Yearly Archives: 2012

I took a look at the past week’s new releases at MTV Geek, and Lissa Pattillo covered them in her On the Shelf column for Otaku USA as well. Meanwhile, Sean Gaffney looks forward to this week’s new manga. Erica … Continue reading →

It’s the busy season! I rounded up the manga news from Otakon (new Vertical series, Kodansha’s iPhone app and sale) at MTV Geek. Deb Aoki explains what’s going on at Shonen Jump Alpha—new additions to the lineup and the speedup … Continue reading →

ICv2 talks to Dallas Middaugh of Random House and Kumi Shimizu of Kodansha Comics about Kodansha’s first year of publishing manga in the U.S. (Here’s a quick summary of the relationship between Kodansha Comics, Random House, and Del Rey.) Vom … Continue reading →

Lissa Pattillo takes a look at this week’s new manga releases in her latest On the Shelf column for Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks ahead to the best of next week at A Case Suitable for Treatment. I reported on … Continue reading →

Start your reading today at ICv2, where their two-part interview with Viz brass touches on the state of the manga market (better than last year), the problem of kids’ manga, the renewed popularity of shoujo, their “aggressive” push to digital, … Continue reading →

I’m back from San Diego, bags filled with books, head filled with stories to be written. Thanks to Kate Dacey for filling in so admirably while I was away, and to Deb Aoki for being the best Comic-Con roommate ever! … Continue reading →