Category Archives: Mangablog

Five years ago today, I put up my first post on MangaBlog. I had only a hazy idea of what I was going to write about, and how I was going to do it. Everything I know today, I learned … Continue reading →

Kate Dacey, David Welsh, Brad Rice, and Gia Manry look at this week’s new manga. After showing similarities between the work of Frank Miller and Yukito Kishoro (Battle Angel Alita), Gottsu-Iiyan talks a bit more about the double standard and … Continue reading →

… over at TCJ. He answers a lot of questions about what happened, why Handley was wrong to think his comics were legal, the problems with current obscenity law, and why Handley chose to plead guilty. This is a must-read … Continue reading →

In the wake of the Affaire Nick Simmons, Gottsu-Iiyan posts some suspiciously similar pages from Frank Miller’s Elektra Lives Again and Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita—but this time, it’s Kishiro who is doing the borrowing. Meanwhile, Simmons has made a … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman posts an updated edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu. Melinda Beasi looks at March releases in the latest edition of Manga Bookshelf. David Welsh looks … Continue reading →

The tsunami that is the Nick Simmons affair is beginning to crest; ever since fans noticed, a couple of days ago, that some panels of his comic Incarnate bore a suspiciously strong resemblance to Bleach (and Bleach fanart!), the internet … Continue reading →