Yearly Archives: 2008

And you can read all of them at The Beat, but this is MangaBlog so let’s see how manga fared this year. Pretty well, as it turns out. Last year’s nominations were pretty manga-friendly, but this year’s are even more … Continue reading →

Recently, I became aware of a hole in the blogosphere: Nobody seemed to be blogging regularly about children’s comics. I mentioned this to a couple of like-minded folks, and the next thing I knew, Word Balloons was born. Unlike MangaBlog, … Continue reading →

NYCC is coming up this weekend! Who’s going? I’ll be there, covering it for PWCW and MangaBlog and appearing on a panel on kids’ comics on Sunday, and at PopCultureShock, Kate Dacey has a handy list of manga and anime … Continue reading →

Back in December, I moderated a panel discussion on manga at MoCCA, with Del Rey editor Dallas Middaugh, translator Mari Morimoto, Kinokuniya manager John Fuller, and letterer/designer Brad Foltz. In case you missed it (hey, December is a busy month), … Continue reading →

John Jakala explains why he likes Franken Fran, which alas is available only in scanlation. Lori Henderson makes her picks from this week’s new manga at Manga Village. At Manga Life, Fruits Basket translators Alethea and Athena Nibley share their … Continue reading →