Well I was going to do some more posts, but….. As it stands this is the last post I’m writing for Love Manga. I’ll leave the site as it is but I’ve removed the ability to leave comments (they are still there, just not visible). I’m not particularly great at these sort of things, so I’ll just say [...]

Sorry for the lack of posts and comments the last couple of days, but work was demanding my attention. If you don’t believe that there is always the other excuse that the new and improved Crying Freeman volume 01 arrived at home and I’ve been closeted away with that, enjoying its graphical charms. I’ll leave it to [...]

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Tokyopop have the winners up of the 6th Rising Stars of Manga (yay I picked 4 out of 4!). The Grand Prize Rob Ten Pas for Bomango Second Place Yasmin Saaka for Girl/Boy Third Place Eden for Departure People’s Choice and Runner Up JD. Robinson for 10 Simple Rules Runners Up Anthony Go Wu for Orphans Ryo Kawakami (writer/artist) and Jamison Taylor (editor) for Little [...]

It looks like Dark Horse had a busy time at the recent Sakura Con with a fair few new titles announced. Outside of the known Ohikkoshi by Hiroaki Samura there were three new manhwa titles. Banya The Explosive Delivery ManKim Young Ho Shaman Warriors Park Joong-Gi Access Hyrbid Which I’ve yet to find anyinformation on I’m not entirely sure if [...]

And I just thought it was a good read. Scott over at Polite Dissent begins his medical assault of Viz Media’s Naoki Urasawa’s Monster. The first two parts are currently up and we’ve only covered Chapter 01. I think we are certainly in for the long haul here, but I find it fascinating nevertheless. Also whilst the [...]

Whilst not immediately obvious (apart from my liking of 100% from Vertigo) Publishers Weekly Calvin Reid rolls out a lengthy interview with Paul Pope (which I had completely missed in the previous weeks PWCW). A lot of the interview is about his various projects in particular his Batman Year 100 work, which to be far does [...]

USA Today rolls out this weeks Top 150 books and really I should just remain the post title to Narutowatch, as you can pretty much guarantee which title is going to be present. In to it’s 6th week, though surely not for much longer, Naruto vol.09 is clinging on at #123 dropping 37 places. As can [...]

I’ve been remiss in my keeping up with Seven Seas news, especially after we had such a great weekly run at the beginning of the year. Because of that I’ve missed lots of title appearances and announcements. Back in January when the site had it’s revamp there was also the news of four new series, well [...]

PW Comics Week rolls out two entertaining manga articles this week. First up and no surprises really is the announcement that Toykopop and Harper Collins have cut a co-publishing and distribution deal. Admittedly Calvin Reid has already covered this to some degree already for the PW Daily newsletter and a lot more of the same information [...]

Now why couldn’t we have had that yesterday. ^.^ ICV2 roll out an interview with Mike Kiley of Tokyopop on the new distribution deal with Harper Collins, and actually it is really good and yes I am surprised (not at ICV2, but at MK). A lot of the interview is taken up with what the co-publishing deal [...]

As always from the ComicList. A. D. VISION Chrono Crusade Manga Vol 7 TPB $9.99 Full Metal Panic Manga Vol 9 TPB $9.99 ANTARCTIC PRESS Gold Digger #73 $2.99 BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT INC Eureka Seven Vol 1 GN $9.99 DARK HORSE COMICS Lady Snowblood Vol 3 Retribution Part 1 TPB $14.95 DR MASTER Dark Edge Vol 5 TPB $9.95 Iron Wok Jan GN #15 $9.95 ICARUS PUBLISHING A G Super Erotic Anthology #31 (adult) $4.99 ICE KUNION Angel Diary Vol [...]

Well that is an interesting manoeuvre as PW Daily gives out the lowdown on Tokyopop abandoning Pegasus/CDS and hopping into bed with Harper Collins, and it appears a pretty shrewd deal though I can’t help feeling sorry for CDS. I wonder if David Steinberger, president and CEO of Perseus Books Group will rue his comment, Tokyopop [...]

I knew there was something I had forgotten to write about. This weeks USA Today’s Top 150 book list features just the one Manga title and it probably isn’t hard to guess what it is. Viz Media’s Naturo in its 9th volume is still strong at #86 bringing it to a total of 5 weeks in [...]

Now I’m not a reader, regular or otherwise, of Viz Media’s Shojo Beat but even I am ever so slightly tempted by their latest offerings. Currently there is a interview available of Keiko Takemiya which they will later follow up with a three-month tutorial beginning in the June issue where she will answer reader questions and [...]

I really must be missing something in this latest article from Canada’s Ledger-Post, though full kudos to the journalist Heather Polischuk for typing this all with a straight face. I know there is a lot to it then my simplistic meanderings but I am not really in the mood to sympathise with the parents, the [...]

I thought that Dr Master resurrecting The Four Constables would have been the highlight of my week but boy was I wrong. Random House UK has finally announced their plans to bring Random House US/Del Rey Manga titles to the UK. The Random House Group are delighted to announce that Richard Cable has acquired UK and Commonwealth [...]

How is this for fun, Scott of Polite Dissent fame is planning a chapter by chapter study of Naoki Urasawa’s Monster. Starting next week, I’m going to take a close look at the manga — a chapter or two at a time — and provide medical annotations (and corrections, if necessary). If you enjoy manga, murder, [...]

This was quite a sudden surprise when I read this over at Publishers Weekly but it seems that Isaac Lew and DMP have parted company. Isaac Lew, director of sales and new business development at Digital Manga Publishing, has resigned and is leaving the company effective last week. Lew and DMP are credited with helping to [...]

As always from the Comiclist. ANTARCTIC PRESS Alice In Wonderland #2 (Of 4) $3.50 Gold Digger #72 $2.99 Twilight X War #4 (Of 7) $2.99 Weapons File Supersized Vol 1 TPB $24.95 DC/CMX Seimaden Vol 4 $9.99 DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION My Only King GN $12.95 Only The Ring Finger Knows Lonely Ring Finger Novel $8.95 Our Everlasting Vol 2 GN $12.95 Our Kingdom Vol 2 GN $12.95 Sweet Revolution GN $12.95 Yellow Vol 3 GN $12.95 DR MASTER Category Freaks Vol 2 [...]