Category Archives: Mangablog

PR: Viz launches Bakuman

This looks appealing: Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have teamed up on another manga, this one about a young man who yearns to be a professional manga artist. Watch for previews in the May issue of Shonen … Continue reading

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Going west

I will be away from the internet for a day or so as I’m heading out to Chicago for C2E2; being a lover of adventure, and a hater of airplanes, I’m taking the train, and stopping over in my home … Continue reading

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Where is Kodansha?

Kate Dacey checks out this week’s new releases at The Manga Critic. Melinda Beasi rounds up the Korean comics scene in her latest Manhwa Monday post. Twilight was the best-selling manga in comics stores last month, according to Diamond’s sales … Continue reading

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Rush relaunches, Marvel manga bite the dust

I’m not sure how I missed this, but Kai-Ming Cha has an excellent interview with Matt Thorn, who is editing a new line of manga for Fantagraphics, at PWCW. I liked this: My approach is to publish smart, artistic but … Continue reading

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Developing…

This post is late because there was so much news today that every time I thought I was finished, something new would come up. Like this: A manga publisher is on the block, and speculation is leaning toward Aurora, which … Continue reading

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Podcasts, Pluto, and Previews

The real reason I went to Anime Boston is that Ed Chavez asked me to be part of his manga bloggers’ panel, which also included Erin Finnegan, Vertical former intern Ko Ransom, AICN‘s Scott Green, Anime World Order‘s Clarissa Graffeo, … Continue reading

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