Yearly Archives: 2008

Go check it out: The Tokyopop website has been redesigned with much, much better navigation. I just got off the phone with Tokyopop’s director of new product development Jeremy Ross, who directed my attention to the manga widget at the … Continue reading →

Shaenon Garrity starts the weekend off right with some art and commentary on a gorgeous and bizarre vintage manga, Kasei Tanken, which was published in 1940, a few years before Tezuka hit the scene. It’s a good example of a … Continue reading →

Slam Dunk, vol. 1 By Takehiko Inoue Rated T for Teen Viz, $7.99 Real, vol. 1 By Takehiko Inoue Rated OT, for Older Teens Viz, $12.99 Slam Dunk and Real are nominally about basketball, but both manga have larger themes. … Continue reading →

Start off with this one: Matt Thorn dissects the 1970 issue of Margaret that he was showing off the other day, and he finds some odd juxtapositions. Fascinating reading! (Image of vintage ad taken from Matt’s site.) ICv2 has BookScan’s … Continue reading →

Gia reports on the Dark Horse panel at Kumoricon, where she picks up some interesting tidbits but no big stories. John Thomas was there as well. Speaking of JT, here’s his first round of summer recommendations at Mecha Mecha Media. … Continue reading →

Over at my other blog, Good Comics For Kids, children’s librarian (and Eisner judge) Eva Volin wishes there was more manga for tweens—and explains why that’s different from manga for teens (of which there is plenty). (Image is of The … Continue reading →