Yearly Archives: 2007

Quick links for Monday

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Thinking ahead to Wednesday? TheOtaku and Manga Recon have this week’s new manga lists up, and Manga Recon adds some reviews of recent titles. As a special bonus, blogger Katherine Dacey-Tsuei takes an early look at vol. 1 of Jim … Continue reading →

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Friday short stack

Posted on September 7, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

I’m off to work early today, but I’ll be back later with more news and reviews. In the meantime, here are some highlights: ICv2 has a three part interview with Tokyopop publisher Mike Kiley in which he talks about the … Continue reading →

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Thursday early links

Posted on September 6, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

A good week for manga starting with “N”: On the USA Today best-seller list, vol. 18 of Naruto rises from number 116 to 62, vol. 17 goes from 123 to 93, and vol. 16 goes from 131 to 102, while … Continue reading →

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Quick links for Wednesday

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Over at Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, Kai-Ming Cha has a very interesting conversation with Ioannis Metzas of Vertical about his company’s plans to publish more of Tezuka’s work (including, and this is a scoop, Dororo) and how it has been … Continue reading →

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MangaBlog special: Interview with Mark Crilley

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Back in July, I interviewed Mark Crilley, the creator of Akiko and, more recently, the four-volume graphic novel series Miki Falls, for this PWCW article. Mark was so interesting that I really wanted to run the interview in full—so here … Continue reading →

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Constructive criticism

Posted on September 4, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

For those of you who haven’t been following along at home, Takeshi Miyazawa is an American comics artist (he drew Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane) who went to Japan last year to try to break in to manga. Obviously, he’s already … Continue reading →

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