Category Archives: Mangablog

At Buzzscope, Tania del Rio gives her take on the new Tokyopop website. Like many of us, she was startled to click on the “manga” button and find fan art, not catalog entries. But she adjusted, and since she wrote … Continue reading →

Newsarama has a rather terse interview with Dave Cheung, creator of Chugworth Academy, which has been picked up as a webcomic and now a print manga by Seven Seas. According to Dave, Chugworth started as hentai but he thought the … Continue reading →

Here’s my next set of brief reviews of Tokyopop’s new August series. These three stories all have something familiar about them, but all are worth a read on their own. These reviews are based on complimentary copies provided by the … Continue reading →

OEL, MIC, M-O-U-S-E… For those who are still wondering what to call non-Japanese manga, there’s an interesting debate going on right now at Wikipedia over whether to retitle their Amerimanga article. For the record, I scoffed at “global manga” but … Continue reading →

Last week, Time magazine discovered manga, with a business story and an interview with Natsuki Takaya. Now what? In his Flipped column, David Welsh offers some story ideas for journalists who want to get a bit of manga in their … Continue reading →

I had a busy weekend, culminating with a trip today to the Essex Shipbuilding Museum to watch the launch of a hand-built wooden schooner. It was an awesome experience, and I’m really glad I got to see it. Here’s a … Continue reading →