Running out of stuff to read? Shaenon Garrity has another Overlooked Manga Special Event, chock-full of meaty suggestions. And at Right Turn Only, Pata staggers away from 24-hour comics day with some hard-earned wisdom and a rundown on new titles, including the much-anticipated Welcome to the NHK. PopCultureShock likes volume 2 of The Drifting Classroom:
It’s the manga equivalent of a solid B-movie, with plenty of plot twists and visceral jolts, and a dash of social commentary for good measure.
Yes! And at MangaCast, Ed gives his take on Emma, Iron Wok Jan, and DVD.
At Deutsche Mangaka, Elae translates an article about German manga-ka from ZEIT online. This is interesting:
According to estimations, around 75-80% of the German language comic market consists of Japanese graphic novels.
Wow!
Green party: The Broccoli Books blog brings news of volume 5 of Kamui, which just arrived in the offices. Also, Broccoli has changed distributors, to Publisher’s Group West (PGW), which used to handle Viz. And they point out that Broccoli is number four in the new Google manga directory, behind Tokyopop, Viz, and Shogakukan. Is the air thinner up there? Also at the BroBlog, an update on the Yaoi-Con panel.
Speaking of Yaoi-Con, David Taylor has some late scheduling news.
German Comic Artists on the Rise…
MangaBlog points out that German manga blog Deutsche Mangaka has translated an article from ZEIT Online about the rise of German comic artists in Germany, and how they are able to compete with Japanese graphic novels, which takes up around 75-80% of th…