Yearly Archives: 2009

Does Yuricon have something to teach newspaper reporters? Our favorite yuri publisher showed up on the Daily Kos yesterday as an example of how to do niche publishing right—and Erica Friedman is quoted at length. Erica posts her own reaction … Continue reading →

We heard a lot of buzz over the weekend about the graphic novel presence at Book Expo America. ICv2 has a wrapup report that notes that the big manga players (Tokyopop, Viz) didn’t have booths on the floor, although I … Continue reading →

Just a week after its launch, Rin-ne is already running a bit behind: Editor Mike Montesa said that the second intstallment (due out yesterday) will be delayed until May 2 because of Golden Week, a Japanese holiday, and the third … Continue reading →

The inimitable Kate Dacey, who started out blogging as ChunHyang72 at the Tokyopop site and then moved on to become senior editor at Manga Recon, has her own blog: The Manga Critic. Kate is a sharp, funny, perceptive reviewer, and … Continue reading →

God Len posts this week’s new releases at Japanator, and David Welsh picks the best of them at Precocious Curmudgeon. Matt Blind takes a look at online sales of graphic novels for the week ending April 5 at Rocket Bomber. … Continue reading →

David Welsh writes about four-panel (yonkoma) manga in his latest Flipped column. Meanwhile, Jason Thompson has wrapped up his updates to Manga: The Complete Guide, and he has some reflections and deep thoughts about the evolution of the manga industry, … Continue reading →