Category Archives: Mangablog

The folks at Viz continue to demonstrate that they know what girls like. Four of the five shoujo series detailed below are from manga creators that you have probably already heard of: Arina Tanemura (The Gentlemen’s Alliance+), Hisaya Najako (Hana-Kimi), … Continue reading →

Melinda Beasi explains why you should read xxxHoLiC, with words and pretty, pretty pictures. ICv2 has a three-part interview with Paul Levitz, President and Publisher of DC Comics, much of which need not concern us here. However, he does discuss … Continue reading →

I picked up Real at the comics shop last week, and it looks great—and this is coming from someone so sports-impaired that I was standing on a baseball diamond last week and had to ask someone which was third base. … Continue reading →

Check out this week’s PWCW, where I talk to Kurt Hassler of Yen Press about that company’s recent 4-koma binge, and I also interview Charlie “Spike” Trotman about her webcomic Templar, Arizona. It’s not manga, but very cool anyway. Also … Continue reading →

ICv2 has posted its graphic novel chart for July, reflecting actual sales through Diamond (i.e. mostly in comics shops, which biases the sample quite a bit). Here’s the list of manga, with the rank on the overall GN chart in … Continue reading →

Over at Japanator, God Len posts this week’s new anime and manga releases. Deb Aoki has exciting news, but not for me: Japanese Shonen Jump is posting the first chapter of Bakuman, the new manga by Death Note creators Takeshi … Continue reading →