Con wrapups, new comics, and drawing Japan Ai

This week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week newsletter has comprehensive coverage of NYCC, including a roundup of manga stories by Kai-Ming Cha and me.

ANN has an interesting report on the State of the Manga Industry panel, one of the events I’m sorry I missed at NYCC. Liza Coppola of Viz, Dallas Middaugh of Del Rey, and Lillian Diaz-Przybyl of Tokyopop discussed sales trends, editing manga, and why only one of the three has an anthology magazine.

Newsarama was at the Tokyopop panel.

And for a peek at the total con experience, check out the con report from my traveling companion J. Dee Dupuy.

Blog@Newsarama has samples of the art for Del Rey’s shoujo manga X-Men and Wolverine titles.

It’s a Go!Comi week for David Welsh, who finds three favorites among this week’s new releases.

At comiXology, Kristy Valenti talks to Aimee Major Steinberger about drawing Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan.

Erica Friedman posts her translation notes on chapter 2 of the 18th Maria-sama ga Miteru novel at Okazu.

Reviews: Tiamat’s Disciple takes an early look at a really different new title, vol. 1 of Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, and he also reviews vols. 1-3 and vols. 4-11 of XXXHolic and vols. 1-3 of Tsubasa. Lissa Pattillo checks out vol. 2 of Psychic Power Nanaki at Kuri-ousity. Tangognat looks at vol. 1 of A Wise Man Sleeps, the latest offering from Her Majesty’s Dog creator Mick Takeuchi. Julie reads vol. 2 of Nightmares for Sale at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Alison Bailey explains why she likes After School Nightmare at the Friends of Lulu blog. John Thomas takes a look at vol. 1 of Dororo at Mecha Mecha Media. The villagers post a new slate of reviews at Manga Village: John Thomas on vol. 2 of My Dearest Devil Princess, Charles Tan on Dark Wraith of Shannara, Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Honey and Clover, Sabrina on vol. 13 of Monster, and Dan Polley on vol. 9 of Yakitate!! Japan. Holly Ellingwood checks out vol. 6 of Tail of the Moon and vol. 13 of Death Note at Active Anime.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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