Monthly Archives: September 2011

Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy roiled the waters at Facebook over the weekend when he asked readers if they would support a third volume of Hetalia that would be sold through “limited” retail channels. The post got almost 1,000 “likes,” but … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson has the lineup of this week’s new all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. Kristin takes a look at the most promising manga in the September Previews. Jason Thompson writes about the racing manga Initial D … Continue reading →

I check out this week’s new manga at MTV Geek, and Lissa Patillo looks gives her take her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks forward to next week’s new releases, which include several final volumes. … Continue reading →

Tune in to the latest Manga Out Loud podcast for a marathon talkfest on the topic of digital manga, hosted by Ed Sizemore and Johanna Draper Carlson and featuring Rob McMonigal, Alex Hoffman, Lissa Pattillo, and yours truly! Then bookmark … Continue reading →

Good news for Shutterbox fans: Creators Rikki and Tavisha Simons are selling volume 5 of Shutterbox (which was originally published by Tokyopop and never finished) digitally for just $2.99 a volume. And they haven’t given up on getting it into … Continue reading →

At The Comics Journal, Ryan Holmberg pens a fascinating piece on the effect of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami on the manga industry. In addition to explaining how Japanese comics distribution works—and why the disaster hit it so hard—Holmberg … Continue reading →