Long weekend linkblogging

Jason Thompson pens a delightful article for comiXology about the manga he has edited during his years at Viz.

Dave White analyzes Jiro Taniguchi’s choreography of panels and art in a story from The Ice Wanderer.

A UCLA professor discusses how the working-class heroes in two sports manga, Kyojin no Hoshi (Star of the Giants) and Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow’s Joe), dealt with their discomfort in a changing society. Accessible and interesting. (Via The Comics Reporter.)

Gia spent the weekend at Fanime, where she liveblogged the Broccoli and Dark Horse panels. There was lots of chat about current and upcoming titles, but no new title announcements.

And in case you missed it on Newsarama, Dark Horse reruns their conversation with Michael Gombos about Gantz.

Also: Dark Horse will be bringing Vampire Hunter D creator Hideyuki Kikuchi to the New York Anime Fest.

Newsarama talks to Udon’s Jim Zubkavich about upcoming books, including the Street Fighter series.

Erica Friedman looks at the week in yuri.

Articles about The Manga Bible are a dime a dozen, but this one is more interesting than most because the reporter talks to adult comics fans—one of whom started reading comics when his daughter was born, looking for strong female characters.

More Death Note madness in Gig Harbor, Washington. It’s easy to make fun of this, but one kid was expelled over this, and it sounds like at least one of the kids was being bullied and used the notebook as an outlet for his frustrations.

New blog find: Omari’s Sister’s Anime and Manga Blog, by a blogger who reads Japanese and is thus a little ahead of us on some favorite series. She posts chapter summaries, manga reviews, and bits of news on ongoing series.

John Jakala discovers a new manga, Chichonmanchi, at Sporadic Sequential. And no, it’s not licensed. Neither is Hajime no Ippo, but Tiamat’s Disciple gives an overview anyway.

Japanator celebrates the 500th chapter of One Piece (in Japan).

Manly Manga and More posts the June releases for Germany.

Here’s your daily dose of adorable: a cute comic from Queenie Chan.

Reviews: Jason Yadao and Wilma Jandoc of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin look at two one-volume manga, Dolis and Glass Wings. Trav Cleeman likes Color of Rage but is less impressed with vol. 1 of Kannazuke no Miko at TaCk’s Pop Culture. Mangamaniac Julie reviews vol. 2 of Don’t Blame Me at the MangaCast and she checks out vol. 4 of Death Note and vol. 4 of Alive at the Manga Maniac Cafe. At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Phil Guie reviews vols. 3-6 of Junk: Record of the Last Hero and Ken Haley reads vol. 1 of Orfina. Connie gives her take on vol. 1 of Fairy Cube, vol. 4 of Le Chevalier d’Eon, vol. 19 of Astro Boy, and vol. 1 of Nephilim at Slightly Biased Manga. Marina Neira takes a look at vols. 1-3 of Guru Guru Pon-Chan. Ferdinand reads The Reformed at Prospero’s Manga. Over at Anime on DVD, Danielle Van Gorder reviews vol. 1 of CyBelievers, vol. 3 of Shugo Chara! and vol. 1 of Red Angel, and Matthew Alexander looks at vol. 7 of Oh My Goddess. Michelle reads vol. 1 of Dororo, her first Tezuka, at Soliloquy in Blue. Lissa Pattillo kicks of a week of ghost stories with a look at Beyond My Touch. David Welsh finds vol. 2 of Hell Girl to be somewhat better than vol. 1, if not a deathless classic, at Precocious Curmudgeon. Erica Friedman reviews vol. 5 of Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ at Okazu. Holly Ellingwood looks at vol. 2 of Love Recipe and Rachel Bentham checks out Like a Love Comedy and Sleeping with Money at Active Anime.