Firefighters, serial killers, and goblins, oh my!

David Welsh fights deja vu while looking over this week’s new manga, but he manages to come up with a recommendation: Solanin, which sounds like a strong pick. And at Sporadic Sequential, John Jakala is pleased to discover another firefighter manga.

Erin Finnegan looks at the Goth novel and manga at PWCW.

Jake Forbes reports that vol. 3 of Return to Labyrinth has been delayed until May 2009. On the bright side, he says that Tokyopop is committed to completing the four-volume series.

Gia talks to Yaoi Generation president Thuy Duong, following up on her first interview.

At the Forbidden Planet blog, Rod McKie compares Japanese manga magazines to the British comics of bygone days and finds that the business model impacts the content quite a bit. Interesting reading (even more so for me, as I’m a longtime fan of British comics).

For those who are new to manga, Liviana offers some starter titles at In Bed With Books.

Gottsu-Iiyan gets the second chapter of Naoki Urasawa’s Billy Bat and shares some pictures and commentary.

Lori Henderson dreams of opening a manga lounge in her hometown.

Reviews: At The Comic Book Bin, Leroy Douresseaux takes a look at vol. 1 of The 9 Lives, a new title from Tokyopop, and states

The 9 Lives is probably the most teen-safe boys’ love title currently in print.

Actually, Zesty is even tamer, but I’m pretty certain that The 9 Lives is the most teen-safe furry title currently in print.

At Comics Should Be Good, Danielle Leigh reads vols. 1 and 2 of Three In Love, the first manga by Crossroad creator Shioko Mizuki, and enjoys it despite the fact that it’s obviously a first manga. Snow Wildsmith reads The President’s Time at Manga Jouhou. Lovelyduckie discovers Yen Plus, and she’s glad she did. Win Wiacek checks out vol. 1 of Chibi Vampire at Now Read This! Dan Polley enjoys vol. 1 of Papillon at Comics Village. Christopher Mautner reviews vol. 1 of Papillon and vol. 1 of Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney at Blog@Newsarama. Sakurapassion has a brief writeup of vol. 4 of I Shall Never Return at The Yaoi Review. Oyceter checks out vol. 1 of Love*Com at Sakura of DOOM. Dick McVengeance reads vol. 1 of S.S. Astro at Japanator. At Prospero’s Manga, Ferdinand has no trouble containing his enthusiasm about vol. 1 of Gun Blaze West. Lissa Pattillo reviews vol. 3 of Incubus at Kuriousity.

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Comments

  1. danielle leigh says

    just a quick note…this wasn’t my column, just a random review for the site :-) (Not that it matters, but I’m hoping to get a review or two up a week, in addition to the column…more content for all, I say!)

  2. I changed it—sorry about that!

  3. Thanks for the link to my site! I hope to work more information about manga onto it in the future.