Category Archives: Mangablog

Here is an event for those who are really serious about learning Japanese from manga—and are going to be in San Francisco in May. It’s a talk by the author of a book called Japanese the Manga Way. There are … Continue reading →

One obvious way to convert the manga habit into Something Worthwhile is to encourage your kids to learn a bit of Japanese. Or maybe not. Japanese is not an easy language to learn; for starters, it has three different alphabets. … Continue reading →

My husband and I have really been enjoying “Iron Wok Jan,” which manages to have plenty of laughs for kids and adults. I am hooked on “The Kindaichi Case Files,” which isn’t really a kid’s series (too gruesome) but is … Continue reading →

California kids take it to the next level in this exhibit. I’m very impressed by the sophistication of the teachers, who had each class study a different artist. All the artists were influenced by comics and cartoons, which makes for … Continue reading →

The Arizona Republic has an article on librarians using graphic novels as a way to get teenagers interested in reading. They contend that graphic novels have an “expansion effect”—teenagers will move on to traditional books. I’m actually finding the reverse … Continue reading →

There’s quite a discussion on Love Manga (scroll down a bit) about the upcoming issue of Comics Journal, which will focus on shoujo manga. This becomes a conversation about the perception that girls don’t read comics. Here’s my two cents: … Continue reading →