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Digital manga, Fumi Yoshinaga, and new releases

I posted my thoughts on JManga at Robot 6, and Johanna Draper Carlson takes a critical look at three digital manga services at Comics Worth Reading. Also, in case you were on vacation, I posted a quick roundup of the … Continue reading

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JManga, fanfiction, and Viz’s meager offerings for Apple outsiders

Start your manga reading this morning with Deb Aoki’s super coverage of the JManga.com launch, with a complete transcript of the JManga panel at SDCC and interviews with the panelists. Lori Henderson, meanwhile, is not satisfied with the Viz app … Continue reading

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Beauty, Bleach, and a birthday

Lissa Pattillo looks at this week’s new manga in her On The Shelf column at Otaku USA. Sean Gaffney looks at next week’s new releases and foresees a quiet week. Tony Yao discusses his love-hate relationship with Bleach at Manga … Continue reading

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Inside the DMG, josei with odd names, and Evyione

The first Digital Manga Guild book is due out on Friday, and I got to talk to the Kimiko Kotani of the Neko Ramen team, who translated, edited, and lettered it. David Welsh looked at this week’s new manga and … Continue reading

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Return to Legal Drug

The big news of last week was that CLAMP announced they are going back to work on Legal Drug. I have a quick rundown of the details and the internet chatter at MTV Geek. The Manga Village team looks at … Continue reading

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New manga, Zoom Comics, and Otakon

Lissa Pattillo has a new gig, doing the new-releases column for Otaku USA, and she kicks it off with a look at this week’s new manga. Rob McMonigal takes a closer look at Seven Seas’ new manga site, Zoom Comics. … Continue reading

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