Yearly Archives: 2009

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced their 2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list as well as their top ten. Naturally, both lists feature quite a few manga. For those keeping score at home, David Welsh breaks … Continue reading →

You know, 99% of the time, working for the mayor of my city is the greatest job in the world. On snow days, however… not so much, because while everyone else is sleeping in, I have to make an extra … Continue reading →

It’s nice to hear about publishers doing something other than laying people off these days. Viz is expanding its brand a bit with a new line of Japanese sci-fi prose novels under the imprint Haikasoru. Plans are to publish 12 … Continue reading →

Here’s a nice coup: DMP has licensed Itazura na Kiss, a classic 1990s shoujo manga that has quite a following; both Lianne Sentar and Danielle Leigh have sung the praises of the anime. The first volume will be out in … Continue reading →

At Rocket Bomber, Matt Blind takes a look at 2008 online manga sales with charts of the top releases of the year, the sales numbers for Naruto, a publishers’ scorecard, nonfiction sales, and a look at manga-related novels. ANN reports … Continue reading →

Bookscan, which tracks sales of books and graphic novels in bookstores, released the top 20 graphic novels of 2008, and while that Watchman thing topped the list, there were 9 volumes of Naruto in the top 20. Also on the … Continue reading →