Matt Blind of Comicsnob is the first to put out the list of this week’s new manga. With his picks, of course.
ChunHyang72 offers another great Tokyopop Round-Up and winds it up with some love for Black Sun Silver Moon. I think this says it all:
After reading so many series with attractive young priests who spend more time flirting and blowing stuff up than, say, giving communiion, I’m beginning to think I joined the wrong Catholic Church!
Yaoi Press is offering a new format: comic books. According to ICv2, it will start in October with a bimonthly series, Yaoi Candy, with a cover price of $3.95, and a one-shot, Offered to a Demon, for $4.95. (This last one is about a pagan priest, so no confusion there. Unless you’re a pagan.) YP announced at NYCC that they would be putting their comics online at Netcomics as well.
As I mentioned a few days ago, the Same Hat bloggers have printed a minicomic of their scanlations and are selling it for two bucks. Simon Jones wonders if that crosses a line; check out the discussion in the comments section.
ANN has a flurry of manga news: two new manga and light novel magazines are starting up in Japan; a new book will discuss Hokusai as a manga artist; and a sales push in Japan will target fujoshi. Also: The New York Public Library is offering a Manga 101 class on May 24.
Deutsche Mangaka learns that The Dreaming and Bizenghast will be released in German.
At the MangaCast, Ed has more on Summit of the Gods and the rest of the Fanfare/Ponent Mon lineup.
Johanna Draper Carlson marked two milestones last weekend: It was the eighth year of the website Comics Worth Reading and the third year of the blog. And she almost missed it because she was to busy reading comics!
Reviews: At Comics Worth Reading, Johanna reviews vols. 1-3 of Genju no Seiza, a series that finally seems to be getting the audience it deserves. And at Comics Unlimited, she leads off her reviews with a look at vol. 1 of Divalicious. Matt Brady pens lengthy reviews, with scans, of Ode to Kirihito and vol. 2 of The Drifting Classroom. Chris Mautner reviews Death Note. At the Mangamaniaccafe, Julie checks out vol. 16 of Red River. Dave Ferraro reviews vol. 1 of Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play at Comics-and-more. At Anime on DVD, Julie Rosato reviews the one-shot Hero Heel. Active Anime’s Holly Ellingwood turns her sights on vol. 4 of Enchanter and vol. 4 of ROD Read or Dream. At ANN, Theron Martin reviews vol. 1 of Millennium Snow, Carlo Santos (Pata) checks out vol. 3 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, and Briana Lawrence reads vol. 1 of After School Nightmare. Comicsnob Matt Blind looks over vol. 1 of Shugo Chara. At Okazu, Erica Friedman reviews vol. 6 of Hayate x Blade. Fanfare/Ponent Mon titles are popping up all over: Sarah Morean reviews The Building Opposite for The Daily Cross Hatch, and Derik Badman checks out vol. 3 of The Times of Botchan. (Both found via Journalista.) And at the Toon Zone, the singly-named James discovers vol. 1 of To Terra.
Offered to a Demon…sounds very familiar. I don’t think he’s a pagan priest—he’s a monk. 0_0
Thanks for the shout-out and the info on the NYPL manga event. Doesn’t sound like I’d learn much from it, but it would be interesting to learn more about their manga collection.
Sorry for the correction, but that was Rob’s review of Genju no Seiza, not mine. Love the link roundup!