Category Archives: Mangablog

Canada case reactions, MMF winds up, DMG assigns first books

Last week, at Comic Book Resources, I reported on a U.S. citizen who faces criminal child pornography charges in Canada because of manga that were found on his laptop computer during a customs search. Christopher Butcher posts his reaction at … Continue reading

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Manga leads to child porn charges; new online magazine debuts

Breaking news: The CBLDF will join the defense of a U.S. citizen who faces criminal child pornography charges because of manga that Canadian customs agents found on his computer. A new manga magazine debuted this week with very little fanfare: … Continue reading

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Tokyopop’s teen appeal

I looked at this week’s new manga at MTV Geek, and I also took a peek at Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, the latest iteration of that venerable franchise, coming out in graphic novel form soon from Viz. Meanwhile, David Welsh gives his … Continue reading

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New manga, secret comics, bathtub reading

The Manga Bookshelf bloggers—Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, and David Welsh—discuss their pick of the week, and readers chime in with theirs in comments. Also at Manga Bookshelf: David Welsh lists some manga that make good bathtub reading. Ryan … Continue reading

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Yaoi comes to Viz, MMF begins, a look back at Hot Gimmick

Jason Thompson’s pick for this week’s House of 1000 Manga column is the Manga of Deep Feminist Shame, Hot Gimmick. Go, read, and remember why you kept on reading it even though you hated yourself for it. Melinda Beasi and … Continue reading

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Tokyopop’s last gasp

AstroNerdBoy posts his “dream list” of the Tokyopop series he’d like to see rescued. Sean Gaffney takes a look at next week’s new manga, which apparently will include some Tokyopop titles—I heard this from Matt Lehman of Comicopia as well. … Continue reading

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