What's the frequency, Naoki?

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Gottsu-Iiyan argues strongly that the weekly format is hurting manga at The Eastern Edge.

David Brothers picks out seven things he liked about the latest volume of Yotsuba&! at 4thletter!

David Welsh checks out the manga in the latest Previews, and he also presents the letter M in the shoujo-sunjeong alphabet.

Deb Aoki is now inviting her readers to vote for the best new international manga and best new manhwa at About.com.

Translators Alethea and Athena Nibley gently point out that bad grammar does not equal a more authentic translation at Manga Life.

If you like Archie, what manga would you like? Tangognat has some suggestions.

I totally forgot to mention yesterday that I have a couple of non-manga stories floating around the web: At Robot 6, I talked to Brad Guigar about his decision to move Webcomics.com to a subscription model, which flies against current popular wisdom. At SLJ Teen I highlight several webcomics based on literary classics, and at PWCW, I interviewed Stuart Hample, the creator of the Woody Allen comic strip (yes, there was one!) that ran in the 1970s and 80s.

Corrina Lawson checks out Shonen Jump for Wired’s GeedDad blog.

Reviews

Danica Davidson on vol. 2 of 13th Boy (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Kinukitty on Dining Bar Akira (The Hooded Utilitarian)
The Yaoi Review on Dining Bar Akira
Connie on vol. 14 of Hoshin Engi (Slightly Biased Manga)
Marsha Reid on vol. 2 of Ichiroh! (Kuriousity)
Connie on vol. 1 of Itazura na Kiss (Slightly Biased Manga)
Melinda Beasi on Love Skit (Manga Bookshelf)
Courtney Kraft on vol. 2 of Maria Holic (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Julie on vol. 7 of Moon Boy (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Casey Brienza on vol. 20 of Nana (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 24 of One Piece (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Ng Suat Tong on vol. 1 of Ooku (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Diana Dang on Princess Princess (Stop, Drop, and Read)
Amy Grockl on Solfege (Comics Village)
Danica Davidson on The Starry Night (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 1 of To Terra (i heart manga)
Connie on vol. 31 of Vagabond (Slightly Biased Manga)

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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One Response to What's the frequency, Naoki?

  1. Connie says:
    January 8, 2010 at 12:25 am

    Wow, thanks for linking that Stuart Hample article! I adore his children’s books, and had no idea he was involved in other media. I’m surprised the children’s books didn’t come up at all, actually, but geez, it looks like he’s done a little bit of everything in entertainment.

    I have to admit, I am incredibly curious what a graphic novel aimed at teenage girls made by Stoo Hample will be like.

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