Monthly Archives: October 2009

Just in time for Halloween, Deb Aoki talks to Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda about their book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. Derik Badman will be cooking dishes from Viz’s foodie series Oishinbo all week at Graphic Novel … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson posts another excellent manga news roundup at Manga Xanadu, covering the Dragon Ball incident, a fascinating Twitter conversation, and more. She also reminds readers to comment on their favorite titles at Sigikki if they want them to see … Continue reading →

The Viz folks have a Q&A with Rumiko Takahashi on The Rumic World, the site that hosts her manga Rin-ne. It’s about as informative as every other interview with a manga creator, which is to say, not very. All the … Continue reading →

First things first: Head over to The Eastern Edge, where gottsu-iiyan has translated an interview with Naoki Urasawa about how he makes his comics. Last week was a bit of a blur, so I don’t remember if I linked to … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

David Welsh, Deb Aoki, and Brad Rice look over this week’s new releases. ICv2 has the direct market graphic novel chart for September, and Matt Blind posts the online sales manga chart from the week ending July 26. Viz’s offices … Continue reading →