Yearly Archives: 2009

At Good Comics for Kids, Lori Henderson lists this week’s new kid-friendly comics and manga. There’s plenty of manga goodness at comiXology today, as Shaenon Garrity lists her top five untranslated manga and Jason Thompson writes about long-running manga series. … Continue reading →

The Viz folks have been busy, despite the flooding and all. Here’s the hot skinny on their newest release, Jormungand, which apparently involves mercenaries ‘n’ stuff. VIZ MEDIA LETS THE BULLETS AND ACTION FLY IN NEW MANGA SERIES JORMUNGAND Death … Continue reading →

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has posted the nominations for its Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, and as always, manga is well represented. Laura lists her favorite supernatural shoujo manga at Heart of Manga. And David Welsh … Continue reading →

Although you wouldn’t guess it from the name, Beast Master is a shoujo manga, and in fact, it’s the latest entry in Viz’s Shojo Beat imprint. Read on for the details! VIZ MEDIA INVITES READERS TO A WALK ON THE … Continue reading →

It’s not manga, but an issue that affects a lot of manga readers: Two circulation desk employees (not librarians) in a Kentucky library were fired for stopping an 11-year-old child from checking out a volume of The League of Extraordinary … Continue reading →

Just in time for Halloween, Deb Aoki talks to Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda about their book Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide. Derik Badman will be cooking dishes from Viz’s foodie series Oishinbo all week at Graphic Novel … Continue reading →