Manhwa shortage; what’s up with Del Rey?

Sean Gaffney hosts this week’s Manga Moveable Feast, which features After School Nightmare; the links are flying in, so click here for the complete list. And Sean chips in with his own review of vol. 1.

What’s happening at Del Rey? At Kuriousity, Andre picks up on the latest ominous signs: no solicitations in the latest Previews, and no new titles on Amazon until 2013. Meanwhile, in today’s Manhwa Monday post, Melinda Beasi notes that the flow of manhwa has slowed to a trickle, with not too many new titles in the offing.

Deb Aoki collects the Twitter discussion on the alt-manga anthology AX, for the benefit of those who were doing something else this weekend. David Welsh also has the second part of the discussion at The Manga Curmudgeon.

Deb also posts a photo gallery of Moto Hagio and her work from Comic-Con.

Niki takes a quick look at the Japanese indy comics scene at MangaCast and wonders if someday Japan might have its own Small Press Expo.

News from Japan: Saiyuki manga-ka Kazuya Minekura has put the series on hiatus due to health problems, ANN reports.

Reviews: Carlo Santos takes on Hetalia, 7 Billion Needles, and Peepo Choo, along with a handful of other recent releases, in his latest Right Turn Only!! column at ANN. Kate Dacey posts some short takes on new releases at The Manga Critic.

Julie Opipari on The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber on The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography (All About Manga)
Charles Webb on vol. 10 of 20th Century Boys (Manga Life)
Julie Opipari on The Amalfi Bride (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Tangognat on Amber By Night (Tangognat)
Deb Aoki on Baseball Heaven (About.com)
Connie on vol. 6 of Black Bird (Slightly Biased Manga)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Bunny Drop (Comics Worth Reading)
Deb Aoki on A Drunken Dream and Other Stories (About.com)
Caddy C. on vol. 2 of Library Wars (A Feminist Otaku)
Bill Sherman on vol. 2 of Neko Ramen (Blogcritics)
Lori Henderson on vols. 1-3 of Pig Bride (Manga Xanadu)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 2 of Urusei Yatsura (A Case Suitable for Treatment)

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