Category Archives: Mangablog

The Ninja Consultant has posted a podcast of Jason Thompson’s MangaNext panel. David Welsh checks out this week’s new comics. I’m a bit late with this, I guess, but Publishers Weekly listed their best books of 2007 last week, and … Continue reading →

A number of universal themes crop up in this article about kids and reading from the Shanghai Daily News, including this anecdote, which gave me a chuckle: “I do a lot of reading outside school and my favorites include classics … Continue reading →

Shaenon Garrity takes a look at the formerly overlooked, but soon to be reissued, Slam Dunk. ComiPress translates an article on the science of One Piece. Also: Japanese manga magazine updates. The internet giveth and the internet taketh away: The … Continue reading →

Remember when it was a big deal to see three manga on the USA Today Top 150 bestseller list? This week there are four, and they are all Naruto: vol. 24 at number 112, vol. 21 at number 119, vol. … Continue reading →

As if to prove my point from yesterday, one of our local School Committee seats was decided by a single vote. This is the second time that has happened in my city in the past few years; the mayor I … Continue reading →

This is a short post because I’m heading out before dawn to work at the polls for my city’s municipal elections. Local elections don’t get a lot of press, but they have a huge impact on your day-to-day life. After … Continue reading →