Manga news roundup; Tpop and Gentosha pact
ComiPress has an exhaustive guide to all the manga-related SD doings. Simon Jones has a guide to the guide. Among the interesting tiddle taddle-bits:...
I was finally on NPR
...in a piece on foreign graphic novels:
Americans don't buy a lot of foreign novels, but go to any neighborhood bookstore and you'll find whole...
Dulce Pinzón’s Superheroes
MEANWHILE, here's an interesting photo set from Dulce Pinzón which shows real life Mexican immigrant workers in superhero garb:
The Mexican immigrant worker in New...
More on Memin Pinguin
Mexican artist Adalisa Zárate gives some context to Memin Pinguin:
Now, Memin was created back in 1940, and it hasn't changed since then. Should he...
Wal-Mart bans Mexican comic
Wal-Mart has pulled copies of a Spanish-language comic starring Mexican comics mainstay Memin Pinguin CNN reports on charges the character is racist:
For more than...
More on thinking person’s manga
Much soul-seacrhing in the blogosphere today over whether manga is doomed to be a medium of kiddies and wanna-be ninjas. Much of it was...
The Cream of Tank Girl
A retrospective volume including a new story, and a remastered edition of the classic Martin/Hewlett TANK GIRL strips are on their way...
Brit warns comics are only hope of stopping those pesky girls
An English educator who has written government literacy reports recommends comics such as THE BEANO and DANDY as tools to get boys to...
Kodansha in the US confirmed
ICv@ reports a Japanese report that confirms all those rumors about Kodansha entering the US market.
Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting...
2008 Shuster Awards winners
The Shuster Awards, given to the best in Canadian comics, were handed out last night. Details here.
OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK WRITER
- Cecil Castellucci...
Howard Cruse and foreign reprint woes
Over on his blog, Howard Cruse reveals that foreign reprints aren't always a cake walk:
Which is more than I can say for Dolmen...
“Disturbed comic fan” stabbing rampage
A crazed truck driver went on a gruesome rampage Sunday in Tokyo's nerd-friendly Akihabara district, killing seven people. The horrible incident has received international...
