Category Archives: Mangablog

Del Rey announced three new licenses today: My Heavenly Hockey Club, Dragon Eye, and Alive. All should be out next summer. Queenie Chan rethinks her previous post on the three-act structure, and explains how it actually breaks out in The … Continue reading →

I missed this when I looked at PWCW but thank heaven Journalista picked it up: Kai-Ming Cha interviews Tina Anderson about Boys Love manga—why she likes it and why she writes it. At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh imagines the effect … Continue reading →

It’s Wednesday, and MangaCast helpfully lists their recommendations for this week’s new manga. David Welsh lists his picks as well. ComiPress translates an interview with manga-ka Naoki Urasawa in which he talks about drawing manga and his relationship with editors. … Continue reading →

The other media seem to be full of manga today. The New York Times has a feature article on CLAMP (registration may be required). Kethylia is not impressed, but Katherine Dacey-Tsuei adds a bit more. Meanwhile, John Jakala gets curmudgeonly … Continue reading →

We got a little surprise in the funnies today: Prickly City, a conservative-slanted newspaper strip with a wry sense of humor, has gone manga for the week. The reason: Cartoonist Scott Stantis is recovering from shoulder surgery, so artist Sarah … Continue reading →

It’s not manga, but it could be serious competition: Everyone was abuzz this weekend with the news that DC is starting a line of graphic novels aimed at girls. Even the New York Times picked up on it (link may … Continue reading →