Snippets

The MangaCast crew post their picks from this week’s new comics.

ICv2 talks to Philip Simon of Dark Horse about transitioning Blade of the Immortal from floppies to trades.

Yaoi Suki notes, among other news, that Blu is raising the price of its manga from $9.99 to $12.99.

David Welsh correctly predicted that Translucent would be nominated for the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, which puts it in some pretty good company.

Reviews: Greg Hackmann pans Baku at Anime on DVD. At Prospero’s Manga, Ferdinand reviews vol. 1 of The Hardy Boys and vol. 1 of Sharknife. Kethylia is not impressed by R.I.P. Requiem in Phonybrian. At Active Anime, Holly Ellingwood checks out The Art of Angel Sanctuary and vol. 2 of Murder Princess, Sandra Scholes takes an advance look at vol. 2 of 10, 20, and 30, and Scott Campbell reviews vol. 1 of Coyote Ragtime Show. Connie’s back at Slightly Biased Manga, and she gives her take on vol. 2 of 3×3 Eyes, vol. 21 of Bleach, vols. 1, 2, and 3 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, and vol. 3 of Click. At Manganews, Jiji reviews vol. 1 of Free Collars Kingdom. Julie checks out the novel Fullmetal Alchemist: Under the Faraway Sky at the Manga Maniac Cafe.

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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