Yearly Archives: 2008

Newsarama’s Benjamin Ong Pang Kean continues his series on manga with a look at what the future may hold. Here’s an interesting paper by an Australian college student on the popularity of manga outside Japan. And hey, we’re included in … Continue reading →

Danielle Leigh explains why she likes CMX in her latest Manga Before Flowers column, and I’m with her—I love their classic shoujo titles and the newer stuff as well. OK, all you who have been complaining about the Tokyopop website, … Continue reading →

Looks like Udon will have a boatload of Street Fighter books and other merch at SDCC. Read on for details. UDON BRINGS THE STREET FIGHTER® GOODS TO THE SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON Exclusive Street Fighter® Comics, Hardcover Art Book and Art … Continue reading →

First, a little self-promotion: Tim O’Shea interviewed me for his blog, Talking with Tim, about the site I edit, Good Comics For Kids. Drop by and check it out! OK, on to the manga news… The MangaCast team checks out … Continue reading →

Christopher Butcher breaks through the gloom and doom in the latest segment of his survey of the manga industry at Comics212, suggesting that there is indeed a market, however modest, for mature-themed manga, and that at least some of today’s … Continue reading →

In his latest Flipped column, David Welsh talks about manga for grown-ups: what is it, how can it be distinguished from manga that is “adult” purely because of graphic sex and violence, and whether anybody reads it. For example, he … Continue reading →