Tag: Manga

There's definitely a flurry of activity over at TokyoPop and they're playing The Mouse Card.  Headlining this are a couple of Nightmare Before Christmas projects, first a manga adaption due out in September by Jun...

If you follow TCAF showrunner and comics industry savant Chris Butcher on twitter yuo know he's always in Japan. Always! IS it just to bring back green tea Kit Kats? Well now all of...

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the highlights of the North American comics year, but there is always a little anxiety about border crossings. These anxieties predate the current US government administration, although...

https://soundcloud.com/heidi-macdonald-3/two-women-in-a-hotel-room-at-tcaf-episode-4 Well, we've made if through TCAF and like the seasoned campaigners they are, Brigid Alverson and Erica Friedman decamped for home before dawn even broke, leaving Deb Aoki and Heidi MacDonald to eat the last...

https://soundcloud.com/heidi-macdonald-3/six-women-in-a-hotel-room-at-tcaf-episode-3   Recorded live and uncensored, girls gone wild style in hotel room at TCAF! The podcast has gained TWO special guests! Librarian superstars Robin Brenner and Eva Volin join Brigid Alverson, Erica Friedman, Deb Aoki and...

https://soundcloud.com/heidi-macdonald-3/four-women-in-a-hotel-room-at-tacf-episode-2   Welcome back to episode 2 of Four Women in a Hotel Rooms At TCAF starring myself, Erica Friedman, Deb Aoki and Brigid Alverson. After some confusion over our differing bedtimes, we got up bright...

Part of Webtoon's launch of four female created strips this month, My Dear Cold Blooded King is a full color  manga style adventure/romance/drama drawn with style by a creator who goes by the name of...

The Legend of Zelda franchise has spread its lore far and wide since it’s 1986 Japanese release. Aside from being mistakenly called “Zelda” since the game’s 1987 American release, the protagonist Link is...

Zack Davisson has a fine obituary at TCJ which has much more info about the life of the great Jiro Taniguchi, who passed away on Saturday. One thing the piece makes clear: Taniguchi was...

The Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) is awarded each year as part of the festivities surrounding the Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair). Celebrating its 60th year, it is sponsored by the German Federal...

Checked out EXCLUSIVE preview pages from Titan's forthcoming US release of Junko Mizuno's Ravina the Witch? to indulge in more gothic kawaii beauty.

The darkly beautiful fairy tales of manga artist Junko Mizuno will return to comic shelves in early 2017 with an English language edition of Ravina the Witch? from Titan Comics.