Monthly Archives: February 2008

Review: Tokyo Is My Garden

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Tokyo Is My Garden Script by Benoit Peeters and Frederic Boilet Art by Frederic Boilet Fanfare/Ponent Mon, $18.99 Christopher Butcher mentioned recently that he really enjoyed this book, but he didn’t elaborate, so I figured I would. Tokyo Is My … Continue reading →

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PR: Mimei Sakamoto signing

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

MANGA ARTIST MIMEI SAKAMOTO BOOK SIGNING AT LOS ANGELES KINOKUNIYA Renowned cartoonist and TV personality Mimei Sakamoto will sign copies of her latest manga from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Kinokuniya Books, 123 Onizuka St., Los … Continue reading →

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Roses and firefighters

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Lots of great stuff this Friday! New York Magazine runs an entire short story, 99 Roses, from Jo Chen’s The Other Side of the Mirror. It starts out with some lovely, if generic, art and then switches tones in the … Continue reading →

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Faust and a stack of Bibles

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Deb Aoki interviews Katsushi Ota, the editor of Faust magazine, which will be coming to the U.S. later this year, at About.com. Same Hat finds a Vice magazine cover by Shintaro Kago. The cover is gorgeous, but my advice is … Continue reading →

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Back online

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

A bit of business first: I didn’t update yesterday because of WordPress problems; the site mostly stayed up, but my Akismet spam-blocker did not, so I got over 1,000 spam comments during that time. So, if you commented here and … Continue reading →

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Short stack for Monday

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Over at Digital Strips, I have a brief interview with Shaenon Garrity about her many webcomics, including the newest one, Skin Horse. Deb Aoki has previews of Go!Comi’s latest titles at About.com. News from overseas: Shonen Jump will run a … Continue reading →

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