Yearly Archives: 2008

Guin Saga, Undertown, PiQ, and more

Ed Chavez tells the story of The Guin Saga at PWCW, and Calvin Reid has an advance look at NYCC. Comic Book Resources talks to Jim Pascoe about Undertown. John Thomas takes a look at the first issue of PiQ … Continue reading

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New comics and some 4-koma

Katherine Dacey digs deep for this week’s new manga, and she reviews a couple of new titles as well, in her Weekly Recon. David Welsh has nominated some manga for the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list. Canned Dogs … Continue reading

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PR: Nine new titles from Viz

The folks at Viz have a big stack of new manga titles for you to enjoy this spring, including Gimmick!, which sounds like a manga version of F/X. Read on for more. VIZ MEDIA TO DEBUT NINE NEW MANGA SERIES … Continue reading

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PR: Feng shui battle manga (and more) from DrMaster

Start saving your pennies, kids: DrMaster has three new titles coming down the pike. I particularly like the concept of Feng Shui Academy, in which, apparently, the hero battles monsters and demons using … feng shui. And “other spiritual methods … Continue reading

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Attention bloggers: Anime Boston meetup!

If you’re going to Anime Boston on March 21-23, and you’d like to meet some of your fellow bloggers, check below the cut. We’re thinking it might be fun to meet up, maybe on Saturday morning, to chat with each … Continue reading

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News about stuff, most of it manga

Not manga, but interesting nonetheless: At Digital Strips, my colleague Jason Sigler (a.k.a. The Midnight Cartooner) talks to Michael Rouse-Deane about The Guest Strip Project, the latest creation of his fevered brain. Rouse-Deane is the creator of The Kid’s Book … Continue reading

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