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Several titles were announced for a Spring 2007 release, including Kurashina Senseiâs Passino, La Vie en Rose,...
Link: Proposed J-Pop style book
Pata at Irresponsible Picture begs for guidance, and we heartily concur:
And so I ask: Where is my JP Stylebook?Writing on Japanese entertainment in English...
The internet manga story you never thought you would see!
Tokyopop launched their new manga lifestyle site during San Diego, and we haven't really had a chance to explore it too much, but it...
Tokyopop editorial shuffle
We're hearing reports on a slight editorial shake-up at Tokyopop; some editors' titles have changed, and editor Rob Valois has left. The last part...
Classic manga emerges
We certainly hope you read yesterday's interview with Yoshihiro Tatsumi by Kai-Ming Cha in PW Comics Week. We found it pretty damned fascinating as...
Kokmen to Del Rey
After getting downsized in a recent CPM reshuffle, marketing maven Ali Kokmen has found a new home at Del Rey Manga according to their...
More Video Blogging!
Video Blog #3: Geof Darrow
Video Blog #4: VIZ Media
Unfortunately we can't link the players to the front page here. But we can link to...
SDCC: Manga info
We've been a little slack posting manga info but luckily Mangacast has an awesome round-up of information. You should deifnitley go there for panel...
A few other things
TEZUKA! Irresponsible Pictures tips us off to a documentary about Tezuka available on on YouTube -- go!
Matt over at Highway 62: San Diego posts...
Tatsumi on Spillane
Oddly enough, an LA Times profile of manga pioneer Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Adrian Tomine touches on the late Mickey Spillane's wide-ranging influence:
Tatsumi's work, appropriately,...
SDCC: ICE Kunion (#3543)
Manhwa specializt ICE Kunion is having a contest to give away some rare artwork by the artist group Kara at the show.
The ICE...
The New World Order
Speaking of Hill & Wang, the Book Standard had a probably the most important story about comics you'll read this week, as the impact...