Monthly Archives: January 2010

Lori Henderson rounds up this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. After Twittering with fellow bloggers David Welsh and Sean Gaffney about female friendship in shoujo manga, Joy Kim posts a list of manga that feature … Continue reading →

Can you handle one more best manga of 2009 post? This one is from manga expert (and banned author!) Paul Gravett, so you know it’s good. Melinda Beasi ponders the larger significance of the Twilight graphic novel at There it … Continue reading →

At PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha talks to author and translator Fred Schodt. There’s lots of interesting commentary here, including Schodt’s take on unflipped manga: It preserves the idea of original manga but disturbs the flow of the reading. Because it is … Continue reading →

Christopher Handley may be heading for a plea bargain after pleading guilty to possession of obscene materials (manga) last year. Kate Dacey checks out this week’s new manga at The Manga Critic. Lissa Pattillo rounds up the latest contests and … Continue reading →

While we are all busy discussing the latest Fumi Yoshinaga and Naoki Urasawa releases in Viz’s Signature line, they are quietly publishing manga for kids as well. These books may not make as much of a splash with bloggers, but … Continue reading →

The New York Times graphic books best-seller list is up and it’s pretty Viz-a-licious, with the exception of the two volumes of Maximum Ride. At the Good Comics for Kids blog, Peter Gutierrez recommends ten comics that are great for … Continue reading →