Category Archives: Mangablog

To get us in the mood for Halloween, ChunHyang72 will be posting about scary manga every week. First up: vampire manga. DramaQueen has announced two new titles, Aijin Ichimanyen, by Dr. Ten, and 8 MM, by You Na. This is … Continue reading →

Our conversation with Tania Del Rio is up at Mangacast. I’m a fan of Tania’s columns at PopCultureShock, which have sparked many lively discussions on this site, and I’m looking forward to reading her new book, Mangaka America, which features … Continue reading →

There’s an unusually rich crop of manga news and commentary on the web today, so get comfortable and we’ll begin. In this completely awesome LiveJournal post, manga editors name their favorites. Lots of scans and lots of opinions. Be sure … Continue reading →

Volume 11 of Naruto is still on the USA Today Booklist but slips from number 109 to 133. Still, this is week 8 for this volume; volume 10 lasted for 10 weeks, and it will be interesting to see if … Continue reading →

One of the most enjoyable parts of MangaNEXT was meeting the nice people at Drama Queen and seeing their books. I had heard about their high quality, but none of the bookstores around me carry their line. Well, they did … Continue reading →

I’m buried in paying work at the moment, but here’s a quick wrapup of the latest links: PWCW has a thorough wrapup of MangaNEXT. As writer Kai-Ming Cha mentions, for a small, first-time con they brought in some good guests … Continue reading →