Yearly Archives: 2009

Hard times

At Comics212, Christopher Butcher has posted a list of over 1,000 items, all from Viz, that Diamond will no longer be carrying. I have asked the Viz folks for some clarification of what this means from their end, and when … Continue reading

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Friday the 13th, part infinity

Here’s your must-read for the weekend: Christoph Mark interviews Naoki Urasawa and his editor, Takashi Nagasaki, about their collaboration on Billy Bat. Great quote: “People often think he’s the pitcher and I’m the catcher, but in our discussions for this … Continue reading

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Yen honcho talks Yotsuba&!

For over a year now, Yotsuba&! fans have been agitating for the sixth volume of the adventures of the little green-haired girl, but the annoucement of its imminent release came from an unexpected quarter: Yen Press, which has taken over … Continue reading

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NYCC followups, best-sellers, and more

Del Rey announced at NYCC that they would be publishing King of RPGs, a shonen manga written by manga expert extraordinaire Jason Thompson and illustrated by Victor Hao. Jason gives the lowdown at his LJ and it already has its … Continue reading

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News digest

It’s probably going to take me a couple of days to catch up with all my news alerts and RSS feeds; here’s the latest batch of news you can’t live without: David Welsh picks the best of this week’s new … Continue reading

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NYCC in review

Well, I’m back home, eating pizza and contemplating a mountain of laundry, and NYCC is just a memory. But what a memory! Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald wrote the big-picture article on the con for PWCW, and I was on … Continue reading

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