Yearly Archives: 2009

Why are there no women ukes?

The Chicks on Anime Roundtable picks an interesting topic this week: The submissive man is a staple of yaoi manga, but what about submissive women? The Same Hat guys offer a preview of the latest issue of their zine, Electric … Continue reading

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Coming attractions

Lissa Pattillo posts the list of October manga releases and some yaoi updates at Kuriousity. Jake Forbes has a sneak peek at some art from vol. 4 of Return to Labyrinth. A is for Awesome: David Welsh asks his readers … Continue reading

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Hassler, Taniguchi, Miyazaki

Hey, everyone! I want to apologize for posting being a bit spotty over the past week or so. Two things are going on. One is that the touch pad on my computer is dying a slow and ugly death, so … Continue reading

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Good reads for a day off

This is a fairly short post, as a rogue bit of Javascript thoroughly hosed my computer today. However, I’m linking to some nice, meaty posts, so savor them at your leisure and we’ll be back up to speed tomorrow. The … Continue reading

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Viz’s original comics, Dragon Ball fallout, Tatsumi interview

Deb Aoki gets the 411 on Viz’s new original comics program with an interview with senior editor Eric Searleman, although it seems like things are still rather vague at this point. I really like J. Caleb Mozzocco’s take on the … Continue reading

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Send your comics to Viz!

ICv2 posts Bookscan’s top 20 graphic novels for September. Lots of manga, as always. The Wicomico, Maryland, superintendent of schools has pledged to remove the first volume of Dragon Ball from an elementary school library after the mother of a … Continue reading

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