Yearly Archives: 2011

The Angoulême comics festival is just wrapping up in France, and manga seems to have played a prominent part. Riyoko Ikeda, creator of The Rose of Versailles, was a guest of honor, and she sang at the palace of Versailles. … Continue reading →

David Welsh takes a look at this week’s new manga at The Manga Curmudgeon. And David joins Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, and Michelle Smith for a discussion of this week’s pick of the week. Ed Sizemore invites Melinda Beasi, Erica … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson posts the list of last week’s all-ages comics and manga, and picks her favorites, at Good Comics for Kids. Lissa Pattillo shares her comics-shop finds at Kuriousity, and at Comics Village, the whole team selects their favorites from … Continue reading →

Jason Thompson looks at Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha in this week’s House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. On the ANNCast, Ed Chavez of Vertical (publishers of Buddha!) discusses his company’s new licenses, Princess Knight and Drops of God. Manga bloggers … Continue reading →

Big news today: Vertical announced two new manga licenses, Osamu Tezuka’s Princess Knight and the wine-tasting manga Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku). Princess Knight was one of the early shoujo manga and features a swashbuckling princess disguised as a … Continue reading →

Brad Rice checks the list of this week’s new releases at Japanator, and David Welsh is pleased to see the second volume of Summit of the Gods on the list. At Manga Bookshelf, Kate, David, Melinda, and Michele list their … Continue reading →