The flaws of Dr. Tenma

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

REalIn this week’s PWCW, I talk to Viz editorial manager Leyla Aker about their Signature imprint and the SigIKKI.com website. And in my Unbound column at Robot 6, I take a look at five brand-new webcomics that are worth a click.

Gia Manry and Brad Rice check out this week’s new releases.

Gene Gustines, the New York Times comics writer, talks to Kurt Hassler about the Twilight manga.

Yoshihiro Tatsumi is among the nominees for the Eisner Hall of Fame.

182693-danitykane_superGlobal manga publisher eigoMANGA is planning a manga based on the band Danity Kane—yeah, I never heard of them either—but Gia thinks the art is not half bad. Check out the preview site.

The Yaoi Review checks out the yaoi webcomics at SmackJeeves.

News from Japan: Gottsu-Iiyan shows off some more artwork from the latest Vagabond at The Eastern Edge. The baseball manga Cross Game is coming to an end.

Reviews: Danielle Leigh embarks upon what she warns is a “spoiler-filled” discussion of vols. 1-7 of Monster at Comics Should Be Good with a discussion of the flaws of the saintly Dr. Tenma.

Tangognat on vol. 2 of Alice in the Country of Hearts (Tangognat)
Matthew J. Brady on vol. 2 of Black Jack (Warren Peace Sings the Blues)
Lori Henderson on vol. 6 of Black Jack (Manga Xanadu)
Connie on vol. 6 of Black Sun, Silver Moon (Slightly Biased Manga)
Noah Berlatsky on vol. 1 of Dinosaur King (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Connie on vol. 1 of Happy Cafe (Manga Recon)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 4 of Love Hina (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 5 of Otomen (Kuriousity)
Richard Cook on vol. 1 of Parasyte (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 3 of RE:Play (The Comic Book Bin)
Todd Douglass on vol. 3 of Samurai Harem (Anime Maki)
Holly von Winckel on vol. 1 of Ultimo (Sequential Tart)

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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