Category Archives: Mangablog

ICv2 talks to Tokyopop chief operating officer John Parker about his company’s overall health and what the future may bring once Fruits Basket comes to a close. Tokyopop editor Lillian Diaz-Przybyl discusses Gakuen Alice and Fruits Basket on the latest … Continue reading →

When is a vol. 2 not a vol. 2? When it’s vol. 2 of a spinoff but looks just like the original series. At Comics212, Christopher Butcher wonders what happened to the graphic designers who can’t seem to get the … Continue reading →

ICv2 lists BookScan’s top 20 graphic novels for May. Naruto dominates, and Vampire Knight, Otomen, and Return to Labyrinth also show up on the list, suggesting a certain concordance with the New York Times Graphic Books best-seller list. At The … Continue reading →

OT, but hopefully interesting: I’m writing a webcomics column, Unbound, at Robot 6. This week, I outline what I learned from reading 120 Zuda comics a year. Over at Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald report on … Continue reading →

Does Yuricon have something to teach newspaper reporters? Our favorite yuri publisher showed up on the Daily Kos yesterday as an example of how to do niche publishing right—and Erica Friedman is quoted at length. Erica posts her own reaction … Continue reading →

We heard a lot of buzz over the weekend about the graphic novel presence at Book Expo America. ICv2 has a wrapup report that notes that the big manga players (Tokyopop, Viz) didn’t have booths on the floor, although I … Continue reading →