Infatuation station

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

Brad Rice lists this week’s new releases at Japanator.

Avalon’s Willow is puzzled by the manga trope of love at first sight. Be sure to read the comments as well. (Via When Fangirls Attack)

News from Japan: ANN has the comics rankings from Oricon and Tohan. And Sankaku Complex (NSFW) has the top ten manly manga as deterimined by Oricon.

Reviews: Erica Friedman demonstrates the use of yuri goggles in her review of vol. 6 of Gakuen Alice at Okazu.

Michelle Smith on vols. 1 and 2 of 13th Boy (Soliloquy in Blue)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 2 of breath (Kuriousity)
Julie on vol. 1 of Croquis Pop (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Kinukitty on I Shall Never Return (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Johanna Draper Carlson on The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology (Comics Worth Reading)
David Welsh on Oishinbo: Vegetables (Precocious Curmudgeon)
Carlo Santos on vol. 5 of Pluto (ANN)

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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