Category Archives: Mangablog

I’m off to work early today, but I’ll be back later with more news and reviews. In the meantime, here are some highlights: ICv2 has a three part interview with Tokyopop publisher Mike Kiley in which he talks about the … Continue reading →

A good week for manga starting with “N”: On the USA Today best-seller list, vol. 18 of Naruto rises from number 116 to 62, vol. 17 goes from 123 to 93, and vol. 16 goes from 131 to 102, while … Continue reading →

Over at Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, Kai-Ming Cha has a very interesting conversation with Ioannis Metzas of Vertical about his company’s plans to publish more of Tezuka’s work (including, and this is a scoop, Dororo) and how it has been … Continue reading →

For those of you who haven’t been following along at home, Takeshi Miyazawa is an American comics artist (he drew Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane) who went to Japan last year to try to break in to manga. Obviously, he’s already … Continue reading →

Are there any good manga out there for adults? Yes, says Christopher Butcher, but the quality titles aren’t getting enough attention. He takes Journalista’s Dirk Deppey to task for linking to scanlations and instead suggests mentioning some actual books by … Continue reading →

Matt Blind takes a look at online sales rankings at Comicsnob. He also points out the contrast with the USA Today best-seller list, which included all three of the new Naruto volumes; in the online rankings, Blind finds them in … Continue reading →