Year’s Best Manga mystery
Over at our other day job, this week's PW Comics Week presented a Critic's Poll of the year's best graphic novels. With over 50...
Breaking news: young American boy draws manga
American manga-ka are being crown in Fremont, CA:
Chris Cogdill took coloring very seriously.
But by age 3, he lost interest in cute coloring books and...
Tezuka’s APOLLO’S SONG from Vertical
YAY! YAY! YAY!
New York-based independent publisher Vertical, Inc. has announced it is publishing its third Osamu Tezuka property in June 2007. Apolloâs Song...
FRUITS BASKET hits 2 million
Tokyopop writes to remind us that Natsuki Takaya's FRUITS BASKET is one of the best selling comics in the world, although just where the...
American lesbian manga = ALM
AfterEllen.com profiles an American yuri artist, Megan Gedris and her comic YU+ME. The article doesn't actually use the term yuri, so instead of being...
MORE Minx Links
Maybe you are sick of this, but the Minx announcement seems to have capped off a year in which comics' gender issues took center...
The Australian on Tezuka
There's a huge Tezuka exhibit going on in Australia, and we couldn't be more jealous. Luckily it means lot of press coverage of Tezuka...
Type-casting: guy who plays nerd on TV is a nerd in real life
Masi Oka has become a hero to geeks around the world. Once a mild-mannered effects guy at ILM now he's starring in TV smash...
Oddball movie news: THE TRIPPER, LINDA LINDA LINDA
THE TRIPPER is a horror film whose villain is an axe-wielding former president. It was directed by David Arquette and co-written by Arquette and...
The Three Act Structure
Chris Butcher has a long important post spinning off from Queenie Chan's comments on making her Tokyopop OEL/OGM THE DREAMING. First quote is...
Only in the Bay Area
Crocodile Caucus did us all a big favor by posting the COVER for that big story on yaoi in SF Weekly from a last...
VIDEO: Smigel does ANIME
http://www.youtube.com/v/4hkq6Qn0nQY
This is sure to be taken down, so watch swiftly! Last weekend's SNL featured a new TV Funhouse by Robert Smigel that spoofed anime...
