Yearly Archives: 2007

Pini’s Masque is up!

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

The Go!Comi people have upgraded their website and put up the first few pages of Wendy Pini’s new webcomic, The Masque of the Red Death, which takes Poe’s story as inspiration for a yaoi manga set in the future. To … Continue reading →

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More MangaBlogCast

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

This week’s MangaBlogCast has a heavy emphasis on News of the Weird. It must be the heat going to everyone’s brains. Check it out at the MangaCast; links after the cut. UPDATE: Hey! This was my 1000th post! I know … Continue reading →

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Review: King of Thorn

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

King of Thorn, vol. 1 By Yuji Iwahara Rated OT, Older Teen (16+) Tokyopop, $9.99 I’m one of those tiresome people who goes on and on about how great Chikyu Misaki is, so naturally when I heard that Tokyopop was … Continue reading →

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Links for a hazy summer day

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

What to read this week? The MangaCast crowd post the full list and their picks. David Welsh picks out the good stuff from Diamond Previews. Kokoro Media takes a look at DC’s investment in Japanse manga publisher Flex Comics: What … Continue reading →

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Gon fishing

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

In this week’s issue of PWCW, I talk to Jim Chadwick and Asako Suzuki of CMX about their new edition of Gon, the wordless tale of a mischievous dinosaur, and Kai-Ming Cha concludes her two-part interview with David Wise and … Continue reading →

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A maki called Naruto

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

OK, I didn’t make it to MoCCA, but this was just as good: I had a delightful dinner last night with J. Dee Dupuy and Svetlana Chmakova at Fugakyu in Brookline. They actually did have a maki roll called Naruto, … Continue reading →

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