Category Archives: Mangablog

Different strokes…

If you only read one article today, check this one out: At Silver Bullet Comics, Barb Lien-Cooper enumerates 12 Reasons Why Manga is Not a Gateway Drug to Western Comics. This article enunciates a lot of things that I have … Continue reading

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Manga for the week

From ComicList, here are the manga to expect in comics stores this week. ADV Anne Freaks Manga Vol 2, $9.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS Chisuji Four Pack, $7.95 Science Fair Four Pack, $7.95 DARK HORSE COMICS Blade Of The Immortal #114, $2.99 … Continue reading

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Quick links and deep thoughts

You have to register to get it, but The Japan Times Online has a great story on manga by non-Japanese creators. They’ve noticed! The story is quite long and has great illustrations of work by Svetlana Chmakova, Frederic Bollet, and … Continue reading

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Good reads to start the week

In this week’s Flipped column, David Welsh interviews Yumi Hoashi, the EIC and VP of Magazines for Viz. There’s lots of talk about branding and what to expect next in Shoujo Beat, and I thought this was interesting: According to … Continue reading

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Bad propaganda

I don’t usually link to scanlations, but this is something completely different: A manga that explains why human-rights laws are a bad idea. As the blogger who translated and posted it notes, this comic is so bad it’s almost counter-propaganda. … Continue reading

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More evidence of manga creep?

We are nothing if not eclectic here at MangaBlog. The LeRoy (New York) Pennysaver reports that Elizabeth Kovach, a student at Rochester Institute of Technology, received a Ralph P. Kepner Memorial Scholarship “Excellence” Award from the Rochester Chapter of the … Continue reading

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