Yearly Archives: 2008

My quick take on NYCC is that this is the year of the manga shakeout. At the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference on Thursday, numbers guru Milton Greipp put the size of the entire graphic novel market at $375 million in … Continue reading →

I reported it below, but here’s the official press release on the licensing of Haruhi Suzumiya, which the Yen folks describe as “Hannah Montana meets Heroes.” Yen Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, today announced that it will … Continue reading →

NYCC coverage is pouring in from all over. If you’re thinking of going, check out Blog@Newsarama’s suggestions for manga and anime fans and Deb Aoki’s more exhaustive listing of Friday’s highlights. The MangaCast team checks out this week’s new manga, … Continue reading →

New York Comic-Con begins today, so of course the manga news started pouring out yesterday, when all us bloggers were either in transit or attending the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference at the Javits Center, where internet access is more precious … Continue reading →

In this week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week, I talk to Asako Suzuki and Jim Chadwick of CMX about the return of Crayon Shinchan. David Welsh takes a short look at a short list of new manga for this week. Erica … Continue reading →

The Otaku USA podcast features an interview with Stan Lee about ULTIMO, which he is working on with Shaman King mangaka Hiroyuki Takei. The Everett (Washington) Herald profiles two manga-making sisters, Danielle and Nicole Pelham, creators of As Told By, … Continue reading →