Monthly Archives: March 2010

Luck o' the manga

Kate Dacey, Gia Manry, and David Welsh look at this week’s new releases. At PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha talks to Matt Thorn about the new line of manga from Fantagraphics, which Thorn will be editing and “curating.” Also, Ada Price talks … Continue reading

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The manga that was not licensed

Amid the flurry of new licenses and license requests, Sean Gaffney pauses to consider why some manga are not licensed (with particular focus on Kimagure Orange Road). The Comics Village team make their picks from the past week’s new manga. … Continue reading

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Paradigm Shift, new Tatsumi manga, and more!

Interviews! I interviewed Dirk Tiede about the creative process behind his manga-style webcomic Paradigm Shift, which just wound up its first act—it’s an excellent time to jump in if you’re not reading it already. The Viz folks talk to Afterschool … Continue reading

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Weekend reading: Incest, morality, and Moto Hagio

Lori Henderson checks out this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. At Anime Vice, Geekachu presents this week’s quick picks in text rather than video form, and at Manga Worth Reading, Johanna takes a look at … Continue reading

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PR: Finder series

Let’s wind up this evening with Ayane Yamane’s Finder Series from DMP. This one is a license rescue; the series was originally published by Central Park Media under their BeBeautiful imprint. Digital will begin its releases this summer, and they … Continue reading

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PR: Ristorante Paradiso

Next up is Ristorante Paradiso, a one-shot manga that should be lovely to look at, and promises an intriguing story as well. Viz has been going long on Natsume Ono; they have already published not simple in print (the first … Continue reading

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