Manga sales decline in Japan
Also via Simon Jones, ComicsSnob looks at an overview of 2007 manga sales in Japan:
Bullet Points:
# Japanese manga sales slip another 2.3% in 2007,...
SPEED RACER: And when the odds are against him…
Wow. I can't believe the hating being laid on Speed Racer.
I saw it this weekend, and loved it. Loved every minute of it....
Stop, Speed Racer, Stop
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The real problems plaguing this...
There you go, Astro Boy
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More manga Ts at Uniqlo
NEW YORK – TOKYO has more on Uniqlo's Spring line of manga-themed t-shirts:
This is not just some token nod to the daily expanding...
Where the girls are
Various notes and comments on various aspects of women in comics over the past few days.
§ Reminder: It's always someone's first convention panel!....
NYCC: Digital Manga — #1622
SPEED RACER is the focus this year. Go, Speed! Go!
If you are heading to New York Comic Con this week, don’t miss out on...
NYCC: Fanfare/Ponent Mon — #2343
Those who say manga is for the kiddies have never read the output of Fanfare/Ponent Mon -- anyone who is interested in intelligent, lyrical...
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Movie screenings and guests like Justin Cook, Rachael Lillis, Jamie McGonnigal, Sean Schemmel, Mike Sinterniklaas, Veronica Taylor, Tom Wayland, Sean Michael Wilson, Steve Yun,...
Another what might have been: Tezuka/Kubrick
i09 reports on an aborted Tezuka project:
When Osamu Tezuka, the father of manga, died in 1989, nobody had a full archive of his works—at...
Manga 101: Toriyama the great
What is the point of a Manga 101? If you are into manga you probably already know it, and if you aren't you probably...
