Japanator posts this week’s new manga and anime releases. Hazel looks at October manga releases as well at Anime Infatuation.
Diamond listed some Digital comics as cancelled this week, but don’t panic: they are just postponed. ANN has the list.
Lori Henderson checks out the manga previewed in the October issues of Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump at Manga Xanadu.
ComiPress translates an article on manga that have broken the 100 million sold mark.
Every Friday, Tom Spurgeon asks his readers at The Comics Reporter some question, and then he publishes the answers. This week the question was “Name five manga series you are in the midst of reading,” and the answers are an interesting survey of what folks like, especially as The Comics Reporter is more of a general comics site than a manga site. Over at his own blog, Nick Mullins supplements that with a list of his favorite scanlations.
Erica Friedman keeps us up to date on this week’s yuri news at Okazu.
John Jakala takes the plunge and endorses a presidential candidate.
Alex Woolfson shares character designs for his yaoi comic at Yaoi 911.
Good news for Svetlana Chmakova fans: There’s now an LJ community devoted to News of Svet!
Job board: Tokyopop is looking for a graphic design intern.
Reviews: Deb Aoki takes a look at vol. 1 of Black Jack at About. com, and over at Japanator, Dick McVengeance weighs in as well. Clive Owen reviews vol. 3 of Rosario + Vampire at Animanga Nation. Charles Tan reads vol. 1 of Witchcraft: Dragon Hunt at Comics Village. James Fleenor checks out vol. 1 of Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom at Anime Sentinel. Tangognat reviews vol. 1 of Sugar Princess: Skating to Win. Emily looks at GiriKoi at Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page. Ferdinand enjoys vol. 1 of Papillon at Prospero’s Manga. Erica Friedman reviews vol. 3 of Sasamekikoto at Okazu. Lissa Pattillo reviews vol. 2 of Your and My Secret, vol. 3 of Can’t Win With You! vol. 2 of The Moon and Sandals, and vol. 5 of One Thousand and One Nights at Kuriousity. Julie reads vol. 10 of Chibi Vampire at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Tiamat’s Disciple enjoys vol. 1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya despite not caring much for the anime, and he also weighs in on vol. 1 of B.Ichi and vol. 5 of Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning. Michelle Smith reviews vol. 14 of Skip Beat!, vol. 3 of Sand Chronicles, and vols. 1 and 2 of High School Debut at Soliloquy in Blue. Dave Ferraro enjoys vol. 1 of Case Closed! at Comics-and-More.