I’m reading an advance copy of Wandering Son, the newest entry in Fantagraphics’ manga line, right now, and it’s amazing. The book won’t be out until later this year, but check out this preview at Comics Should Be Good.
Jason Thompson takes a look at the shoujo-est shoujo manga of them all, Cardcaptor Sakura, in his latest House of 1000 Manga column at ANN.
David Welsh takes a look at the manga in the latest Previews at The Manga Curmudgeon, and he also asks readers to help him choose one of three dubious series. And he has a license request, which is not at all dubious: Jiro Taniguchi’s The Lonely Gourmet.
The Manga Village crowd looks over this week’s new releases, and at Good Comics for Kids, Lori Henderson lists this week’s all-ages comics and manga and picks the most interesting titles.
Erica Friedman rounds up the latest in the world of yuri in this week’s edition of Yuri Network News at Okazu.
As I noted at Robot 6, Tokyopop is rebooting their website, dropping the “manga lifestyle” thing in favor of promoting their books.
Elizabeth Tai lists her picks for the ten best manga of the past decade for The Star of Malaysia.
Lissa Pattillo is looking forward to a manga-friendly TCAF next month.
Stu Levy has a rather nice piece on why he loves Japan at the New Yorker. (Via The Manga Critic.)
Reviews Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith review four new boys-love manga from Digital in their latest BL Bookrack column at Manga Bookshelf.
Johanna Draper Carson on vols. 8-12 of 20th Century Boys (Comics Worth Reading)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 8 of Bamboo Blade (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Clive Owen on vol. 33 of Bleach (Animanga Nation)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 3 of Bunny Drop (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 1 of Butterfly (I Reads You)
Erica Friedman on vol. 3 of Choir (Okazu)
Connie on vol. 2 of Dragon Girl (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Gorgeous Carat (Slightly Biased Manga)
Rob McMonigal on vol. 2 of Karakuri Odette (Panel Patter)
Connie on vol. 8 of Kimi ni Todoke (Slightly Biased Manga)
Jennifer LeBlanc on vol. 1 of Maiden Rose (The Yaoi Review)
Shannon Fay on Not Love But Delicious Foods Makes Me So Happy! (Kuriousity)
Alexander Hoffman on vol. 1 of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (Manga Village)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 4 of Rosario + Vampire Season II (The Comic Book Bin)
Lori Henderson on the April issue of Shonen Jump (Manga Xanadu)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 15 of Slam Dunk (The Comic Book Bin)
Connie on vol. 11 of You’re Under Arrest (Slightly Biased Manga)
Wandering Son… I’ve never read this manga before. But its cover atracted me immediately :). I like how the author don’t color the background. It really made a great effect on the 2 characters. I’ll try to find and read it. Thank you for posting it here.
Your blog is very informative by the way. Thanks for the post!