Kate Dacey takes a look at this week’s new releases at The Manga Critic and shares what she has been reading lately (A Drifting Life and The Big Adventures of Majoko—eclectic!) at Robot 6. She also picks up on the latest news, including a job opening for a manga editor, from the Tokyopop newsletter.
Kai-Ming Cha gets to hang out with Mr. and Mrs. Yatsuhiro Tatsumi—and she has the pix to prove it!
Seacoast Online has a nice article about manga artist Christine Williamson.
Erica Friedman guest-blogs at Anime Vice to pay a final tribute to Central Park Media, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last week. Back at Okazu, her home base, Erica has all the yuri news that’s fit to print.
Kris posts Yaoi Generation’s release schedule for the rest of the year at Manic About Manga.
News from Japan: Canned Dogs notes some fake autographed sketches supposedly by famous manga-ka being sold on Yahoo auctions. ANN reports that Hitohira is winding up this month.
Reviews
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of A.I. Revolution (Comics Should Be Good!)
Michelle Smith on vols. 2 and 3 of A.I. Revolution (soliloquy in blue)
Connie on vol. 9 of Banana Fish (Slightly Biased Manga)
Casey Brienza on vol. 1 of Battle Royale: Ultimate Edition (Anime News Network)
Kurogane on Castle of Dreams (The Star of Malaysia)
Bill Sherman on Cat-Eyed Boy (Pop Culture Gadabout)
Julie on vol. 8 of Crimson Hero (Manga Maniac Cafe)
James Fleenor on vol. 3 of Darker Than Black (Anime Sentinel)
Scott Campbell on vol. 13 of D.Gray-Man (Active Anime)
Julie on A Distant Neighborhood (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 1 of Dorothea (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Andrew Wheeler on A Drifting Life (ComicMix)
Becky Cloonan on Emma (Estrigious)
Clive Owen on vol. 10 of Enchanter (Animanga Nation)
Julie on vol. 1 of Fire Investigator Nanase (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Connie on vol. 3 of Full House (Slightly Biased Manga)
Alex Woolfson on Future Lovers (Yaoi 911)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Gakuen Prince (Comics Worth Reading)
Sandra Scholes on vol. 1 of Genju no Seiza (Active Anime)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vols. 1-5 of Heavenly Executioner Chiwoo (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Connie on vol. 6 of Honey and Clover (Slightly Biased Manga)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Jack Frost (there it is, plain as daylight)
Connie on vols. 2 and 3 of Narration of Love at 17 (Slightly Biased Manga)
Melinda Beasi on vols. 1 and 2 of Off*Beat (there it is, plain as daylight)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 1 of Orange Planet (Comics Worth Reading)
Scott Campbell on vol. 22 of Project Arms – The Last Revelation: Return (Active Anime)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 1 of Reading Club (Kuriousity)
Katherine Dacey on vols. 1-4 of Real (The Manga Critic)
Connie on vol. 4 of Slam Dunk (Slightly Biased Manga)
Dan Polley on vol. 1 of Venus Capriccio (Comics Village)
David Welsh on We Were There (Precocious Curmudgeon)
Scott Campbell on vol. 8 of Witch (Active Anime)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 13 of xxxHoLic (Kuriousity)
Cynthia on vol. 2 of ZE (Boys Next Door)
fake sketches? do manga companies sell the artists’ works? because I highly doubt there would be many japanese convention goers that would see the sketches they get
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