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TEZUKA! Irresponsible Pictures tips us off to a documentary about Tezuka available on on YouTube -- go!
Matt over at Highway 62: San Diego posts a handy list of convention tips and gives us the...
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, was shaped less by other Japanese comics than by local...
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 Kunion imprint has been creating a stir by introducing...
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 of the book world entering comics begins to be examined.
Although...
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 manga in Japan, it seems they are not even as...
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 the lines the newest fad in Japan, Mainichi Daily News...
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 of MangaNEXT, the first convention in the United States to...
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 apprentices, one of the first female manga artists, and one...
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 just as mind boggling as the previous editions. We had...
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 question / topic regarding the growth of the anime market....
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 multi-culti look at life in Los Angeles, it's sharply observed,...
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 by Naoki Urasawa (MONSTER). Translation for non-manga readers: Urasawa is...
