Monthly Archives: October 2008

The Frankfurt Book Fair, that is. Below the cut is a list of the properties they will be highlighting there, many of which will be familiar to readers of this blog. OK, Kilari is new to me. Read on for … Continue reading →

Japanator posts this week’s new manga and anime releases. Hazel looks at October manga releases as well at Anime Infatuation. Diamond listed some Digital comics as cancelled this week, but don’t panic: they are just postponed. ANN has the list. … Continue reading →

I recently got an e-mail from Mara Blair, a grad student at the University of Colorado in Boulder who is doing a survey of yaoi readers for her thesis. Here’s what she has to say: My name is Mara Blair … Continue reading →

Posting late today after a busy weekend. Fortunately, there’s lots of news going on! Above the fold: ICv2 talks to Tokyopop director of marketing Marco Pavia (part one, part two) about the manga market in general, Tokyopop’s situation in particular, … Continue reading →

I’ll have the regular news post up later today, but this deserves a post of its own: Christopher Handley, an Iowa man who collects manga, is being prosecuted under the PROTECT Act simply for owning manga that the government claims … Continue reading →

Isaac Hale of Manga Recon attended Yaoi-Con, and he was disturbed by some of what he saw. On the one hand, as a gay male he was happy to be in a gay-friendly environment. But: Many of the cons main … Continue reading →