David Welsh takes a look at the nominees for the Manga Taisho awards and notes one thing I missed: A Bride’s Story, by Kaoru Mori, has been picked up by Yen Press.
Japanator’s Brad Rice talks to Lilllian Diaz-Przybyl about Tokyopop’s yaoi manga line—how it started, how it sells, and why they have a separate imprint for it. Good stuff.
Melinda Beasi rounds up all the Korean-comics news in her latest Manhwa Monday post.
At The Hooded Utilitarian, Sean Michael Robinson talks to Frederick Schodt, the author of Manga! Manga!, about how things have changed (and not changed) since this seminal work was published over 30 years ago.
Daniella Orihuela-Gruber has some good advice for freelancers on filing their taxes.
News from Japan: ANN has the 2010 circulation numbers for manga magazines covered by the Japanese Publishers Association. Weekly Shonen Jump was the bestseller for the year, and it was one of only a handful of magazines whose circulaton rose. And is Pikachu growing up? Manga Therapy’s Tony Yao notes a new Pokemon series will be starting up in Weekly Shonen Sunday, and it’s slanted toward older readers.
Reviews: The Manga Moveable Feast continues with Lori Henderson’s review of vol. 1 of Karakuri Odette at Manga Xanadu. Kinukitty looks for some yaoi manga that won’t disappoint her at The Hooded Utilitarian.
Julie Opipari on vol. 1 of AiON (Manga Maniac Cafe)
Eduardo Zacarias on vol. 1 of Cross Game (Animanga Nation)
Sean Gaffney on vol. 2 of Cross Game (A Case Suitable for Treatment)
Connie on vol. 1 of Dengeki Daisy (Slightly Biased Manga)
Connie on vol. 1 of Dragon Girl (Slightly Biased Manga)
Erica Friedman on Flower Festa (Okazu)
Johanna Draper Carlson on vol. 10 of Sand Chronicles (Comics Worth Reading)