One Piece MMF: Thanks, and farewell!
With more than 50 fresh blog posts generated over a seven-day period, the One Piece installment of the Manga Moveable Feast has reached its conclusion. I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading...
View ArticleUpcoming 12/8/2010
After a shônen-heavy week, rewarding as it was, it will be nice to spare a little attention for shôjo and even josei in this week’s ComicList: Viz debuts Julietta Suzuki’s Kamisama Kiss, about a girl...
View ArticleOne Piece MMF: Appendix I
Here’s a round-up of some posts on One Piece that arrived shortly after the conclusion of the Manga Moveable Feast: Jammer’s AniMovie Blog begins to unravel “The Threads of One Piece.” Connie (Slightly...
View ArticleCrossing the Pacific either way
Here are a couple of articles to enjoy on what I hope is a relaxing Saturday morning for you: Over at The Comics Journal, Roland Kelts finds a new way to look at an old, old topic, “Manga versus...
View ArticleUpcoming 12/15/2010
Yen Press rules the anticipatory roost this week, at least in my neck of the woods. Fumi Yoshinaga’s Not Love But Delicious Foods Make Me So Happy arrives fashionably late to the Best of 2010 mixer, I...
View ArticleI believe the imaginary children are the future
For those who care about such things, which I hope is all of you, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly has passed its Youth Healthy Development Ordinance Bill, which Tom (The Comics Reporter) Spurgeon...
View ArticleLicense Request Day: Tezuka Appreciation Week edition
In observation of Kate (The Manga Critic) Dacey’s Tezuka Appreciation Week, I thought I’d devote this week’s license request to a round-up of enticing, as-yet-unpublished-in-English works by the man in...
View ArticleApple of their eyes
With all the recent talk of new digital initiatives and anti-piracy efforts, I was interested to see this piece by Caleb Goellner at Comics Alliance: “The consortium [of Japanese publishers and...
View ArticleUpcoming 12/29/2010
I’m still decompressing upon reentry to normal world as opposed to holiday sparkle world, and, to be honest, looking at this week’s ComicList is roughly akin to trying to read something written in...
View ArticleThis year, next year
The indefatigable Deb (About.Com) Aoki has rounded up and ranked critics’ choices for the Best Manga of 2010, and it’s a fine and varied list. I’d also like to point you to Deb’s picks for Best...
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