The perils of print, and vengeful women

At Robot 6, I reported on Digital Manga’s move to bring Harlequin manga to the Nook.

Daniella Orihuela-Gruber contemplates one of the downsides of print manga—you have to physically move them when you move.

Viz editor Nancy Thistlethwaite confirmed that Viz has licensed both Ai Ore series, Ai o Utau yori Ore ni Oborero!, which comprises the first three Viz volumes, and the follow-up series, Ai-Ore! Danshikō no Hime to Joshikō no Ōji, which Viz will release as five volumes.

At Manga Therapy, Tony Yao looks at the “vengeful woman” story Lady Snowblood.

Otaku News interviews veteran manga translator William Flanagan.

Erica Friedman writes about the josei magazine Feel Young at Manga Bookshelf.

News from Japan: Monthly Afternoon is publishing a prequel to Shohei Manabe’s Smuggler, to be released shortly before the Smuggler film opens.

Reviews

Sean Gaffney on vol. 1 of Anesthesiologist Hana (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Erica Friedman on vol. 6 of Aoi Hana (Okazu)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 6 of Bakuman (Comics Worth Reading)
Kristin on vol. 1 of The Betrayal Knows My Name (Comic Attack)
Kate Dacey on vol. 1 of Cage of Eden (The Manga Critic)
Connie on vol. 4 of Dorohedoro (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on How to Seduce a Vampire (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Karakuri Odette (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 7 of Nabari no Ou (Slightly Biased Manga)
James Fleenor on vol. 2 of Pokemon Adventures Diamond and Pearl Platinum (Anime Sentinel)
Richard Bruton on vol. 2 of Summit of the Gods (Forbidden Planet blog)
Connie on vol. 5 of Ultimo (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Wandering Son (I Reads You)

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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