Yearly Archives: 2007

Are there any good manga out there for adults? Yes, says Christopher Butcher, but the quality titles aren’t getting enough attention. He takes Journalista’s Dirk Deppey to task for linking to scanlations and instead suggests mentioning some actual books by … Continue reading →

Matt Blind takes a look at online sales rankings at Comicsnob. He also points out the contrast with the USA Today best-seller list, which included all three of the new Naruto volumes; in the online rankings, Blind finds them in … Continue reading →

Below the cut, the latest from Viz on the coming onslaught of Naruto, including descriptions of the three volumes being released in September. I thought they would at least stagger them, but the release date is actually Sept. 4 for … Continue reading →

The MangaCast gang goes through this week’s new releases. East Coast Rising creator Becky Cloonan discusses the cover design of volume 2. Japanator translates a Super Mario comic from the olden days. (Via Journalista.) At the Icarus blog (NSFW and … Continue reading →

Is it Wednesday already? David Welsh peruses this week’s comics list. At PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha has the scoop on Viz’s deluxe re-release of Tekkonkinkreet. ComiPress has a serialization update from Japan and links to an article about doujinshi and freedom … Continue reading →

Warning: The invasion is about to begin—the Naruto invasion, that is. In addition to swamping bookstore shelves with three new volumes a month, Viz is raffling off a trip to SDCC and a bunch of Naruto games and DVDs every … Continue reading →