Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sorry for the lack of blog yesterday—I worked a good portion of the weekend, then started out Monday morning with a session in the dentist’s chair, so I lost my usual blogging times. The great thing about starting your day … Continue reading →

Good morning! Today’s discussion will be about shoujo manga. You should start with two posts, Melinda Beasi’s commentary on Twilight and the plight of the female fan and Christopher Mautner’s review of Moto Hagio’s A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, … Continue reading →

At MangaCast, Ed Chavez posts the latest manga rankings from the BookScan charts, which track sales in bookstores. The numbers after the titles are the difference in sales from the one above. One thing this chart bears out is the … Continue reading →

At Manga Bookshelf, Melinda Beasi’s Pick of the Week is Arata: The Legend. David Welsh chooses three favorite titles from this week’s new releases at The Manga Curmudgeon, while Kate Dacey singles out three titles for younger readers at The … Continue reading →

Deb Aoki polls her readers to compile a list of 50 manga every library should own, and real-life librarian Robin Brenner explains why the selections are shelf-worthy. John Thomas went to the Dark Horse panel at Kumoricon and got a … Continue reading →

The Manga Moveable Feast continued over the long weekend with Ed Sizemore’s look at Yotsuba&! and Aria at Manga Worth Reading. Jason Yadao examines the question of what, exactly, constitutes kids’ manga at Otaku Ohana. David Welsh writes about Yotsuba!& … Continue reading →