Category Archives: Mangablog

Shaenon Garrity has another Overlooked Manga Festival up, and this week she goes all classy with a peek at Fanfare/Ponent Mon’s Doing Time. And here are some really cool 4-koma cartoons. I like the maid/shark one the best, because it … Continue reading →

ComiPress translates an analysis of cover price versus page count for Japanese manga magazines that concludes that even though the price has gone up, the price per page has stayed the same. Also from ComiPress: a math textbook is rejected … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick non-manga plug: We have been enjoying the first season of Jonathan Creek, which has finally made it onto American DVD (we got it from Netflix). If you haven’t seen it, it’s a British mystery series about a … Continue reading →

Sorry for the internet silence—paying work has kept me kind of busy the last two days. Here’s some of what I missed. Viz veep Alvin Lu tells all to PWCW in a longish interview that covers a lot of bases. … Continue reading →

After the cut: Links to go with this week’s MangaBlogCast, where we dish the latest on Libre, Aurora Press, Go Nagai’s deep thoughts, and more! Libregate continues Libre talks to Manganews Dirk Deppey comments New publisher watch MangaCast has the … Continue reading →

Is “ladies comics” an idea whose time has come? Ed has more info on the new titles from the new publisher, Aurora, which has sparked this latest round of discussion. David Welsh speculates a bit, and the commenters join in. … Continue reading →