Manga News
Coming Up: Manga Due in May 2010 |
Mar 12 2010
Brody’s GhostBuy this book
Mark Crilley returns with Brody’s Ghost (Dark Horse, MAR10 0018, $6.99), a short (96 pages) manga, part one of six. Brody is going to learn from a samurai how to unlock his powers, aided by a ghost girl. I’m glad to see Crilley continuing with new projects, but after being disappointed by [...]
Fantagraphics Manga Line Launches With Moto Hagio Book |
Mar 10 2010
Fantagraphics has announced that they will launch a manga imprint in September of this year.
Their first book will be A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, a collection of works by Moto Hagio, the shojo pioneer. Her work is historic but little of it has been translated in English so far.
The books will read [...]
Tokyopop Announces Neko Ramen |
Mar 01 2010
Neko RamenOrder this book
Tokyopop held a webinar this evening to announce the upcoming Neko Ramen, a four-koma (comic strip) manga about a cat who acts like an old man and runs a ramen shop. They’ve created an interactive website (link above) to promote the series, which will debut in print in June at $10.99 US. [...]
Nick Simmons Releases Statement, Takes No Responsibility |
Mar 01 2010
Nick Simmons, artist of Incarnate, which contains panels copied from Bleach and other manga, has released the following statement via a representative:
“Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists [...]
Plagiarism, Scanlations, and Copies: Nick Simmons’ Incarnate Rips Off Bleach |
Feb 25 2010
Today’s schadenfreude opportunity: Nick Simmons, writer/artist of Incarnate from Radical Comics (and son of KISS member Gene Simmons, which might account for some of the glee in watching his downfall), has been caught copying various panels and dialogue from popular manga series, including Bleach by Tite Kubo.
Incarnate
I found out about the plagiarism accusations from [...]
Fumi Yoshinaga Yaoi Winner |
Feb 20 2010
The winner of our Fumi Yoshinaga yaoi giveaway is Leica, who recommended Only the Ring Finger Knows. Thanks, Leica, and to everyone who entered for reading the site.
I admit, I had an ulterior motive for this particular contest — I now have a great list of yaoi starting point recommendations!
Win Yoshinaga Yaoi! |
Feb 16 2010
Manga Worth Reading has a two-pack of yaoi by Fumi Yoshinaga available for you to win, consisting of these two Digital Manga books:
Solfege
Don’t Say Any More, Darling
Post a comment here telling us what one yaoi book you’d recommend to a reader new to the genre. Alternately, if you don’t already read yaoi, say what [...]
One Piece Manga Winner |
Feb 09 2010
The winner of our One Piece giveaway, soon to receive books 23-28 of the Viz pirate comedy manga, is …
Anthony Mora! Congratulations! His favorite pirate was the hero of One Piece himself, Monkey D. Luffy.
I was impressed by the variety of characters named, both real and fictional, ranging across all eras and media. [...]
Win a Booty of Books! One Piece Manga Giveaway |
Feb 03 2010
How would you like to win the six One Piece volumes (Books 23-28) Ed reviewed?
Simply post a comment here naming your favorite pirate, real or fictional. The winner will be selected by random drawing on Tuesday, February 9.
U.S. entries only, please. Winner will be emailed for their physical mailing address. If email is [...]
Manga Creators Make Devil an American-Style Comic |
Jan 29 2010
Out next Wednesday from Dark Horse is Devil #1, the first issue of a vampire comic created by manga artist Torajiro Kishi in conjunction with Madhouse Studios.
It struck my attention because, while I’ve seen lots of discussion of what OEL manga (manga created by native English speakers) means, I don’t know that I’ve seen [...]
