The big news today is yesterday’s revelation that Kodansha is setting up shop in the U.S. Calvin Reid promises to have a full interview with Kodansha vp Yochio Irie in this week’s Publishers Weekly Comics Week; stay tuned, and I’ll link to it when it comes out.
David Welsh interviews Vertical’s Ed Chavez about his company’s new announcements at NYAF.
The Sydney Herald talks to Oishinbo creator Tetsu Kariya, who has lived in Australia for the past 20 years.
Tangognat checks out the best of this month’s Previews.
At Okazu, Erica Friedman has an interesting market research question for her readers—would you make a commitment to a whole series, and if so, how much?
Can’t get enough NYAF coverage? I run through the high points of the new book announcements at Graphic Novel Reporter, and Deb Aoki goes into more depth on the Del Rey panel.
Christopher Butcher’s Japan travelogue continues with pictures of the Pokemon World Center.
Reviews: Dave Ferraro has short takes on a lot of different manga at Comics-and-More.
Snow Wildsmith on FreshMen (Fujoshi Librarian)
Sesho on vol. 3 of Future Diary (Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews)
Brad Rice on vol. 1 of Higurashi: When They Cry (Japanator)
Emily on Oh! My Brother (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Scott VonSchilling on vol. 1 of Oh! My Brother (The Anime Almanac)
Ben Leary on vol. 1 of St. Dragon Girl (Mania.com)
Julie on vol. 17 of The Wallflower (Manga Maniac Cafe)