Monthly Archives: October 2007

The manga edition of Wired is up on the web, including the ten-page manga, written by Jason Thompson and illustrated by Atsuhisa Okura, and Daniel Pink’s look at the “Manga Industrial Complex.” I wrote a short review of the manga, … Continue reading →

Shameless self-promotion: Don’t miss this month’s Shojo Beat, which has (in addition to the usual bouquet of goodies) a brief article by yours truly about The Rose of Versailles and the Japanese love of all things French and frilly. Speaking … Continue reading →

BL readers take note: Yaoi Suki is running its annual BL awards again, and voting is now under way for the User’s Choice award. Jordan Marks and Jen Parker, the dedicated pair behind YS, are approaching their topic with cheery … Continue reading →

Wired magazine hops onto the manga bandwagon with a ten-page, right-to-left manga about the history of our favorite medium, written by Jason Thompson and illustrated by Atsuhisa Okura, that should render all those Manga 101 articles obsolete. (I’m including the … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Apparently this Naruto thing is going pretty well: All three of the October volumes are on the USA Today bestseller list once again, with vol. 21 at number 39 (up from 69 last week), vol. 20 at number 54 (up … Continue reading →