No slump for Toriyama!
The Honolulu Star Bulletin look at Akira Toriyama's DR. SLUMP. Toriyama is best known for creating the international blockbuster DARGON BALL Z, but his...
American Anime Awards debut at NY Comic-Con
The New York Comic-Con just got their own awards, and they are brand new AND they spotlight ANIME. PR details:
The New York Comic Con...
Movie updates
Rich JohnsTon got a brief respone from Frank Miller on yesterday's SIN CITY 2 rumors:
This is patent nonsense. Cybercrap.
Okay then.
Meanwhile, Cinematical has two...
Linkage 11/5
§ Naniwa has thoughts on Kurt Hassler's move at MangaCast:
Kurt Hassler's decisions over the last few years set a tone for book stores across...
Hachette names GN line; Hassler leaves Borders
Big news via PW Daily:
The Hachette Book Group is launching Yen Press, a new comics and graphic novel imprint that will focus on titles...
Why girls love boys love
Every one has already linked to this story by Eliza Strickland, which is the best written and researched piece we've yet seen on just...
Boys and girls….different?
TheManganews forum picks up debates on whether the strict, audience-defined Japanese genres of manga are really useful outside of Japan:
The debate in the staff...
IRON WOK JAN: SUMMIT BATTLE
ComiPress reports that IRON WOK JAN creator Shinji Saijyo has a new Iron Wok Jan serial beginning!
A new Iron Wok Jan manga from...
Wachowskis go Speed Racer go!
A Live action SPEED RACER movie directed by the Wachowski Brothers is ON:
Producer Joel Silver has stated that the long talked about Speed Racer...
Linkage 10/30
§ Over at the The Forbidden Planet International Blog the artist known as Ilya is intervieed asbout a new brit anthology with the promising...
Maid in cafe molested
"Maid cafes" have become a popular fad in the otaku district known as the Akihabara in Tokyo. Here, pretty young women dressed in frilly...
Around the world of comics
§ Jewish Week examines how Batman embodies Jewish values as explained by Rabbi Cary Freidman:
Friedman argues that Batman instills in his audience some of...
