Yearly Archives: 2008

Hey, everyone, I have jury duty on Thursday, so I’m posting tomorrow’s news today. Vol. 28 of Naruto slides from number 39 to 52 on the USA Today best-seller list, and vol. 19 of Fruits Basket moves from 34 to … Continue reading →

In this week’s PWCW, Jennifer de Guzman goes comics shopping in three different venues, and what she finds sounds pretty much like the comics market in miniature: a comics store with no graphic novels or manga, a chain store with … Continue reading →

Katherine Dacey’s Weekly Recon includes this week’s new manga and a handful of short reviews. Ed Chavez trolls the April Previews for manga shipping in June at the MangaCast. ComiPress translates Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Masahiro Ibaraki’s reminiscences of his 25 … Continue reading →

High School Girls is wrapping up, The King of Fighters is back, and Junk just keeps on pluggin’. Details and cover art after the jump. SPRING INTO ACTION! HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOL. 9, THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2003 VOL. 4 … Continue reading →

At The Beat, Heidi MacDonald rounds up numerous articles about the popularity of manga and another set about retailing. Both make interesting reading, as do the comments that follow. I particularly like this, from the inexplicably blogless Simon Jones: I … Continue reading →

Gia is liveblogging from Sakura Con and she has some news tidbits. From Tokyopop, she hears about some new titles: Hellgate London, Vassalord, and Silver Diamond, plus a Bizenghast novelization and a new Princess Ai trilogy. And bad news for … Continue reading →