Category Archives: Mangablog

That’s the lead story at PW Comics Week, with CPM head John O’Donnell summing it up thusly: “We took some heavy punches,” says O’Donnell about the recent restructuring. “It’s like we went through emergency surgery. We’ve been rehabbing and now … Continue reading →

Attention Vertical: ComiPress posts a review of a Japanese illustration book of Osamu Tezuka’s work. What’s interesting about the book is that it shows how much Tezuka revised his art. Whenever an original picture was to be published in book … Continue reading →

TIME online’s Andrew Arnold reviews three horror manga: Museum of Terror, Octopus Girl, and Ode to Kirihito. Strange bedfellows indeed, although Arnold seems to enjoy them all for different reasons. Ryan & Evan at Same Hat! Same Hat!! just got … Continue reading →

I vote that the most talked-about article this week will be ICv2’s analysis of the Cartoon Network effect on Bleach sales. They lead with this statistic: Comparing the first four weeks of Bookscan sales after the first appearance of the … Continue reading →

Why do Japanese manga magazines use colored paper? ComiPress has the answer. MangaCast wraps up its Yaoi-Con coverage with audio of the Watanabe Asia and BLU panels. Also at MangaCast: links to previews of Eden, Boogiepop Dual, and Black Knight. … Continue reading →

MangaCast posts Ed’s interview with Lara Yokoshima and links to previews of When Worlds Collide (written by Tina Anderson) and more Chikyu Misaki (here and here.) At Tokyopop, editor Tim Beedle writes about Mitsukazu Mihara’s Haunted House, which he edited. … Continue reading →