PWCW’s Ada Price has a great article on reading comics on the Kindle. The experience is far from perfect, she reports, but publishing companies are embracing it anyway as a way to dip their toe into the digital ocean. Manga on the Kindle include Maximum Ride and Japan Ai: A Tall Girl’s Adventures in Japan. My contribution to this week’s PWCW is not manga, but what the heck: I interviewed Scott Christian Sava about his new line of children’s books, which could best be described as good, old-fashioned fun.
At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh faces a “cornucopia of crack” in this weeks new releases.
Matt Blind presents this week’s online manga sales data at Rocket Bomber: summary and rankings, emerging trends report, new releases and pre-orders, and the top 500.
I don’t usually link to scanlations, but this one is too good to pass up: scans_daily offers a sample of Saint Oniisan (Saint Young Men). Note: This is a comic about Jesus and Buddha being roommates in modern-day Tokyo. The humor comes from the juxtaposition of ancient wisdom with modern ways. It’s pretty light, but if the notion of Jesus having a blog (and networking on Mixi) offends you, then don’t go there! (Via Journalista.)
New blog find: The Otaku Librarian, which is just what it sounds like, the reflections of a YA librarian who loves anime and manga and embraces new technology as well. Well worth a click!
Registration is now open for Yaoi-Con, and the dates have been announced: October 30-November 1. (Hat tip: Snow Wildsmith)
The Royal Academy is preparing an exhibit on the godfather of manga—no, not Osamu Tezuka, Udagawa Kuniyoshi, silly! Check it out if you’re in London, to see whether it’s really ur-manga or just a come-on to get people to look at some old art.
Reviews
Connie on vol. 23 of Basara (Slightly Biased Manga)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 19 of Black Cat (Kuriousity)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Classical Medley (Tangognat)
Deb Aoki on Happy Happy Clover (About.com)
Matthew Alexander on vol. 6 of Le Chevalier d’Eon (Mania.com)
Casey Brienza on Love Quest (ANN)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Magic Touch (Prospero’s Manga)
Emily on Mainichi Kimi ni Koishiteru (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Krisy Valenti on vols. 1 and 2 of Return to Labyrinth (comiXology)
Briana Lawrence on vol. 1 of Shards of Affection (Mania.com)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 6 of Totally Captivated (Manga Recon)
Julie on vol. 6 of Vampire Knight (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 3 of We Were There (Slightly Biased Manga)
Thanks for the mention! I feel honored. I’m so surprised that I hadn’t come upon your site earlier. I’ll definitely be reading you in the future!!
The scans_daily excerpt was taken from http://manga.megchan.com/ (she’s translated 5 chapters of Saint Oniisan so far).
That aside, I’m amazed no one has licensed Saint Oniisan yet. Every person I know who hears about it (and isn’t horribly offended) wants to read it, and most of those who’ve read it want to buy it.
OL, my pleasure. I really enjoyed reading the posts you have up so far!
Renee, thanks for the pointer. I would love to see Saint Oniisan licensed here but I fear it would cause an uproar. My own feeling is that the CBLDF should publish it and cut out the middleman!