Yearly Archives: 2009

News and reviews

Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman does the same for the world of yuri at Okazu. Lori also rounds up this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. And … Continue reading

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Con report: NYAF 09

I wasn’t too optimistic going into NYAF, because the manga presence was rather slim, but it turned out to be a good weekend anyway. Only two publishers, Del Rey and Vertical, had booths on the floor, but Tokyopop and Viz … Continue reading

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NYAF: Del Rey panel

Del Rey had a few new titles to announce, all from established creators who have done well from them in the past: Here I Am (Koko ni iru yo!), by Pixie Pop creator Ema Toyama. (Thanks to Emily for twittering … Continue reading

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Quick post from NYAF

I’m here at NYAF, and it looks like lots of manga folks are here. I didn’t make it into town in time for the Del Rey 5th anniversary party last night, but Anna has pix of the awesome cake at … Continue reading

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PR: Tokyopop’s Winter 2010 lineup

Hey, everyone! Today’s post will be a little late, as I have just arrived at the Javits Center for NYAF. I’m actually heading to the Tokyopop panel in a little while; in the meantime, here is their press release about … Continue reading

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Of tranlators and scanlators

David Brothers discusses why he doesn’t care for the new translation of Yotsuba&! at 4thletter. Lissa Pattillo rummages around the listings and comes up with a few possible new yaoi titles and a Darker than Black omnibus from Yen Press. … Continue reading

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