Category Archives: Mangablog

Ageha Ohkawa of the manga collective CLAMP gave a rare public interview at the Taipei International Book Exhibition, and Anime News Network was there to write it all down. Ohkawa was appearing with Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G., which produces … Continue reading →

ICv2 has a feature on Korean publisher Netcomics, which offers comics for web viewing (not download) and in printed form. The web version is the big money-maker in Korea, where print media sales in general took a nose dive after … Continue reading →

Wai Wai looks at the relationship between Japanese politicians and manga. What, you didn’t think there was one? Apparently the hot rumor over there is that Foreign Minister Taro Aso learned how to be a diplomat from Golgo 13, which … Continue reading →

… so little time. Today seems to be a big manga day for some reason. Here are a few more links to worthwhile stories: Newsarama has a two-part State of the Union piece on Tokyopop (part one here, part two … Continue reading →

The Dark Horse website has an interview with legendary manga creator Kazuo Koike, author of Lone Wolf and Cub and many other classic manga. The introduction by Carl Horn is an essay in itself on the tension between commerce and … Continue reading →

PW Comics Week has yet another interview with Fred Gallagher on the Megatokyo move from Dark Horse to CMX. Because webcomics are the talk of the blogosphere these days, I was interested in Gallagher’s take on why people would pay … Continue reading →