Monthly Archives: March 2009

Faeries, Lone Wolf and Cub, and mangaka schedules

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

At Manga Punk, David Doub talks to Alison Acton, the artist for Tokyopop’s adaptation of The Faerie Path. Check this out: The blog Satisfactory Comics has done a whole month of Lone Wolf and Cub posts! (Hat tip: Derik Badman) … Continue reading →

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Oh, NYT, will you ever learn?

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

The big news of the day is that the New York Times has launched not one, but three “graphic books” best-seller lists. “Graphic books”? My guess is that there was a big debate down on the cube farm about whether … Continue reading →

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Netcomics goes yaoi with new est em, four others

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

Netcomics started out with some light manhwa titles, including some BL, and has gotten more diverse as time goes on. They are currently carrying global manga from Yaoi Press as well as Japanese teen-love manga from LuvLuv and some American … Continue reading →

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Naruto rules the charts… again

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

If you missed Newsflash: Teen Girls Read Manga!, the panel that Robin Brenner moderated with me, Kate Dacey, and Trisha Narwani at NYCC, be sure to catch Rocco Staino’s writeup at School Library Journal. ICv2 has the BookScan top 20 … Continue reading →

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Launching our fifth year!

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

Today is MangaBlog’s fourth birthday! Thank you to everyone who reads, links, and comments; you are the ones who keep it interesting! David Welsh takes a look at this week’s new comics at Precocious Curmudgeon. At The Eastern Edge, Gottsu-Iiyan … Continue reading →

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Wondercon reports, women in manga, lots of reviews

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator. Deb Aoki was at Wondercon this weekend, and she reports that sales were robust but manga and anime were hard to find, although Viz did have an exhibit on the con … Continue reading →

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