It’s probably going to take me a couple of days to catch up with all my news alerts and RSS feeds; here’s the latest batch of news you can’t live without:
David Welsh picks the best of this week’s new comics at Precocious Curmudgeon.
The illustrations to Matthew Alexander’s interview with Simon Jones at Mania.com have been rendered SFW only by heavy application of warning stickers, but try to sneak a read anyway, because as always, Simon is one of the smartest commentators on the business of manga.
I haven’t been to Eastern Standard in a while, but Journalista sent me over there to look at this Yoshitaka ABe piece on moe and I ended up being distracted by Joe Iglesias’ post on the old manga magazine Mangajin.
At Manic About Manga, prolific reviewer Kris is looking for some new manga to read, preferably not yaoi. Check the comments for readers’ suggestions.
News from Japan: Ashita no Joe will be making a comeback in reprint form in the weekly Shukan Gandai, Kyodo News reports.
Reviews: I took a look at Akira Toriyama’s kids’ manga Cowa! and the Tokyopop manhua Orange this week for the Graphic Novel Reporter. The Manga Recon team turns in an eclectic set of Manga Minis on everything from Bakugan Battle Brawlers to Manga Sutra. Other reviews to check out:
Sadie Mattox on Absolute Boyfriend (Extremely Graphic)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 11 of Air Gear (Kuriousity)
Connie on vols. 4 and 5 of Basara (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vols. 21 and 22 of Berserk (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kris on vol. 1 of Blue Sheep Reverie (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Captive Hearts (Slightly Biased Manga)
Melinda Beasi on Castle of Dreams (Manga Recon)
Connie C. on cm0 (Manga Recon)
Kris on Desire (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vols. 22 and 23 of Eyeshield 21 (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lori Henderson on vol. 2 of Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time (Comics Village)
Kris on vol. 3 of Hero Heel (Manic About Manga)
Julie on Hot Limit (MangaCast)
Dan Polley on vol. 2 of Kujibiki Unbalance (Comics Village)
Katherine Farmar on vol. 3 of Love Mode (Comics Village)
Kris on Love Quest (Manic About Manga)
Peter Gutierrez on vols. 1 and 2 of Me and the Devil Blues (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Kris on Necrataholic (Manic About Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Nora: The Last Chronicles of Devildom (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 10 of Oh My Goddess (Slightly Biased Manga)
Sam Kusek on vol. 14 of O-Parts Hunter (Manga Recon)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Orange Crows (Prospero’s Manga)
Greg McElhatton on vol. 1 of Pluto (Comic Book Resources)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Pluto (Manga Recon)
Kris on Sea View (Manic About Manga)
Katherine Farmar on Seduce Me After the Show (Comics Village)
Kris on Tricky Prince (Manic About Manga)
Lori Henderson on Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha, vol. 1: Into the Woods (Good Comics for Kids)
Kris on Where Has Love Gone? (Manic About Manga)
Melinda Beasi on Wild Adapter (there it is, plain as daylight)
Sam Kusek on X Diary (Manga Recon)
Eva on Zaregoto: Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle (MangaCast)
Hi Brigid, just a quick note. It was Deanna who reviewed Wild Adapter, not me!
i think your review of Orange @ GNR and your 3 word review were spot-on. i shared the book with my wife this morning and she wants to blow-up a couple of the pages to hang on our wall. (still trying to get her into manga) orange reminds her of herself 10 years back. seems suicide is as big an issue in china as it is in parts of japan.
Thanks for the link, Brigid! It quintupled my subscriber base. (& the first newsletter went out just an hour ago. [*fingers crossed*] — if it shows up in other’s inboxes and looks as good as it does in my gmail then I’m proud and honored to offer it to the fan base, but this is a Big experiment and I have no idea if it will work out like I want it to.)