Kate Dacey looks at this week’s new manga and finds plenty to please the ladies at The Manga Critic.
David Welsh looks at Moyasimon, Genshiken, and other manga with college settings in this week’s Flipped column, and he follows that up with a poll at Precocious Curmudgeon asking readers to vote for their favorites. Over at Myth and Manga, Akemi discusses why so many manga are set in schools.
Christopher Handley’s sentencing on charges of possession of obscene manga has been set for January 25. UPDATE: Hey, Ed Sizemore has a blog of his own! And he has an interesting perspective on the Handley case: Handley is a political prisoner.
Jason Yadao is not impressed with Kodansha’s first two releases, reissues of Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
It looks like Drawn & Quarterly is pimping a new gekiga manga creator: Imri Sakabashira. (Via The Beat.)
News from Japan: Keiko Takemiya and Trina Robbins will give a talk to kick off the opening of an exhibit about American women comics artists at the Kyoto International Manga Museum.
Reviews: Carlo Santos treats us to another round of concise manga reviews in his latest Right Turn Only!! column.
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Beast Master (Comics-and-More)
Lexie on vol. 1 of Beast Master (Poisoned Rationality)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 7 of Black Jack (Kuriousity)
Connie on Clover (Slightly Biased Manga)
Cynthia on Dining Bar Akira (Boys Next Door)
Connie on vol. 2 of Dogs (Slightly Biased Manga)
Julie on vol. 7 of Gantz (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Scott VonSchilling on The Ghost in the Shell (Anime Almanac)
Cynthia on vol. 1 of Happy Boys (Boys Next Door)
D.M. Evans on vol. 2 of Kaze no Hana (Manga Jouhou)
Edward Zacharias on vol. 43 of Naruto (Animanga Nation)
Tangognat on vol. 1 of Oh! My Brother (Tangognat)
Erica Friedman on Ruri-iro Yume (Okazu)
Ken Haley on vol. 1 of Soul Eater (Manga Recon)
Katherine Farmar on vol. 1 of Walkin’ Butterfly (Comics Village)
Kinukitty on The Way to Heaven (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Lori Henderson on vol. 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh (Good Comics for Kids)
Gia Manry on vol. 2 of Zone-00 (Anime Vice)