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Foodie manga, scary manga, future manga

Deb Aoki looks ahead to new manga premiering in 2012. Jason Thompson takes a look at the 1980s classic 3×3 Eyes in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN. Erica Friedman has a delightful column about foodie manga … Continue reading

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Judging time!

So, the Eisner Awards folks have done me the huge honor of asking me to be a judge for this year’s Eisner Awards. Like the heroine of pretty much every shoujo manga, I am nervous but shaking my fist with … Continue reading

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Manga science, new releases, gift guides

Lissa Pattillo guides us through this week’s new manga releases in her latest On the Shelf column at Otaku USA, while Sean Gaffney looks ahead to next week’s new manga at A Case Suitable for Treatment. Daniella Orihuela-Gruber rounds up … Continue reading

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Tezuka goes to the theater; more manga picks

At MTV Geek, I posted my list of the best manga of 2011 and rounded up some recent manga news from Japan. The Manga Bookshelf bloggers discuss their Picks of the Week. Kristy Valenti discusses theatrical influences on two Osamu … Continue reading

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Gift guides and best-sellers

Lori Henderson has the latest list of all-ages comics and manga at Good Comics for Kids, and the Manga Village team makes their picks from the past week’s new manga releases as well. Erica Friedman posts the latest edition of … Continue reading

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Black Friday links and gift guides

It’s Black Friday, the big shopping day for some and Buy Nothing Day for others. Me, I’ll be staying home and doing some reading and writing, as well as organizing my books for the end of the year. We all … Continue reading

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