Category Archives: Mangablog

Today’s top story is ICv2’s report on 2007 anime and manga sales. The final numbers aren’t in for manga, but the ICv2 folks comment on the broad outlines: it does appear that manga had another strong year in 2007 although … Continue reading →

Can’t get enough of Princess Ai? You’re in luck! Tokyopop continues to expand the Princess Ai-niverse with a new anthology containing 12 stories by an assortment of creators that includes T Campbell and Amy Mebberson, Emma Vieceli, and original Princess … Continue reading →

The Manga Bible blitz continues, with Clint Rainey of World on the Web, R. Scott Clark of Heidelblog, and Glob-a-log weighing in today with cute headlines but varying degrees of enthusiasm. Slightly related: Calvin Reid writes about Christian publisher Thomas … Continue reading →

It’s not manga, but it sure is fun: At Digital Strips, I interviewed Josh Way this weekend about his webcomic Chronicle. Deb Aoki interviews otaku extraordinaire and JaPRESS co-owners Patrick Macias and Izumi Evers. Siku’s version of The Manga Bible … Continue reading →

MANGA ARTIST MIMEI SAKAMOTO BOOK SIGNING AT LOS ANGELES KINOKUNIYA Renowned cartoonist and TV personality Mimei Sakamoto will sign copies of her latest manga from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at Kinokuniya Books, 123 Onizuka St., Los … Continue reading →

Lots of great stuff this Friday! New York Magazine runs an entire short story, 99 Roses, from Jo Chen’s The Other Side of the Mirror. It starts out with some lovely, if generic, art and then switches tones in the … Continue reading →