The Tocqueville Connection has a brief article on the manga that won top honors at Angouleme.
Elae reports that the site for the German doujinshi anthology Kappa Maki is up.
Culture Corner: Asahi.com reviews Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization.
The folks at The Star of Malaysia are busy: Max Loh reviews CLAMP North Side, Pauline Wong reads vol. 2 of Beauty Pop, and Kazuki checks out vol. 2 of Genju no Seiza.