Short takes

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

ANN interviews creator Sho Murase (me2, Nancy Drew).

The Indie Spinner Rack podcast interviews Mr. Manga himself, Jason Thompson.

At Manga Widget, Alex Hoffman picks apart the Vertical thing.

Tangognat is looking forward to Aurora’s new josei titles.

Reviews: Carlo Santos runs through the best—and worst—of recent releases in his latest Right Turn Only!! column. Johanna Draper Carlson reviews vol. 11 of Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs at Comics Worth Reading. Michelle Smith takes a walk on the furry side with reviews of vol. 1 of The 9 Lives and Ruff Love at Manga Recon. Lori Henderson’s daughter Krissy gives her take on vol. 1 of Case Closed at Manga Xanadu. Dave Ferraro enjoys vol. 1 of We Were There at Comics-and-More.

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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