Rare books and good reads

Melinda Beasi rounds up a couple of reviews and a Netcomics contest in her latest Manhwa Bookshelf column, and her Pick of the Week is the ghost-hunting manhwa Time and Again.

David Welsh looks at this week’s new comics at The Manga Curmudgeon.

Lori Henderson wraps up the week’s manga news at Manga Xanadu. Erica Friedman has your yuri news of the week at Okazu.

Chris Mautner shows off a true manga rarity: He has a galley of Sweet Cream and Strawberries, which was licensed and apparently translated by CPM but never actually published.

At MangaCast, Niki talks to doujinshi creator Polly Guo, whose subjects include Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini.

Cecil Adams gives a concise history of tentacle porn at The Straight Dope. (Via Comics Worth Reading.)

Reviews: Omar posts some short manga reviews at About Heroes. Ash Brown looks at a week’s worth of manga reading at Experiments in Manga. Anna has quick takes on some new Tokyopop titles and some recent shonen manga at Manga Report.

Connie on vol. 5 of 13th Boy (Slightly Biased Manga)
Kate Dacey on vols. 1 and 2 of 7 Billion Needles (The Manga Critic)
Diana Dang on vol. 1 of Arisa (Stop, Drop, and Read!)
Dave Ferraro on vol. 1 of Arisa (Comics-and-More)
Anna on vol. 1 of AX (Manga Report)
Hisui and Narutaki on vol. 1 of AX (Reverse Thieves)
Courtney Kraft on vol. 1 of Bakuman (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Lori Henderson on vol. 2 of Bakuman (Manga Xanadu)
Michelle Smith on vols. 1 and 2 of Bokurano: Ours (Comics Should Be Good)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of Daniel X (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Casey Brienza on vols. 1 and 2 of Demon Sacred (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Connie on Gay’s Anatomy (Slightly Biased Manga)
Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 11 of Ghost Hunt (The Comic Book Bin)
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Kristin on vol. 2 of House of Five Leaves (Comic Attack)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 4 of Itazura na Kiss (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 21 of Knights of the Zodiac (Slightly Biased Manga)
Casey Brienza on vol. 1 of K-ON! (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Ken Haley on vol. 11 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Sequential Ink)
Kinukitty on vol. 1 of Maiden Rose (The Hooded Utilitarian)
Deb Aoki on Mega Man Megamix (About.com)
Andre on vol. 4 of Natsume’s Book of Friends (Kuriousity)
Emily on Ookami Shounen (Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page)
Oyceter on vols. 3-5 of Phantom Dream (Sakura of DOOM)
Snow Wildsmith on vol. 1 of Saturn Apartments (Graphic Novel Reporter)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 2 of Saturn Apartments (Comics Worth Reading)
Connie on vol. 3 of Seiho Boys’ High School (Slightly Biased Manga)
Katherine Farmar on Seven Days: Monday-Thursday (Comics Village)
Erica Friedman on Sore ga Kimi ni Naru (Okazu)
Anna on vol. 1 of Summoner Girl (Manga Report)
Erica Friedman on vol. 2 of Tokimeki Mononoke Gakuen (Okazu)
Kristin on vol. 1 of Wolf God (Comic Attack)
Erica Friedman on vol. 14 of Yuri Hime S (Okazu)

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