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...
Japanese manga nostalgia boom grows
Comi Press links to a Japanese news story talking about how classic manga of the past are being reprinted; despite the huge popularity of...
Japanese coloring boom grows
Japanese seniors trying to stay mentally active, and even middle aged folks just looking for a little peace and quiet have made coloring inside...
MangaNEXT is coming
Love Manga alerts us to MangaNEXT, billed as the first Manga Convention in the US:
Universal Animation, Inc is pleased to announce the formation...
Machiko Hasegawa, grandmother of manga
While we were researching Tagawa, we came across another early Japanese cartoonist we were unaware of, Machiko Hasegawa (1920-1992), who was one of Tagawa's...
Suiho Tagawa, grandfather of manga
Buenaventura Press sent out a huge, 58-page preview of KRAMERS ERGOT #6 the other day, and the new edition of this groundbreaking anthology looks...
Anime industry roundtable
AnimeOnDVD reports on an interesting anime/manga industry roundtable from AX 2006.
Charles Solomon quickly introduced the panelists and then quickly went into his first...
Felipe Smith’s shoe quest
MBQ by Felipe Smith has been one of the most critically acclaimed of Tokyopop's OGM, or OEL or whatever they are calling them. A...
Vertical news, no PLUTO, but Takeshi on tap
Over the last few days, an exciting rumor, doubtless started at AX 2006, suggested that Vertical might be publishing an English version of PLUTO...
Let’s all learn new words
The AP reports on new words in the latest edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and one of the most imporant ones has made the...
