Category Archives: Mangablog

Benjamin Ong Pang Kean presents part two of his article on Tokyopop’s global manga creators at Newsarama. This one focuses on the fate of the series—some will continue as planned, some will go online, and some will be canceled outright. … Continue reading →

News is breaking out all over. In this week’s PWCW, I talked to Chris Oarr about what’s going on at ADV Manga, which he says is still a going concern, and I interviewed Queenie Chan about In Odd We Trust, … Continue reading →

German blogger Martin Kretschmer, keeper of the excellent TZG2.0, alerted me that Tokyopop Germany honcho Joachim Kaps has posted on a German message board about the future of Tokyopop titles over there. Here’s the original: Uns steht für Deutschland völlig … Continue reading →

Kate Dacey lists this week’s new manga, and describes her top picks in haiku form, in the latest Weekly Recon. Also at PopCultureShock, Ken Haley has composed a definitive guide to Shirow Masamune. At Japanator, God Len posts a haiku-free … Continue reading →

Jason Yadao and Wilma Jandoc look at the variety of educational manga available in English in their latest column for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Con reports: Linda of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society reports on Yaoi Jamboree: day 1, day 2, … Continue reading →

I don’t read Japanese, but I believe this is the cover of the July issue of Kodansha’s Morning 2 magazine, featuring the art of American creator Felipe Smith. Here is a little more. Both are somewhat NSFW. The editor-in-chief of … Continue reading →