Category Archives: Mangablog

Well, we must have been a pretty intimidating looking jury pool, because 17 defendants pleaded guilty rather than face us! Seriously, this must happen a lot, because we got a lecture beforehand on how even if we don’t serve in … Continue reading →

Udon Entertainment is launching Apple, an anthology of Korean comics and illustration that they explicitly compare to Robot. Details, and a not-entirely-SFW cover illustration, after the cut. COME TAKE A BITE OF APPLE VOLUME 1! UDON Launches Korean Illustration and … Continue reading →

One thing before I head out: ICv2 has begun posting the monthly BookScan top 20 graphic novel chart. Because BookScan covers mostly bookstores, we can have lots of fun comparing it to the monthly Diamond chart, which is based on … Continue reading →

Hey, everyone, I have jury duty on Thursday, so I’m posting tomorrow’s news today. Vol. 28 of Naruto slides from number 39 to 52 on the USA Today best-seller list, and vol. 19 of Fruits Basket moves from 34 to … Continue reading →

In this week’s PWCW, Jennifer de Guzman goes comics shopping in three different venues, and what she finds sounds pretty much like the comics market in miniature: a comics store with no graphic novels or manga, a chain store with … Continue reading →

Katherine Dacey’s Weekly Recon includes this week’s new manga and a handful of short reviews. Ed Chavez trolls the April Previews for manga shipping in June at the MangaCast. ComiPress translates Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Masahiro Ibaraki’s reminiscences of his 25 … Continue reading →