Deep Thoughts Thursday

The Eastern Edge translates an interview with Moebius about manga in general and Naoki Urasawa in particular. (Doesn’t Moebuis sound like some sort of noir superhero—like Rorschach, only maybe he forms a one-sided strip or something? But he’s really a French comics creator.)

Kuriousity has the full list of November manga releases.

Patrick Macias treats us to a gekiga version of Jaws at his blog.

Craig Fischer reads God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and draws some analogies with film at Thought Balloonists.

Welcome Datacomp translates a Japanese essay on Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa.

David Welsh is up to the letter D in his shoujo-sunjeong alphabet. Readers kick in with more suggestions in the comments section.

At Skepticblog, Brian Dunning has a few nice things to say about the Manga Guides to various subjects.

This story on the Vancouver Opera notes that their online manga retellings of classic operas have contributed to their success.

News from Japan: Editors discovered some unpublished pages by the late Crayon Shin-Chan manga-ka Yoshito Usui, which will allow the comic to continue until the March issue of Monthly Manga Town. Kaiji Kawaguchi is ending Zipang and planning a new series for next year. And ANN has the latest Japanese comics rankings.

Reviews: Chris Mautner has some pithy manga reviews up at Robot 6.

Lorena Nava Ruggero on vol. 5 of Apothecarius Argentum (i heart manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Arm of Kannon (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on Aromatic Bitters (Slightly Biased Manga)
Chloe Ferguson on The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga (Manga Recon)
Theron Martin on vol. 12 of Battle Angel Alita: Last Order (ANN)
Connie on vol. 31 of Berserk (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 3 of Detroit Metal City (Slightly Biased Manga)
Dan Polley on vol. 8 of Fairy Tail (Comics Village)
Grant Goodman on vol. 2 of The King of Debris (Manga Recon)
Connie on vol. 22 of One Piece (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 2 of Ooku (Slightly Biased Manga)
Julie on vol. 4 of Papillon (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Carlo Santos on vol. 9 of Rosario + Vampire (ANN)
Tangognat on vols. 5 and 6 of Swan (Tangognat)
George R. on vol. 1 of Taisho Yakyuu Musume (Okazu)
D.M. Evans on vol. 5 of Zombie-Loan (Manga Jouhou)