The importance of being edited

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Melinda Beasi presents all the latest manhwa news and reviews in her Manhwa Monday post at Manga Bookshelf.

Kate Dacey and David Welsh look at this week’s new releases, and the Comics Village team picks the best of last week’s new manga.

At The Manga Critic, Kate Dacey adds her thoughts to the recent conversation about blogging with an essay on the importance of editing.

Reviews: Lots of good critical essays this week; David Welsh discusses the works of Natsume Ono at The Comics Reporter, and Kinukitty contributes her take to the xxxHOLIC roundtable at The Hooded Utilitarian. The Manga Recon team turns in another solid set of reviews in their latest Manga Minis column.

Johanna Draper Carlson on All My Darling Daughters (Comics Worth Reading)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Crown of Love (Manga Bookshelf)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 16 of Gin Tama (A Case Suitable For Treatment)
Erica Friedman on vol. 1 of Kimochi no Katachi (Okazu)
Joy Kim on vols. 1-9 of Land of the Blindfolded (Joy Kim)
Julie on vol. 2 of The Name of the Flower (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Dave Ferraro on not simple (Comics-and-More)
John Thomas on Only One Wish (Comics Village)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 5 of Parasyte (i heart manga)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 3 of Pig Bride (Kuriousity)
Snow Wildsmith on Secret Moon (Manga Jouhou)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 2 of Shinobi Life (Kuriousity)
Sesho on vol. 9 of Sorcerer Hunters (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 6 of Yotsuba&! (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)

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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