Category Archives: Mangablog

Translators wanted: Must work for free

Kate Dacey takes a long look at this week’s new comics, and she even includes some snippets of reviews. ICv2 talks to Asako Suzuki, who recently returned to the manga world as a line editor at Tokyopop, about her work … Continue reading

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New releases and Yaoi-Con news

David Welsh and Brad Rice check out this week’s new manga. Melinda Beasi rounds up the week’s manhwa news, much of which occurred on Twitter, at Manga Bookshelf, and she also makes xxxHolic her pick of the week. Deb Aoki … Continue reading

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Monday news roundup

As I noted at Robot 6, it looks like Manga Fox is back to its old tricks, posting scanlations of Naruto, Bleach, and other licensed manga after publicly proclaiming it would no longer do so last summer. Erica Friedman brings … Continue reading

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What’s up at Viz?

Lori Henderson has this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. Apparently the Viz folks were dropping some hints on Twitter that big changes are afoot, and Lissa Pattillo sums up the frenzy of speculation that followed; … Continue reading

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Catch the GLBTQ panel, even if you missed it

Deb Aoki posts a transcript of the Gay for You: Yuri & Yaoi Manga for GLBT Readers panel, which was definitely one of the best at NYCC. Moderated by Robin Brenner, and starring Chris Butcher, Scott Robins, Alex Woolfson, Leyla … Continue reading

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Boys over propaganda

Simon & Schuster, which distributes Viz manga, is listing Kazue Katō’s manga Blue Exorcist (Ao no Exorcist) with an April release date. Johanna Draper Carlson takes an advance look at the manga that are due out in December. And Melinda … Continue reading

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