Yearly Archives: 2008

Possible Newtype USA replacement?

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

This just came in as a comment to the last post: Here’s a scoop for you. ADV is telling potential advertisers that their new magazine will be called PIQ (as in “sneak peak” or “pique your interest”). The fact that … Continue reading →

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2007: Let the post-mortems begin

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Christopher Butcher has an extended commentary on David Welsh’s roundup of the year in manga at Comics 212. Well worth a read. Tiamat’s Disciple looks at how various publishers fared in 2007 from a UK perspective. Anime on DVD has … Continue reading →

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Mid-week reading list

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

At PWCW, Calvin Reid has the details on the Seven Seas-Tor Books deal, including two new titles coming from Seven Seas: Inukami, a manga, and Kuro Majo-san ga Touru (roughly, Here Comes the Black Witch), a light novel aimed at … Continue reading →

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Top tens, flopping floppies, and manga misfits

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Here’s today’s must-read article: Jeff Vandermeer interviews librarian and uber-manga fan Robin Brenner at Bookslut, then gives her space to list the top manga, not of 2007, but of all time. At the Del Rey blog, Dallas Middaugh lists his … Continue reading →

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Review: Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan By Aimee Major Steinberger Rated T for Teen, 13+ Go!Comi, $16.99 Japan Ai is Aimee Steinberger’s charming sketch diary of her trip to Japan with two female friends. Written in a cheery, … Continue reading →

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Manga: More satisfying than spandex?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

PopCultureShock has come up with an interesting tool: ComicRankings, which collates comics reviews from around the blogosphere and ranks comics, creators, and publishers accordingly. The top-ranked publisher is Del Rey, followed closely by Viz; Dark Horse is fourth and Tokyopop … Continue reading →

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