Junko Mizuno, NaRae Lee, and a Jiro Taniguchi preview

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

(c) Marvel Characters, Inc.

(c) Marvel Characters, Inc.

Junko Mizuno talks to Sean T. Collins about her Spider-Man story for Marvel’s Strange Tales series. No, you’re not hallucinating, she’s really doing it—there’s a panel from the story right there.

Deb Aoki interviews Maximum Ride artist NaRae Lee at About.com.

At Good Comics for Kids, Scott Robins reports on the graphic novels in libraries panel, in which manga loomed large, at San Diego Comic-Con.

Summit of the Gods

Summit of the Gods

Here’s a treat to cool you off on a hot summer day: Kate Dacey presents a sneak preview of Jiro Taniguchi’s Summit of the Gods at Manga Critic.

News from Japan: ANN has the Japanese comics rankings for August 3-9 and the news that Masatoshi Usune’s Desert Punk (Sunabozu) manga is returning after a four-year break.

Reviews

Lori Henderson on vols. 1-5 of Black Jack (Comics Village)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 28 of Bleach (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
asamisgirl on Chocolate Surprise (The Yaoi Review)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Cirque du Freak (Good Comics for Kids)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1-3 of Jyu-Oh-Sei (ANN)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 2-6 of Lunar Legend Tsukihime (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Edward Zacharias on vol. 39 of Naruto (Animanga Nation)
Snow Wildsmith on Necratoholic (Fujoshi Librarian)
Holly Ellingwood on vol. 12 of Oh My Goddess (Second Edition) (Active Anime)
Casey Brienza on vol. 1 of Ooku: The Inner Chamber (ANN)
Shannon Fay on vol. 5 of Real (Kuriousity)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of Vampire Knight (i heart 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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