Category Archives: Mangablog

Infatuation station

Brad Rice lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. Avalon’s Willow is puzzled by the manga trope of love at first sight. Be sure to read the comments as well. (Via When Fangirls Attack) News from Japan: ANN has the … Continue reading

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Yen mystery solved, NYAF wrapups, new things to read

First of all I’d like to clear up one mystery. I mentioned in three or four different articles that Yen Press was mysteriously absent from NYAF, and I also DM’d Kurt Hassler when he tweeted that he was at a … Continue reading

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PR: More on Tokyopop’s Shutter Island

Here’s the 411 on Tokyopop’s graphic novel version of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island, illustrated by Christian de Metter. The graphic novel was originally published in France and was an Official Selection at Angoulême. Also, amazingly, the graphic novel will … Continue reading

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PR: Digital to carry Yaoi Press titles at eManga site

This is an interesting development: Digital Manga Inc. has had an online comics site, eManga, for a while and now it is expanding its repertoire to include works from Yaoi Press. While both publishers specialize in yaoi and BL, Digital … Continue reading

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News and reviews

Lori Henderson rounds up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu, and Erica Friedman does the same for the world of yuri at Okazu. Lori also rounds up this week’s all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids. And … Continue reading

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Con report: NYAF 09

I wasn’t too optimistic going into NYAF, because the manga presence was rather slim, but it turned out to be a good weekend anyway. Only two publishers, Del Rey and Vertical, had booths on the floor, but Tokyopop and Viz … Continue reading

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