NYCC is just around the corner, and the first schedule of panels went up yesterday. I’ll be there, both reporting for PWCW and taking part in the “Newsflash: Teen Girls Read Manga!” panel at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, together with my fellow manga mavens and Good Comics for Kids contributors Robin Brenner and Kate Dacey. I will be in NY from Thursday through Sunday, so drop me an e-mail or a comment if you would like to meet up.
The Manga Recon team has a roundtable discussion on which manga they would like to see licensed next.
ICv2 posts Bookscan’s top graphic novels for December, and the list features three volumes of Naruto as well as vol. 1 of Death Note, a manga that continues to be popular even though the series ended a while ago.
Tangognat goes over her order from the January Previews.
Deb Aoki continues her year-end polls at About.com with an opportunity to vote for the best josei manga of 2008.
New blog alert! This one looks really promising: Japanese Book Reviews, by Augie Rakow, covers contemporary, untranslated manga and other literature. The titles range from the well known (Moyashimon) to niche manga that won’t be licensed here anytime soon (Afro Tanaka goes to Tokyo and Shinjuku Swan). It’s a fresh, interesting blog that’s well worth a look. Plus: Lawyer comics! Including an ecchi lawyer comic! Now there’s a niche that hasn’t been carved out yet over here.
Anime Vice reports that plans are being laid for Bishie Con, the newest yaoi con.
Reviews: At Comixology, Tucker Stone reads the three Project X manga from DMP and isn’t too impressed, despite his initial interest. Faith McAdams reveiws vol. 8 of Kurohime at Animanga Nation. Adam Stephanides takes a first look at vol. 1 of The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Chan (the gag manga based on the original Haruhi series) at Completely Futile. Connie enjoys vol. 1 of Otomen at Slightly Biased Manga. Guest reviewer Marsha Reid checks out vol. 5 of Hissing at Kuriousity. Julie reads vol. 4 of Sand Chronicles at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Casey Brienza reviews the light novel Secret Moon at Kethylia. Emily takes a look at Tomodachi no Housoku at Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page.
Sorry I’m not going this year. I’ll miss another chance to say hi. All the manga panels on Friday look great. I can’t wait to read your write-up.
I was very happy to see you listed as one of the presenters for that panel. I’ll probably be there in the front row Friday morning.
In fact, it looks like there’s a bunch of really good manga panels in the same room after your panel. Sounds like a good way to kick off the convention weekend. (^_^)