Monthly Archives: August 2009

In this week’s Unbound column at Robot 6, I talked to Psy*Comm creator Tony Salvaggio and Tokyopop Director of Marketing Marco Pavia about Tokyopop’s online manga program. Some of the things they said may surprise you. Melinda Beasi kicks the … Continue reading →

David Welsh and Kate Dacey look over this week’s new comics. ICv2 posts the July graphic novels chart from Diamond; not surprisingly, Naruto and Fruits Basket make the top ten. Original manga comes to the United Arab Emirates. (Via Weekend … Continue reading →

Sorry that things have been a bit irregular of late—I’m on vacation, visiting family outside of Chicago, so I’m out of my regular routine and in a slightly different time zone. Also a power failure this morning slowed things down … Continue reading →

The latest New York TImes Graphic Books Bestseller List is up, and Vampire Knight tops the list this week. It’s license request day at Precocious Curmudgeon, and David Welsh is keeping it simple: More Ai Yazawa, please. Elizabeth Shupe writes … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

Here’s the full PR on Tokyopop’s move to put some of their global manga properties online. I’m really happy to see Earthlight, Undertown, and Kat and Mouse, in particular, coming back to finish the stories, but I’m curious as to … Continue reading →