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 in the past, but it looks like Deb is putting up some really nice content, so go take a look. Also: Phoenix Comics & Collectibles, which despite its name is located in Hicksville, NY.
Jason Thompson looks back at his original proposal for Manga: The Complete Guide and discusses how the project evolved from there.
For this week’s Overlooked Manga Festival, Shaenon Garrity takes a look at Comics Underground Japan.
The MangaCast team looks at this week’s new releases, and Pea starts a series on the Indonesian manga scene.
Derik Badman analyzes the composition of a page of Andromeda Stories.
Tokyopop, Aurora, Viz, Go Comi, and Digital Manga Publishing are all donating manga to relief centers for evacuees from the Southern California fires.
