Category Archives: Mangablog

Wednesday quickies

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

At The Manga Curmudgeon, David Welsh makes his picks from this week’s new manga releases, and he reaches the letter F in his Josei Alphabet. Kate Dacey nominates Kazuo Koike’s schlocky Wounded Man to her Manga Hall of Shame. Attention, … Continue reading →

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Beginnings and endings

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Lissa Pattillo takes a look at the most promising of Viz’s newly announced manga. Melinda Beasi takes a look at what we can expect in March in her latest Manhwa Monday post. Melinda, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, and David Welsh … Continue reading →

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Levy blames Borders; Carl Horn interviewed

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy says that the Borders bankruptcy is behind the latest round of layoffs: The facts are simple. Borders—our biggest customer—went bankrupt, owed us a lot money, which they didn’t pay us, and as a result we are … Continue reading →

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Now we are six!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Today is our birthday: The first MangaBlog post went up six years ago today, and I’m happy to say we have grown and changed a lot since then. Thank you all for reading—it’s the community that really makes this site … Continue reading →

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Tokyopop fallout, Viz iPad sale

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

The news that rocked the manga world this week was that Tokyopop laid off their senior editors Lillian Diaz-Pryzybl and Troy Lewter, as well as newer hire Asako Suzuki (formerly of CMX) and several others. I wrote about Tokyopop CEO … Continue reading →

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Manga Village relocates, maid cafes under the microscope

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Brigid Alverson

Since they had pretty much taken over the place anyway, the manga reviewers at Comics Village have decamped and formed their own site, Manga Village. Reset your bookmarks and RSS feeds and stay tuned! Melinda Beasi, Kate Dacey, Michelle Smith, … Continue reading →

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