Yearly Archives: 2010

New Tezuka, the problem with weeklies, and Hokusai manga

Lissa Pattillo figured out Vertical’s newest license: It’s Osamu Tezuka’s Ayako. Gottsu-Iiyan argues that easing the weekly schedule for manga serials would be better for manga creators—and ultimately for manga as well. Curtis Hoffmann takes a look at Hokusai Manga, … Continue reading

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Milestones, Gyakushu!, and more

I interviewed Dan Hipp, creator of Gyakushu! (which he just put online) and the upcoming Ben 10 manga for Del Rey, for this week’s Unbound column at Robot 6. Dan also talked to Johanna Draper Carlson at Comics Worth Reading, … Continue reading

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PR: Highlights from Viz's spring releases

This press release highlights a variety of new manga due out from Viz this spring, including the Stan Lee-Hiroyuki Takei collaboration Ultimo, several titles from the SigIKKI online comics site, some teen shoujo titles from the Shojo Beat imprint, and … Continue reading

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Tuesday quick links

Bleach is the only manga to crack the top 10 in Diamond’s top 300 graphic novels list for December. ICv2’s analysis of December sales shows a drop in graphic novel sales, although the fact that Diamond skipped a week may … Continue reading

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Princess Knight rides again

Christopher Butcher continues his excellent series on manga milestones with a look at Raijin Comics #46 and Antique Bakery. The Manga Village team picks the most interesting titles from the past week’s new releases. Tangognat takes a look at the … Continue reading

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Meta: Making your site user-friendly

I’m not an expert on blogging by any means, but I do spend a lot of time cruising the web, and I see the same minor but irritating problems popping up again and again. So I thought it might be … Continue reading

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