Category Archives: Mangablog

Aimee Levitt of the (St. Louis) Riverfront Times goes to Bishie Con and reports back on what she saw. The story attracted some commentary at The Yaoi Review, but considering the foreignness of the subject matter to both the reporter … Continue reading →

So, the new Comics Journal/Journalista site turned into scrambled eggs while I was having a busy week, and it took me a while to get it sorted out, but now that I have, I’m impressed. The new writers include Anne … Continue reading →

As I noted yesterday, the Good Comics for Kids gang posted our picks for the best comics for kids and teens of 2009, and there were quite a few manga on the list. Gia linked to it at Anime Vice, … Continue reading →

ICv2 posts the latest sales numbers from Diamond, and despite mutterings about the death of periodical comics, they seem to be doing just fine—in comics shops, that is, which is the market Diamond serves. Graphic novels have slipped since this … Continue reading →

David Welsh highlights the manga selections at France’s Angoulême comics festival and unleashes a barrage of license requests for books honored at Angoulême and the Japan Media Arts Festival. Snow Wildsmith interviews Makoto Tateno at Graphic Novel Reporter. Lori Henderson … Continue reading →

Recession? What recession? The manga companies seem to be jumping with both feet into 2010. Yen Press, which already has a best-seller in their manga adaptation of James Patterson’s Maximum Ride novels and will probably make out like bandits on … Continue reading →