Category Archives: Mangablog

Deb Aoki interviews IKKI editor Hideki Egami at About.com. IKKI is the Japanese manga magazine that is providing fodder for Viz’s Sigikki website. Deb also reports that Tokyopop is upgrading its paper and offering webcasts featuring their editors—the first is … Continue reading →

Not manga, but perhaps important someday: I wrote about comiXology’s Comics iPhone application in my latest Unbound column at Robot 6. It has some interesting twists and while the manga content is minimal at the moment, that could always change. … Continue reading →

Short post this morning, as I’m wrapping up another article, but I’ll be back later with more. Kate Dacey posts this week’s new releases at The Manga Critic. I can’t believe I Tweeted this article the other day and then … Continue reading →

Lori Henderson has a thorough roundup of the week’s manga news, with commentary, at Manga Xanadu. She also delivers a gentle scolding to one of those commenters we all get who is looking for scanlations. Lissa Pattillo looks over the … Continue reading →

Jolie du Pre interviews Erica Friedman for the Chicago Examiner. Attention publishers: David Welsh has found another Io Kuroda manga for you to license: Nasu. I have to say, it sounds awesome. Deb Aoki posts her SDCC photos and some … Continue reading →

ICv2’s latest Insider’s Guide is out, and it includes the news that graphic novel sales were down in the first half of 2009, although with this important caveat: The Bookscan figures do not include graphic novels racked in Kids and … Continue reading →