Category Archives: Mangablog

High School Girls is wrapping up, The King of Fighters is back, and Junk just keeps on pluggin’. Details and cover art after the jump. SPRING INTO ACTION! HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOL. 9, THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2003 VOL. 4 … Continue reading →

At The Beat, Heidi MacDonald rounds up numerous articles about the popularity of manga and another set about retailing. Both make interesting reading, as do the comments that follow. I particularly like this, from the inexplicably blogless Simon Jones: I … Continue reading →

Gia is liveblogging from Sakura Con and she has some news tidbits. From Tokyopop, she hears about some new titles: Hellgate London, Vassalord, and Silver Diamond, plus a Bizenghast novelization and a new Princess Ai trilogy. And bad news for … Continue reading →

Check out this week’s PWCW, where I interview Christian manga publishers Buzz Dixon and Marlon Schulman. Yamila Abraham of Yaoi Press fears that Borders’ troubles spell bad news—and a possible acquisition by Barnes & Noble could be even worse: It’s … Continue reading →

Gambling on the fact that there may be someone, somewhere, who is still untouched by the Naruto phenomenon, Viz is buying into Free Comic Book Day big time this year, with a special 32-page issue of Shonen Jump. They have … Continue reading →

At ICv2, comics retailer Steve Bennett ponders the opportunities missed by the direct market when publishers and retailers turned their backs on manga. It’s kind of interesting the way compulsive copycats Marvel and DC have studiously avoided learning anything from … Continue reading →