A little news, a lot of reviews

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator. And here is a rundown on the April list from Digital Manga, including the first volumes in their new DokiDoki imprint. (Image is vol. 1 of Train Train, one of the DokiDoki books.)

Gia notes that the new book of Hayao Miyazaki’s essays is available for preorder.

News from Japan: Kouta Hirano, creator of Hellsing, has a new series in the works, Drifters, to run in Young King Ours magazine.

Reviews: At Blogcritics, Bill Sherman is curious about whether he can dive into a series midstream, so he jumps right in with vol. 9 of The Gentlemen’s Alliance +. Confusion results, but he eventually sorts it all out. BakaTanuki reviews the Udon kids’ manga lineup at The Gaming Dungeon. Other reviews of note:

Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of 20th Century Boys (Comics-and-More)
Dick McVengeance on vol. 1 of 20th Century Boys (Japanator)
Lianne Sentar on Antique Bakery (Sleep Is For the Weak)
Connie on vol. 2 of Black Jack (Slightly Biased Manga)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Bound Beauty (Tangognat)
Holly Ellingwood on Cut (Active Anime)
Kris on Cut (Manic About Manga)
Snow Wildsmith on Cut (Fujoshi Librarian)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 1 of Gakuen Prince (Comics Should Be Good)
Rachel Bentham on vol. 1 of Hey Class President (Active Anime)
Deb Aoki on Ikigami (About.com)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 10 of La Corda d’Oro (The Comic Book Bin)
Greg Hackmann on vol. 4 of Legend (Mania.com)
Katherine Farmar on Little Cry Baby (Comics Village)
Kris on Mr. Flower Bride (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Nephilim (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 4 of Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom (The Comic Book Bin)
Bad Jew on Oishinbo (Sleep Is For the Weak)
Erin Jones on vol. 1 of Otomen (Mania.com)
Oyceter on vols. 1 and 2 of Phantom Dream (Sakura of DOOM)
Julie on vol. 1 of Pig Bride (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Pluto (Kuriousity)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 2 of TOKKO: Devils Awaken (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 1 of TOKKO: Phantom Hunter (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Emerian Rich on Until the Full Moon (dashPunk) (via WFA)
Anna on vol. 1 of V.B. Rose (TokyoJupiter) (via WFA)
Holly Ellingwood on The Way to Heaven (Active Anime)
Connie on vol. 17 of Yakitate!! Japan (Slightly Biased Manga)

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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