Yearly Archives: 2007

Monday morning links

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

First up: The Australian has a nice article about Queenie Chan and The Dreaming. The big story at ComiPress is that manga sales are down 4.2% in Japan, dropping below 500 million yen for the first time in recent memory. … Continue reading →

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Sunday morning roundup

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Rising Stars of Manga People’s Choice Award. Confused by the 24 selections? Manga Jouhou has prepared a handy guide, with quick synopses and opinions. Also: a report on the Otaku Awards. … Continue reading →

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Friday early links

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

At PopCultureShock, Erin F. has a good writeup of the NYCC panel “Comics Publishing: Review and Outlook 2007.” I just started listening to the podcast from MangaCast, but it’s nice to see it in writing as well. Stephanie Folse (Telophase … Continue reading →

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Interview: Stephen Robson, Fanfare/Ponent Mon

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

The British publisher Fanfare/Ponent Mon has built a reputation in the U.S. for publishing the greatest manga you’ve never seen. Their books are well regarded but hard to find in bookstores, so when Publisher’s Weekly’s Kai-Ming Cha picked the Fanfare … Continue reading →

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Why you can’t find Four Shoujo Stories

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

Today is International Women’s Day, so this seems particularly timely: MangaBlog was honored with a visit from manga scholar and translator Matt Thorn the other day. He checked out the archives and put this comment in an old post on … Continue reading →

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Thursday morning links

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Brigid Alverson

The MangaCast gang run their critical eye over this week’s comics. Also, Ed has posted audio of the comics publishing panel at NYCC. And if that’s too heavy for you, check out some doujinshi for uniform fans. Once again, David … Continue reading →

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