Category Archives: Mangablog

Maid Service

Lorena Nava Ruggero lists her picks for the best new series of 2009 at i heart manga. Kris lists her favorite manga of the year—and it’s a very different list—at Manic About Manga. And Casey Brienza picks her top ten … Continue reading

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Monday morning quarterbacking

I hope you found time to drop by and check out my year in review post at Robot 6. I also contributed to Comic Book Resources’ top 100 comics of 2009 discussion; the first round is up now, and I … Continue reading

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Looking back

I didn’t have high hopes going into 2009, but it turned out to be a pretty good year after all. Read all about it in my look back at the year in manga at Robot 6.

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Good reads from 2009

I have spent most of today going over the past year’s worth of MangaBlog posts for a Robot 6 piece, and as I went, I noticed a number of interesting essays, interviews, and think-pieces, so I figured I would round … Continue reading

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Pictures and conversations

Here’s a great piece of holiday reading: Tom Spurgeon and David Welsh discuss Osamu Tezuka’s MW as part of The Comics Reporter’s holiday interview series, all of which makes excellent reading. Back at Precocious Curmudgeon, David has some manga licenses … Continue reading

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Translations, best-of lists, and deep thoughts

David Welsh and Kate Dacey make their picks from this week’s batch of new comics, and the Comics Village team picks the best of the last week’s releases as well as their November manga of the month. You could read … Continue reading

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