Category Archives: Mangablog

Digital Manga announced ten new titles at Anime Expo, and they have also commissioned Wedding Peach creator Nao Yazawa to draw an original story for their eManga website. Gia Manry and Daniella Orihuela-Gruber were both at the panel and have … Continue reading →

… but I’m getting there. Looking forward to that long weekend. At Good Comics for Kids, Kate Dacey has some advice for librarians (and others) on how to keep a manga collection current. Jason Thompson’s latest House of 1000 Manga … Continue reading →

Hey, everyone! Sorry about my untimely absence—I have been off in Washington, DC, at the American Library Association annual meeting, where I participated in panels on The Best Manga You’re Not Reading and Good Comics for Kids, interviewed Raina Telgemeier … Continue reading →

Manga Moveable Feast update: Michelle Smith and Melinda Beasi devote this edition of Off the Shelf, their discussion column, to the Color of Earth trilogy. At The Manga Curmudgeon, David Welsh objects to the portrayal of sexuality in the story. … Continue reading →

The Hooded Utilitarian is sponsoring a roundtable on marketing manga to adults this week, titled Komikusu (Japanese for “comics); Noah Berlatsky posted a brief introduction yesterday, and Erica Friedman refined the argument she made earlier at Okazu about a sustainable … Continue reading →

The June Manhwa Moveable Feast has begun, and Melinda Beasi starts us off with an introduction to the Color trilogy (The Color of Earth, The Color of Water, The Color of Heaven), which is the topic of this month’s MMF, … Continue reading →