Lori Henderson lists this week’s kid-friendly manga and comics at Good Comics for Kids.
Digital is going to publish the Maiden Rose manga.
At The Eastern Standard, David Goodwin does a bit of hunting and notes that almost all of Viz’s Sigikki titles are slated for print, while Del Rey and Dark Horse are slowing down their releases. Interesting discussion of Alive in the comments. Also, here’s a peek at the cover of the first volume of Moyashimon.
News from Japan: Gia has a peek at a horror manga by Nagaru Tanigawa, the author of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. ANN reports that The Legend of Kamui, Yubisaki Milk Tea, and I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow are all returning from hiatus, and they also post the latest comics rankings from Oricon and Tohan.
Reviews: At Manga Recon, Chloe Ferguson liked vols. 1 and 2 of Crown a lot less than I did. Elizabeth Shupe continues her look at Mitzukazu Mihara’s early works at Girlamatic. Tangognat has some short takes on the Sigikki series.
Greg McElhatton on vol. 4 of 20th Century Boys (Read About Comics)
Danielle Leigh on vols. 1 and 2 of Bamboo Blade (Comics Should Be Good)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Children of the Sea (Manga Xanadu)
Anna on The Color of Water (2 screenshot limit)
Alain Mendez on vols. 1 and 2 of Dazzle (Comics Village)
AstroNerdBoy on vol. 8 of Gakuen Alice (AstroNerdBoy’s Anime and Manga Blog)
Michelle Smith on vol. 6 of Goong (Soliloquy in Blue)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Mad Love Chase (Prospero’s Manga)
David Welsh on vol. 1 of Nightschool (Precocious Curmudgeon)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 7 of Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom (There it is, Plain as Daylight)
Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 5 of The Palette of 12 Secret Colors (i heart manga)
Casey Brienza on vols. 2-4 of St. Dragon Girl (ANN)
Julie on vol. 1 of Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Deb Aoki on vol. 1 of X-Men: Misfits (About.com)
Emily on Yami no Purple Eye (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Carlo Santos on vol. 2 of Yokai Doctor (ANN)
Love that Moyashimon cover! I don’t know if it was created whole cloth for the US edition, or if the image is taken from existing work, but in any case, it’s one of the best looking design-centic manga covers out there.
Point of clarification: The Dark Horse titles The Eastern Standard is talking about are series that were cancelled in 2006 and 2007 (ie. Scary Book and Satsuma Gishiden), so there are not presently running series at Dark Horse getting the ax.
The only question mark is Ghost Talker’s Daydream, which has only had one volume this year, but I have heard does well for Dark Horse, despite very little press.