Category Archives: Mangablog

Pedro Bouca, who understands the French market better than I do, drops in at the Newsarama blog to explain the significance of Hachette’s purchase of the French manga publisher PIKA: It was the last large independent manga publisher left in … Continue reading →

I still have some NYCC panels to write up, and the posts are trickling in from other sources as well. The Comics Reporter has a long list of links, but I’ll probably post a more manga-centric version at the end … Continue reading →

This article on WonderCon does a good job of explaining why most people don’t read superhero comics, but their definition of “comics” as “superhero comics from the Big Two” results in hilarious false generalizations like this: Almost no one talks … Continue reading →

Well, here’s a surprise: Hachette Book Group USA, the parent company of Kurt Hassler and Rich Johnson’s new imprint, Yen Press, has acquired the French manga publisher PIKA. Exciting synergy is sure to result! I checked the site, and they … Continue reading →

I still have a lot of NYCC material to put up, but I won’t be posting it today as Governor Deval Patrick has chosen this particular moment to complicate my life by giving a Major Speech tonight in my city. … Continue reading →

After the cut, links to all the reviews I could find from the past five days. There are some nice ones here, so take a look. Active Anime vol. 2 of Boogiepop Dual: Losers’ Circus vol. 11 of Dr. Slump … Continue reading →