Monthly Archives: August 2009

Husband-and-wife team Dave Roman and Raina Telgemeier note that X-Men: Misfits, which they co-wrote, comes out this week, and they have the details on the release party and other promotional events. Red Baylon lists this week’s new releases at Japanator, … Continue reading →

Kate Dacey posts this week’s new manga along with her recommendations at The Manga Critic. David Welsh lists five comics that should be adapted into Broadway musicals. Tokyopop staffers discussed 17 upcoming titles at their recent webinar and Deb Aoki … Continue reading →

The MangaCast crew are doing a bit of catching up, making their picks of the best manga from the week of July 29. Better late than never! They also think ahead, though, with a list of the manga in the … Continue reading →

Over at Publishers Weekly Comics Week, I talk to Kurt Hassler about Cirque du Freak, the American edition of the Japanese manga adaptation of an Irish novel. The latest news around here is that I’m one of the judges for … Continue reading →

Deb Aoki interviews IKKI editor Hideki Egami at About.com. IKKI is the Japanese manga magazine that is providing fodder for Viz’s Sigikki website. Deb also reports that Tokyopop is upgrading its paper and offering webcasts featuring their editors—the first is … Continue reading →

Not manga, but perhaps important someday: I wrote about comiXology’s Comics iPhone application in my latest Unbound column at Robot 6. It has some interesting twists and while the manga content is minimal at the moment, that could always change. … Continue reading →