Category Archives: Mangablog

Potpourri

You can talk about Carl Horn and his manly manga all you like, but it takes a truly manly man to admit he likes Shojo Beat. Matt Brady gives the May issue the once-over in his blog, Warren Peace Sings … Continue reading

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Manga does well in March

Newsarama has Diamond’s direct market sales figures for March. At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh pulls out the top selling manga. Here’s the top ten, with placement on the overall graphic novels list in parentheses: 1 (2) NARUTO VOL 13 (Viz) … Continue reading

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How do you like your manga?

Get a cup of coffee and put your feet up before you start reading Tania del Rio’s lengthy but thoughtful post on the graphic novels vs. monthly pamphlets vs. anthologies question. As someone who has been working in the pamphlet … Continue reading

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Charts!

The USA Today Booklist features three manga this week: vol. 13 of Naruto at number 84 (down a few notches from last week’s 79); vol. 18 of Bleach at 103 (up from 129 last week) and vol. 16 of Fruits … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast is up!

This week, Jack and I look at Aurora, Viz, and online manga. Links after the cut. Viz vigor PWCW interview with Alvin Lu Christopher Butcher posts all you need to know about Taiyo Matsumoto One for the ladies ICv2 summaries … Continue reading

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So many manga, so little time…

This seems to be an unusually good week for new manga. At Same Hat, Ryan and Evan are psyched about new volumes of Dragon Head and Death Note. David Welsh is envisioning an iron cage match between Tohru Honda, the … Continue reading

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