Yearly Archives: 2009

Lissa Pattillo links to the first sighting of one of CLAMP’s mangettes (mini-manga) on Amazon.jp; for those who have forgotten (the project was announced in July 2007), Dark Horse will be publishing the short manga simultaneously in Japan, Korea, and … Continue reading →

Rivkah questions my use of the term “OEL manga” in the piece I wrote for PWCW, saying “I didn’t realize anybody still called it that.” Admittedly, it’s a bit dated, and I usually use the term “global manga,” but in … Continue reading →

The first volume of Svetlana Chmakova’s Nightschool is out, and I talk to Svet, Yen Press honcho Kurt Hassler, and editor JuYoun Lee about the creation of the book and changing attitudes about global manga in this week’s PWCW. There’s … Continue reading →

God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. (Image is of vol. 1 of Samurai 7, a manga remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, but with cyborgs.) Deb Aoki has a sneak preview of vol. 2 of Kasumi at … Continue reading →

Curious about what’s at the top of the stack chez MangaBlog? The folks at Robot6 were kind enough to invite me to contribute to this week’s What are you reading? feature, so I contributed a few notes on my current … Continue reading →

We’re celebrating Women’s History Month over at Good Comics for Kids with a look at comics and manga that feature strong women characters, and Kate Dacey and Sabrina Fritz polled all our bloggers to get a list of manga with … Continue reading →