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ICv2 posts Bookscan’s top 20 graphic novels for September. Lots of manga, as always.

The Wicomico, Maryland, superintendent of schools has pledged to remove the first volume of Dragon Ball from an elementary school library after the mother of a fourth-grader complained that the book contained “nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children.”

This is good news for aspiring creators, and it also signals an interesting new direction: Viz is accepting submissions for original comics.

David Welsh takes a good look at this month’s Previews at Precocious Curmudgeon.

Sesho is not happy with Dark Horse’s slow release schedule for Eden, and he has an idea for a more worthy home for it…

Lissa Pattillo finds some possible Digital Manga licenses on Amazon.ca.

Blogging about blogging: The Manga Recon team welcomes new reviewer Jennifer Dunbar.

News from Japan: The publishers Kodansha and Akita Shoten have struck a deal under which Kodansha will publish some of Akita Shoten’s works, if I’m reading this report from ANN correctly. ANN also postst the latest comics rankings from Oricon and Tohan.

Reviews: Kate Holden, who has a degree in English literature, analyzes Emma Vieceli’s manga adaptation of Hamlet at Comic Mole Investigates. EvilOmar posts a handful of short manga reviews at About Heroes. At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh takes a look at King City in pamphlet form. Park Cooper and wife Barb chat about various manga at Manga Life. Other reviews of note:

Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 8 of The Antique Gift Shop (Manga Bookshelf)
Casey Brienza on The Color of Heaven (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Alain Mendez on vol. 1 of Flame of Recca (Comics Village)
Connie on vol. 21 of Fullmetal Alchemist (Slightly Biased Manga)
Danica Davidson on vol. 3 of Il Gatto Sul G (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Diana Dang on Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea (Stop, Drop, and Read)
Sam on Hollow Fields (omnibus edition) (The Otaku’s Study)
Connie on vol. 14 of I”s (Slightly Biased Manga)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette (Prospero’s Manga)
Deb Aoki on vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette (About.com)
Cathy on vol. 2 of Kimi ni Todoke (t can’t all be about manga…)
Lissa Pattillo on Mr. Flower Groom (Kuriousity)
Barb Lien-Cooper on vol. 46 of Naruto (Manga Life)
Julie on vol. 2 of Nightschool (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Billy Aguiar on vol. 1 of Ninja Girls (Prospero’s Manga)
Michelle Smith on vols. 13-15 of One Piece (Soliloquy in Blue)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Ooku (Fujoshi Librarian)
Julie on vol. 1 of Rin-ne (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Erica Friedman on vol. 5 of Sasamekikoto (Okazu)
David Brothers on Solanin (4thletter!)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1 and 2 of Takeru: Opera Susanoh: Sword of the Devil (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Emily on Tonari no Koigatari (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Erica Friedman on vol. 3 of Tsubomi (Okazu)
Julie on vol. 7 of Venus in Love (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane on vol. 6 of We Were There (Manga Life)
Tangognat on vols. 1-5 of Wild Act (Tangognat)

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