Category Archives: Mangablog

Good Comics for Kids is hosting the Manga Moveable Feast this month, and the topic is Yotsuba&! Robin Brenner gets us rolling with an introduction and an archive of recent and older reviews and essays. This month, reviewers are invited … Continue reading →

I have family visiting from out of town so this will be brief—watch for more news and reviews tomorrow! Siloconera talks to Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy about piracy, copyright, and Tokyopop’s possible foray into video games. Tokyopop has posted a … Continue reading →

Can’t say I’ll miss ’em, but I doubt he’s right: Negima creator Ken Akamatsu says moe and harem manga are dead. Akamatsu briefly toys with the idea that yuri could be the next trend but decides it’s not popular enough. … Continue reading →

The judges in Kodansha’s fourth Morning International Comics Competition have announced the winners, and the top prize goes to Korean creator Kim DaeJin for his rather surrealistic tale The Unreverberating Echo. As I observed at Robot 6, the judges seem … Continue reading →

Melinda Beasi takes a look at what’s hot and what’s not in her latest Manhwa Mondaymang column at Manga Bookshelf. At Manga Xanadu, Lori Henderson is enjoying the world of Ai Yazawa, whose books share a common universe, and she … Continue reading →

At Robot 6, Sean Michael Wilson discusses Ax, the alt-manga anthology he edited for Top Shelf, as well as his future projects, with Christopher Mautner. David Brothers talks to Ed Chavez of Vertical, Michael Gombos of Dark Horse, and Marco … Continue reading →