Short takes

God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator.

There’s a new volume of Fullmetal Alchemist in the works, and Jake Forbes, who edits the translation, explains what there is to like about the series, how the manga has more to offer than the anime, and what to expect in the next few volumes.

Michelle Smith has some advice for those who hunt unannounced manga licenses at Manga Recon.

Reviews: David Welsh has a perceptive review of two Takehiko Inoue basketball manga, Real and Slam Dunk, at The Comics Reporter. Over at Fujoshi Librarian, Snow Wildsmith takes a look at two yaoi titles by Hinako Takanaga, A Capable Man and You Will Fall in Love. Kris checks out vol. 2 of Ichigenme… The First Class is Civil Law at Manic About Manga. Lori Henderson finds vol. 1 of Nightmares for Sale to be adequately entertaining at Comics Village. Ed Chavez has an audio review of vol. 2 of Sunshine Sketch at MangaCast. Connie reads vols. 4 and 5 of Hellsing and vol. 23 of Astro Boy at Slightly Biased Manga. Tangognat reviews a You Higuri one-shot, Angel’s Coffin.

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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