New shoujo mag in the works

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

Deb Aoki talks to Garrett Boast, the founder of ShojoBerry, a new manga magazine that is still in the works.

Here’s a blog title I wish I’d snapped up first: Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s NANA. Check out the first (and so far, only) post, Inspirations and Aspirations of NANA. (Via Journalista.)

Librarian and manga fiend Tangognat finds a project that many librarians will find useful: A cataloging manual for manga.

Reviews

Emily on Billion Girl (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Blog)
Danica Davidson on vols. 1-4 of Bride of the Water God (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Andre on vol. 1 of Detroit Metal City (Kuriousity)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1 and 2 of Gravitation Collection (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Courtney Kraft on vol. 2 of Higurashi When They Cry: Cotton Drifting Arc (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Dan Polley on vol. 1 of The Lapis Lazuli Crown (Comics Village)
Danica Davidson on vols. 1-3 of Peach Fuzz (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 8 of Vampire Knight (Comics Should Be Good)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of What a Wonderful World (Comics-and-More)
Greg McElhatton on vol. 1 of X-Men: Misfits (Read About Comics)
Julie on the November issue of Yen Plus (part two) (Manga Maniac Cafe)

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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One Response to New shoujo mag in the works

  1. José says:
    November 3, 2009 at 7:18 pm

    I only just learned about your generous link to my blog. I’m not entirely sure if I’ll add any more to it for the moment, but thank you kindly for helping more people see it!

    Oh, and sorry for taking the title, but I just couldn’t resist.

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