its cover when he reads vol. 1 of Muhyo and Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. Borderline Hikikomori gives 9 out of 10 California rolls to vols. 3 and 4 of Eureka Seven.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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