Category Archives: Mangablog

Deb Aoki takes a look at the first volume of Hetalia three ways, on the Zinio comics reader, on the comiXology reader, and in print, and finds that e-readers aren’t quite ready for unflipped manga. She also talks to comiXology … Continue reading →

Deb Aoki interviews the publishers of ComicLoud, a new bilingual Japanese/English manga magazine that is being published on the Kindle. Sean Gaffney previews next week’s new manga. Lori Henderson has the list of this week’s new all-ages comics and manga … Continue reading →

Tell it, Shaenon: To be a truly irritating manga nerd, it’s important to obsess over at least one untranslated manga, boring people with long descriptions of its veiled glories and bitching about the myopia of the U.S. manga market and/or … Continue reading →

A federal appeals court has struck down two Oregon statutes that banned furnishing “sexually explicit” materials to minors and “luring” minors with such materials, saying both were too broad and could criminalize giving minors some works that have both adult … Continue reading →

New title watch: ANN confirms that Tokyopop will be publishing the BL title Crimson Snow under their Blu imprint and firms up the release date for the Chibi-Vampire: Bites fan book, and they also found listings for two new Pokemon … Continue reading →

The Vertical folks announced a new title yesterday at their Anime Weekend Atlanta panel: Velveteen & Mandara (Becchin to Mandara), by Jiro Matsumoto. Erica Friedman has all the yuri news that’s fit to print in the latest edition of Yuri … Continue reading →