Monthly Archives: October 2007

This week’s PWCW has two must-read pieces for manga fans, Kai-Ming Cha’s article on Vertical’s plans to publish Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack and Ed Chavez’s report on Yaoi-Con. And while it’s not manga, check out my piece on Thunder Road … Continue reading →

I’m rushing out the door this morning but will be back later with more news and commentary. The Manga Recon blog presents this week’s new manga and a review of Osamu Tezuka’s MW, which is so good they are giving … Continue reading →

I never read Robot, but it definitely has a following, and people were disappointed when Digital dropped it after volume 3. Now Udon is picking it up, beginning with vol. 4. This is definitely manga for grownups! Read on for … Continue reading →

Yaoi Suki has comprehensive coverage of Yaoicon, with panel reports from all the major publishers (except BeBeautiful, which wasn’t there). If you read yaoi, you need to read Yaoi Suki—Jen and Jordan do a great job of covering the scene, … Continue reading →

New to the blogroll: Manga.about.com, where Deb Aoki is doing a nice job of keeping up with the manga scene. Check out her in-depth interviews with Kurt Hassler and Dallas Middaugh. I haven’t been a fan of the About.com sites … Continue reading →

In this week’s Flipped column, David Welsh interviews Dylan Acres, one of the founders of the excellent Rumiko Takahashi fan site Rumic World. I liked this, because it sums up what I like about manga: In ’93 I was coming … Continue reading →