Category Archives: Mangablog

First, some news without a link: I got an e-mail from Yukari Shiina of Kodansha yesterday, telling me that Felipe Smith, creator of the global manga MBQ, will be drawing a new manga serial for the Japanese magazine Morning 2. … Continue reading →

Happy blogiversary to Christopher Butcher, who is celebrating six (!) years of blogging at Comics 212. The Manga Villagers pick the best of this week’s new manga, and one publisher gets nearly a clean sweep. Charts watch: Vol. 28 of … Continue reading →

This week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week newsletter has comprehensive coverage of NYCC, including a roundup of manga stories by Kai-Ming Cha and me. ANN has an interesting report on the State of the Manga Industry panel, one of the events … Continue reading →

Read on for more about this picture book, which sounds like it’s not for the kiddies! DRMASTER PUBLICATIONS PRESENTS YASUSHI SUZUKI’S GOTHS CAGE   SAN JOSE, CA – April, 2008 – DrMaster Publications proudly announces the production of the highly … Continue reading →

ICv2 has the Diamond sales numbers for the first quarter of 2008, and the news is mixed: Graphic novel sales were up 5%, but periodical comics were down enough to drag the total down to a 7% drop. ICv2 also … Continue reading →

I’ll be writing up some more of my observations about NYCC shortly, but in the meantime, check out ComiPress’s monster list of reports from the con, or just go straight to Gia and Deb, who between them were everywhere and … Continue reading →