There you go, Astro Boy
This weekend in Japan, the Yakult Swallows baseball team wore throwback jerseys in their series against the Tokyo Giants. Back then, the Swallows were called the Yakult Atoms and had an Astro Boy logo...
Manga report: Felipe Smith in Morning 2; Viz’s new line
How cool are American cartoonists? So cool that they are publishing them in Japan!
Felipe Smith (MBQ) will have a monthly series starting in Morning 2 next month. (The ads for it are reproduced...
More manga Ts at Uniqlo
NEW YORK – TOKYO has more on Uniqlo's Spring line of manga-themed t-shirts:
This is not just some token nod to the daily expanding manga phenomenon in the US, but a truly informed and...
Where the girls are
Various notes and comments on various aspects of women in comics over the past few days.
§ Reminder: It's always someone's first convention panel!. Huffington Post's Michelle Kung:
I began the fest with a...
NYCC: Digital Manga — #1622
SPEED RACER is the focus this year. Go, Speed! Go!
If you are heading to New York Comic Con this week, don’t miss out on DMP’s exciting events over the weekend! And come see us...
NYCC: Fanfare/Ponent Mon — #2343
Those who say manga is for the kiddies have never read the output of Fanfare/Ponent Mon -- anyone who is interested in intelligent, lyrical fiction in graphic format should definitely check out their booth...
NYCC: Manga/Anime highlights
Movie screenings and guests like Justin Cook, Rachael Lillis, Jamie McGonnigal, Sean Schemmel, Mike Sinterniklaas, Veronica Taylor, Tom Wayland, Sean Michael Wilson, Steve Yun, and Tommy Yune highlight the extensive offerings fore the anime/manga...
Another what might have been: Tezuka/Kubrick
i09 reports on an aborted Tezuka project:
When Osamu Tezuka, the father of manga, died in 1989, nobody had a full archive of his works—at least not in English. But his genius was certainly recognized....
Manga 101: Toriyama the great
What is the point of a Manga 101? If you are into manga you probably already know it, and if you aren't you probably think it's all codswallop anyway.
Anyhoo, over at the Del...
NYAF has new new dates
Launched last year in a problematic December 7-9 time slot, the New York Anime Festival later announced a move to September 12--14, where it would have less competition from Christmas. However, it has just...
Stan and Hiroyuki Takei announce team up
Stan Lee really is EVERYWHERE. Details of ULTIMO, his manga collaboration with Shamen King creator Hiroyuki Takei will be announced at New York Comic-Con. The announcement will be press only, although some fans can...
Dark Horse manga examined
Recent comments on Dark Horse manga sales have been much talked about, and a post at Blogorama drew a response from Dark Horse Big Cheese Mike Richardson himself:
Saw these posts and had to...
