Category Archives: Mangablog

November numbers

ICv2 has posted the graphic novels sales chart for November. Keep in mind that this is the Diamond chart, so it solely reflects sales to comics stores. What I always find interesting about this is that it includes the actual … Continue reading

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Buddha goes to India

From New Delhi, here is an interesting article about the popularity of graphic novels in India, both manga and American-style. Apparently they have already figured out that comics aren’t just for kids: Already, in a relatively short time, we’ve come … Continue reading

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Rising Stars of UK and Ireland

The results are in! Tokyopop has listed the winners of its latest RSoM UK/Ireland competition. At Sweatdrop studios, they’re pleased that four of their creators are included this year.

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New Seven Seas title, Swiss manga, and more

Seven Seas announced a new license this week: Venus Versus Virus, a horror/fantasy series about a girl who can see ghosts. Evil ghosts. And there are “yuri undertones.” Ed has some comments at MangaCast. Deutsche Mangaka crosses the border to … Continue reading

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MangaBlogCast #20 is up!

Check it out at the MangaCast. Jack and I will be taking a short break after this but we’ll be back after the holidays with more podcast goodness. In the meantime, here are the liner notes for this week’s podcast: … Continue reading

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Thursday A.M. lineup

MangaCast runs down the week’s comics and checks out Previews for the March/April titles. Also: Trawling through the book sites they found two possible new Blu titles by Antique Bakery manga-ka Fumi Yoshinaga. And they’re accepting guesses about Broccoli’s latest … Continue reading

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