Manga News
Manga Out Loud Discusses Food Manga and Making a Living in Comics |
May 24 2012
In connection with this week’s food manga moveable feast, Ed and I sat down with Deb Aoki and Michelle Smith to discuss manga featuring food. The Drops of God Book 1 Our conversation spends a lot of time with The Drops of God before moving on to other titles. Deb and I debate whether Toriko [...]
Another Tokyopop Title Returns: RightStuf to Release Bizenghast 8 |
May 24 2012
Following in the path of the Hetalia 3 announcement, Tokyopop and RightStuf.com have announced a second print-on-demand title continuation. M. Alice LeGrow’s Bizenghast Volume 8 will be available in July for $15.99; preorders can now be made at the discount price of $10.99. Bizenghast was one of the most popular OEL titles from Tokyopop, and [...]
This Week’s Manga Moveable Feast Covers Oishinbo and Food Manga |
May 23 2012
This month’s Manga Moveable Feast is dedicated to the topic of food manga. It’s a subject dear to my heart, as here at the site we’ve reviewed the following titles in that genre: Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga (Digital Manga) The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical) Book 1 Book 2 [...]
Can You Make a Living in Manga If You’re Not Japanese? |
May 18 2012
Deb Aoki has been posting a five-part series exploring the question of whether young comic creators inspired by manga will be able to make a living with their art. So far, three parts have gone up: Part 1 — why the art-related economy is broken Part 2 — problems with using the label “manga” for [...]
Comic Creator Lessons From Bakuman |
May 16 2012
The Shonen Jump Alpha website has posted a list of 10 Things We’ve Learned From Bakuman, the manga about making manga. The list items are short, illustrated with panels from the manga series, but it’s hard to argue with the wisdom of lessons like “It’s a Tough Field to Make It”, “Being a Mangaka’s Really [...]
Viz Puts Selected Digital Manga Titles on Sale Mondays in May |
May 04 2012
Coming up Monday, May 7, Viz launches a weekly sale on selected digital manga through VizManga.com and the Viz iOS app. These first volumes will be 40% off, making them $2.99 instead of $4.99: Bakuman Death Note Dragon Ball Z Rosario + Vampire II Toriko On May 14, the discount books will be the first [...]
Tokyopop Returns With Hetalia 3 |
May 02 2012
After ceasing as a publisher a year ago, Tokyopop started making noises last September about bringing back one of their most popular titles, Hetalia. Now, in conjunction with online retailer RightStuf.com, comes the actual announcement. Right Stuf announced that, through a special arrangement with Japanese publisher Gentosha Comics and TOKYOPOP, it will be offering manga [...]
Manga Out Loud Discusses Naoki Urasawa |
Apr 24 2012
As our contribution to this week’s Manga Moveable Feast, Ed and I were joined for the Manga Out Loud podcast by Faith Erin Hicks (Friends With Boys) and Daniel Briscoe to discuss the works of the extraordinarily talented Naoki Urasawa. We were supposed to talk mostly about 20th Century Boys, but we wound up enthusing [...]
Viz Signature Manga Moveable Feast This Week |
Apr 24 2012
It’s time for the Manga Moveable Feast again! This month, the topic is manga published by the Viz Signature line, hosted by Kate Dacey at The Manga Critic (and bless her for doing it, since she just served as host in February for the Osamu Tezuka MMF). There are a huge number of possible titles [...]
Bakuman Manga End Announced; 10 More Books to Go |
Apr 18 2012
Bakuman Book 1 There are 10 books in the Bakuman series out in the U.S. so far, and I’ve been enjoying them. Now, via ANN, comes news that the creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have announced that their last chapter will be published in Japan next week on April 23. The final book will [...]
