Yearly Archives: 2008

My friend Dee Dupuy is an artist of many talents. In addition to her own comics, she did the toning for Svetlana Chmakova’s Dramacon and is currently toning Svet’s new book, Nightschool, which will debut in Yen Press’s Yen Plus … Continue reading →

Kai-Ming Cha, my editor at PWCW and someone who knows a lot about manga, says the kids are reading manga as a genre, not a medium. In other words, it’s all about the shonen and the shoujo. The audience now … Continue reading →

Vertical has posted a sample chapter of Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack on their site. You may remember that Viz published two volumes of stories back in the day; Vertical is doing it the Vertical way, which means hefty, 300-page volumes, … Continue reading →

ICv2 posts the BookScan top 20 graphic novels, and it appears that news of the manga bubble bursting may be somewhat premature. 1. Naruto, vol. 29 2. Naruto, vol. 30 3. Bleach, vol. 23 4. Negima!, vol. 18 5. In … Continue reading →

Good news for those who miss the Overlooked Manga Festival: Shaenon Garrity brought it back for the Fourth of July with a look at American presidents in manga—and there are more than you might think. (Yes, that is the manga … Continue reading →

Lots of folks were at Anime Expo this weekend; we weren’t, but here’s a roundup of the news. If you’re looking for more, ComiPress is keeping a big list of all the Anime Expo posts on the internet, as well … Continue reading →