Monthly Archives: January 2008

Happy birthday to UK artists’ group Sweatdrop Studios which celebrates six years of making manga this week. They have become a fairly remarkable collective: Several of their members (Sonia Leong, Emma Vieceli, Fehed Said) have gone pro, and a large … Continue reading →

I just picked up the February Shojo Beat at B&N the other day and noticed that it was the MUSIC AWARDS ISSUE, but dove straight into the comics. It turns out SB is partnering with MYX (not to be confused … Continue reading →

Weekly Recon writer Katherine Dacey looks forward to the week ahead in manga. Editor extraordinaire Dallas Middaugh blogs about how he got hooked on comics. At the MangaCast, Ed supplies cover images for the manga announced by Tokyopop at NYAF. … Continue reading →

New comics are out today, and the MangaCast crew makes their selections. Comics: Not just for boys any more. The Guardian notices, and they give manga credit for opening the medium up to female readers and creators. In this week’s … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the month again: ICv2 brings us the December direct market sales numbers for pamphlets and graphic novels. The short version is that comics were up 3 percent and GNs rose 11 percent, yielding a 4 percent … Continue reading →

Gee, there’s nothing at all Freudian about that title, is there? Seriously, I spot a mini-trend here: DrMaster is releasing both volumes of this two-volume series simultaneously, just as Del Rey is publishing the first two volumes Fairy Tail simultaneously … Continue reading →