Category Archives: Mangablog

Urasawa, civic life, and manga recommendations

First things first: Head over to The Eastern Edge, where gottsu-iiyan has translated an interview with Naoki Urasawa about how he makes his comics. Last week was a bit of a blur, so I don’t remember if I linked to … Continue reading

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New shoujo mag in the works

Deb Aoki talks to Garrett Boast, the founder of ShojoBerry, a new manga magazine that is still in the works. Here’s a blog title I wish I’d snapped up first: Nevermind the Bollocks, Here’s NANA. Check out the first (and … Continue reading

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New manga and old numbers

David Welsh, Deb Aoki, and Brad Rice look over this week’s new releases. ICv2 has the direct market graphic novel chart for September, and Matt Blind posts the online sales manga chart from the week ending July 26. Viz’s offices … Continue reading

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Yaoi, cats, and conventions

The Comics Village team picks the best of this week’s new releases. At ANN, Evan Miller talks to artist Bettina Kurkoski of My Cat Loki and Warriors fame. Lori Henderson turns out another excellent and thorough look at the week’s … Continue reading

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Why are there no women ukes?

The Chicks on Anime Roundtable picks an interesting topic this week: The submissive man is a staple of yaoi manga, but what about submissive women? The Same Hat guys offer a preview of the latest issue of their zine, Electric … Continue reading

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Coming attractions

Lissa Pattillo posts the list of October manga releases and some yaoi updates at Kuriousity. Jake Forbes has a sneak peek at some art from vol. 4 of Return to Labyrinth. A is for Awesome: David Welsh asks his readers … Continue reading

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