Category Archives: Mangablog

Sad news in the blogosphere: Francis, who blogged as Tiamat’s Disciple at the blog Tiamat’s Manga Reviews, has died of prostate cancer. Sunday Comics Debt takes a look at some of the problems with CMX, including a possible lack of … Continue reading →

Vol. 4 of Black Bird was the top-selling graphic novel in bookstores last month, according to BookScan, and 14 of the top 20 were manga. David Welsh finds a few manga of interest in this week’s new releases. Johanna Draper … Continue reading →

Manga expert Jason Thompson has been looking at manga on digital devices, and he concludes that Apple products are not the way of the future because of the Apple store’s rigid content standards, which means manga must be Bowdlerized to … Continue reading →

At Reverse Thieves, Hisui and Narutaki take a look at the changes in the manga market and point to some possible factors, including the fact that publishing in general has been hit by the recession. And translator William Flanagan nails … Continue reading →

Awesome news: Moto Hagio will be a guest at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Ed Sizemore kicks off the weekend with a thoughtful essay on the tragic flaw in To Terra: The belief that humans have unlimited control of the … Continue reading →

At Comic Book Resources, Kiel Phegley talks to Yen Press co-publisher Kurt Hassler about the manga market overall and the success of Twilight: The Graphic Novel. And yes, he does ask about the lettering. More importantly, Kurt points out that … Continue reading →