Manga News
Interview With Stephen Robson, Fanfare/Ponent Mon Publisher |
Mar 25 2012
by Ed Sizemore Take a quick survey of the spines of Taniguchi books, and one publisher’s name pops up over and over again, Fanfare/Ponent Mon. They have published two-thirds of all Taniguchi books available in English. The Fanfare half is actually Stephen Robson. Fanfare isn’t part of a larger book publisher. Stephen is owner, publisher, [...]
From the Front Lines: Nina Paley on Kids Reading Free Manga |
Mar 25 2012
Cartoonist and free culture advocate Nina Paley had a discussion with a group of teenagers about their manga reading habits online. Turns out most of them are manga fans, and familiar with publishers’ complaints about scanned and translated manga shared freely online. They all read them anyway (except one, who prefers to read entire manga [...]
The Taniguchi MMF So Far: Saturday |
Mar 24 2012
by Ed Sizemore Just because the weekend is coming doesn’t mean people are slacking off from the Taniguchi Manga Moveable Feast. If anything, it seems to have fired up people. The Mountaineers Award goes to Ash Brown, who read 16 volumes of Taniguchi for this MMF. We’ve already highlighted his review of A Zoo in [...]
Viz Creating Original Redakai Graphic Novels |
Mar 23 2012
In another one of those stories that remind me that I don’t know as much about kids’ media as I’d like… Viz has announced that they will be creating original graphic novels based on Redakai. It turns out Redakai: Conquer the Kairu is a trading card game with a cartoon adaptation that airs Friday, Saturday [...]
The Taniguchi MMF So Far: Thursday |
Mar 22 2012
by Ed Sizemore My Taniguchi sense wasn’t wrong. The mighty Manga Moveable Feast marches forth. People are diligently working on pieces and here is the proof. Craig Fischer has written a must-read piece on the opening story of The Walking Man, “A Blanket of Cherry Blossom”. His essay is meditative and thoughtful with a real [...]
Comic Shops Don’t Want Those Kinds of Manga Customers |
Mar 21 2012
ICv2 speculated that Borders’ demise left an opening for comic shops to capture manga buyers. (A supposition I don’t find very plausible, since some direct market retailers don’t carry manga because they don’t like it or don’t know enough about it to stock it sensibly, and Borders’ departure doesn’t address that lack of knowledge or [...]
Carl Horn Compares Manga Markets |
Mar 21 2012
ICv2 talked to Dark Horse manga editor Carl Horn about how the manga market works in the U.S. I found his example of Sailor Moon particularly educational — he points out that if that had been an American comic property, instead of simply reprinting to bring a good work to a new audience, they’d have [...]
The JManga.com Experience: Erica Friedman Reviews |
Mar 21 2012
Erica Friedman reviews JManga.com on both laptop and tablet, concluding that it’s a much better experience on the tablet. She also mentions six titles she enjoyed reading there (one of which her company helped get released) and points out some needed areas of improvement, primarily including translation and editing credits and some concerns over the [...]
The Taniguchi MMF So Far: Tuesday |
Mar 20 2012
by Ed Sizemore It seems everyone was busy thinking about Taniguchi yesterday for this week’s Manga Moveable Feast. Today, we’re seeing the first fruits of those efforts. Benkei in New York Kate Dacey has set a very high standard for the Taniguchi MMF with her review of Benkei in New York. It’s a book I [...]
Jiro Taniguchi Manga Moveable Feast Begins! |
Mar 18 2012
by Ed Sizemore Welcome, everyone, to the official start of the Jiro Taniguchi Manga Moveable Feast, beginning today and continuing until midnight Saturday, March 24 (East Coast time zone). Various members of the manga community will be posting reviews and thoughts on Jiro Taniguchi, and we’ll be keeping an archive of those posts here at [...]
