Category Archives: Mangablog

The first volume of Svetlana Chmakova’s Nightschool is out, and I talk to Svet, Yen Press honcho Kurt Hassler, and editor JuYoun Lee about the creation of the book and changing attitudes about global manga in this week’s PWCW. There’s … Continue reading →

God Len lists this week’s new releases at Japanator. (Image is of vol. 1 of Samurai 7, a manga remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, but with cyborgs.) Deb Aoki has a sneak preview of vol. 2 of Kasumi at … Continue reading →

Curious about what’s at the top of the stack chez MangaBlog? The folks at Robot6 were kind enough to invite me to contribute to this week’s What are you reading? feature, so I contributed a few notes on my current … Continue reading →

We’re celebrating Women’s History Month over at Good Comics for Kids with a look at comics and manga that feature strong women characters, and Kate Dacey and Sabrina Fritz polled all our bloggers to get a list of manga with … Continue reading →

The results of the third Morning International Manga Competition are up, and the chief judge’s general comments make for fascinating reading. For one thing, they did not choose a second runner-up this year because of the sharp drop-off in quality … Continue reading →

PWCW’s Ada Price has a great article on reading comics on the Kindle. The experience is far from perfect, she reports, but publishing companies are embracing it anyway as a way to dip their toe into the digital ocean. Manga … Continue reading →