Yearly Archives: 2008

I just picked up the February Shojo Beat at B&N the other day and noticed that it was the MUSIC AWARDS ISSUE, but dove straight into the comics. It turns out SB is partnering with MYX (not to be confused … Continue reading →

Weekly Recon writer Katherine Dacey looks forward to the week ahead in manga. Editor extraordinaire Dallas Middaugh blogs about how he got hooked on comics. At the MangaCast, Ed supplies cover images for the manga announced by Tokyopop at NYAF. … Continue reading →

New comics are out today, and the MangaCast crew makes their selections. Comics: Not just for boys any more. The Guardian notices, and they give manga credit for opening the medium up to female readers and creators. In this week’s … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the month again: ICv2 brings us the December direct market sales numbers for pamphlets and graphic novels. The short version is that comics were up 3 percent and GNs rose 11 percent, yielding a 4 percent … Continue reading →

Gee, there’s nothing at all Freudian about that title, is there? Seriously, I spot a mini-trend here: DrMaster is releasing both volumes of this two-volume series simultaneously, just as Del Rey is publishing the first two volumes Fairy Tail simultaneously … Continue reading →

Deb Aoki of About.com interviews mangaka Keiko Takemiya, the creator of To Terra and Andromeda Stories, about her work and what it was like being one of the first female shoujo manga creators. Also: Deb’s readers pick Town of Evening … Continue reading →