Yearly Archives: 2010

Anime Boston is this weekend, and the Ninja Consultants will be there! They are presenting their panel on Unusual Manga Genres today at 4 p.m., and I’m sorry Iwill have to miss it. Vertical’s Ed Chavez will be at the … Continue reading →

Canadian Business Online explains how Harlequin marketed their romances in Japan, first as print manga in partnership with Ohzora (the parent company of Aurora) and later directly as cell phone manga. (Via Simon Jones.) I reported the other day that … Continue reading →

Paul Pope posts some classic covers designed by Tadanori Yokoo for Shonen Magazine in the 1970s—plus a later illustration that draws on the same themes. (Via Journalista.) Kate Dacey doesn’t just look at this week’s new comics, she writes haiku … Continue reading →

We all know that not all manga features characters with enormous eyes, but Paul Gravett has a conversation with one of the uninitiated and then lists six less stylized manga. Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson has the list of this week’s kid-friendly comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. Twilight: The Graphic Novel tops the NY Times graphic books best-seller list—the hardcover section, not the manga list, which is dominated by Naruto … Continue reading →

I’m handing over the keys to Jake Forbes this morning. Jake is a longtime manga editor and writer who has worked for many American manga publishers, so when he asked if he could post this editorial on MangaBlog, I didn’t … Continue reading →