Bad boys and boys’ love

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Brigid Alverson

Anna looks at online manga at The Bureau Chiefs.

Kristin reads the May Previews through manga-tinted glasses at Comic Attack.

Simon Jones catches the next four manga that Animate will put on Kindle, and all are former Deux releases.

Julie Opipari writes about some bad-boy romances at Blog@Newsarama.

Melinda Beasi publishes a list of Boston-area manga bloggers—including yours truly!

David Welsh is giving away a copy of Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators to one lucky reader.

This is slightly off topic, but useful for those who are contemplating making their own comics: Shaenon Garrity talks about publishing your first comic.

News from Japan: The historical advisor to Strike Witches is the co-creator of a doujinshi based on the series. A manga adaptation of the dating sim game Tokimeki Memorial 4 will launch in the July issue of Monthly Dengeki Maoh. And ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.

Reviews:

Connie on vol. 33 of Berserk (Slightly Biased Manga)
Michael C. Lorah on Black Blizzard (Blog@Newsarama)
Michelle Smith on vol. 30 of Bleach (Soliloquy in Blue)
Connie on vol. 2 of Breath (Slightly Biased Manga)
Erica Friedman on vol. 5 of Click (Okazu)
Katherine Farmar on Dry Heat (Comics Village)
Connie on vols. 30 and 31 of Eyeshield 21 (Slightly Biased Manga)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 19 of Hikaru no Go (Manga Bookshelf)
Tiamat’s Disciple on How to Capture a Martini (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Danielle Leigh on vol. 4 of Kimi ni Todoke and vol. 2 of Natsume’s Book of Friends (Comics Should Be Good)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 1 of Monkey High (Comics Village)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of My Girlfriend’s a Geek (The Manga Critic)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Neon Genesis Evangelion Shinji Raising Project (Kuriousity)
Becky Fullan on On Bended Knee (Manga Jouhou)
Michelle Smith on vols. 19-21 of One Piece (Soliloquy in Blue)
Connie on vol. 48 of One Piece (Slightly Biased Manga)
Noah Berlatsky on vol. 3 of Ooku (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber on vol. 1 of Planetes (All About Manga)
Matthew J. Brady on vol. 8 of Pluto (Warren Peace Sings the Blues)
Zack Davisson on vol. 1 of Red Hot Chili Samurai (Manga Life)
Connie on vol. 3 of Seimaden (Slightly Biased Manga)
Anna on vol. 5 of Silver Diamond (Tangognat)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Twin Spica (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane on vol. 9 of Wild Ones (Manga Life)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 8 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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One Response to Bad boys and boys’ love

  1. Kris says:
    May 6, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Thanks as always, Brigid. I hope those Previews highlights are useful to someone. :)

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