Yearly Archives: 2010

New MMF, Ai Yazawa out of hospital, Erica goes to Garo

First of all, an announcement: If you are using a free LJ, I am probably going to stop linking to you, because the interstitial ads that LiveJournal puts in frequently crash my browser (I use Safari). It’s nothing personal, but … Continue reading

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Awards speculation, prying questions, and a look at Garo

The folks at Trouble with Comics were nice enough to ask me to contribute a guest review, and I chose vol. 1 of Bunny Drop for my topic. I was particularly honored as this site usually doesn’t cover manga. Viz … Continue reading

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Update: Gia gets the scoop on Yen Plus

Always the intrepid reporter, Gia Manry spoke directly to Kurt Hassler and got some info on Yen Plus’s move to digital. It seems to be a for-pay model, and they will have their own dedicated browser that lets you read … Continue reading

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Thursday update

In case you missed it yesterday, the big news was that Yen Press will no longer be publishing Yen Plus magazine in print; the manga anthology will go online, but there seem to be questions yet about how exactly that … Continue reading

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Breaking news: Yen Plus goes online only, Croquis replacements on the way

Two things, quickly: Yen Plus magazine is ending its print edition and going to a digital-only format. Kurt Hassler breaks the news at the Yen Press site. Also: If you are one of the people who got a faulty copy … Continue reading

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Queenie Chan, Carl Macek, and more Dark Horse news

I’m still busy with post-con duties, but I wrapped up my impressions of C2E2 at Robot 6, and Michael May has a nice post on the bloggers’ panel, which I participated in along with Johanna Draper Carlson, Heidi MacDonald, and … Continue reading

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