Category Archives: Mangablog

Eisner awards and other SDCC notes

Robot 6 liveblogged the Eisners, and congratulations are due to their parent site, CBR, on winning the award for best comics journalism. (I write a weekly column for Robot 6, although I’m sure that had nothing to do with it!) … Continue reading

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SDCC: New licenses

Lissa Pattillo, Gia Manry, and Deb Aoki are breathlessly following the manga panels at SDCC. There don’t seem to be as many new license announcements as in previous years, but Yen Press steals the show with their acquisition of CLAMP’s … Continue reading

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News from near and far

The news from San Diego is that Dark Horse will be publishing Devil, by Torajirou Kishi; also, they are showing off art from the CLAMP Okimono Kimono fashion book at their booth. Lori Henderson visited a lot of the manga … Continue reading

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It begins…

Viz’s Shonen Sunday and IKKI sites have gone live, with plenty of free manga for your reading pleasure Thanks to Lorena and Ryan for noticing. During our roundtable on girls’ fandom, we got into a bit of a rhubarb with … Continue reading

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PR: Tokyopop at SDCC

After a year of being fairly quiet, Tokyopop seems to be making a bit of a comeback. They have a booth at SDCC, a couple of panels, and some giveaways. Details after the cut. TOKYOPOP San Diego Comic-Con Booth #2400 … Continue reading

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PR: Viz at SDCC

My in-box is overflowing with press releases, so I’m going to try to post a few. I do this for two reasons—to organize a lot of information in one place, and more importantly, to hear what you have to say … Continue reading

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