Category Archives: Mangablog

Johanna at Comics Worth Reading gave me a heads-up that she has posted more info from the ICv2 Retailers Guide on how they selected the Top Ten Most Powerful People in Manga. Johanna has some good commentary on their selection … Continue reading →

Yaoi Suki (no permalink) has the first news out of Yaoi-Con: 801 Media has licensed Affair, by Shiuko Kano. And make of this what you will: Additionally, there was rumor that there was another license involving SOMEONE who was at … Continue reading →

Noted academic journal The Kansas City InfoZine has an interesting article about a comics conference at the Library of Congress. Here’s an anecdote from Steve Ridgley, who studies violence in fiction and in particular, the effect of boxing manga on … Continue reading →

Running out of stuff to read? Shaenon Garrity has another Overlooked Manga Special Event, chock-full of meaty suggestions. And at Right Turn Only, Pata staggers away from 24-hour comics day with some hard-earned wisdom and a rundown on new titles, … Continue reading →

ICv2’s ten most powerful list inspired David Welsh to come up with a list of the Ten Most Creatively Influential Manga Publishers. Notably absent from this list are the Big Two, Viz and Tokyopop, although ADV makes the cut. I … Continue reading →

This week, Viz sent around a press release saying that they had an “exclusive” arrangement with Borders, Waldenbooks, and Hot Topic to sell Bleach accessories—T-shirts, shoulder bags, that sort of thing. I’m going to quote Simon Jones on what happened … Continue reading →