Who likes girly comics?
Say, did you want to subscribe to Shôjo Beat? Because now you can!
Love Manga has the scoop on upcoming Del Rey releases and upcoming Tokyopop releases. I remember reading the first volume of Gacha Gacha once. The level of fanservice is either frightening or awesome, depending on your point of view. But never let it be said that Hiroyuki Tamakoshi doesn't know how to draw cute girls. And Sugar Sugar Rune ... wow, Moyoco Anno doing a magical girl series. That's a complete turnabout from Happy Mania. ;) As for Tokyopop's stuff, ehm, I could take 'em or leave 'em.
Oh, and there's another sales chart. Sin City rules the roost for now. Darn those Americans and their crazy left-to-right comics!
Dorian weighs in on just about every major manga discussion of the past few weeks. He's a lot smarter than I am. And yeah, the whole "American manga" thing still irks a lot of people, but folks are trying to find new definitions and classifications for it as we speak.
In fact, just what defines manga anyway? You know, forget Steady Beat, someone get this girl a book deal so she can draw the manga equivalent of Understanding Comics.
Over at 212, the discussion on flipped vs. unflipped manga continues. I think the conclusion is clear: unflipped is the standard, and it's here to stay.
The sphere's very own Franklin Harris has written an article on the manga effect, with special emphasis on a Japanese immigrant family that's found manga to be their bridge between home and America. '"I was amazed to see that some boys in my class were reading what in Japan would be considered girly comics," Nanako said. "In Japan, that would be unthinkable."'
Ooh, did you know that you can read manga scanlations on the PSP (Playstation Portable)? That's almost as cool as reading it on your cell phone!
Here are some preview pages of the psuedo-manga Josie and the Pussycats. It actually looks more like "anime comics" ... but we'll see once the colors are applied.
iComics has a review of the sweet and silly Yotsuba&! (or, for easier pronounciation, Yotsubato!).
Love Manga has the scoop on upcoming Del Rey releases and upcoming Tokyopop releases. I remember reading the first volume of Gacha Gacha once. The level of fanservice is either frightening or awesome, depending on your point of view. But never let it be said that Hiroyuki Tamakoshi doesn't know how to draw cute girls. And Sugar Sugar Rune ... wow, Moyoco Anno doing a magical girl series. That's a complete turnabout from Happy Mania. ;) As for Tokyopop's stuff, ehm, I could take 'em or leave 'em.
Oh, and there's another sales chart. Sin City rules the roost for now. Darn those Americans and their crazy left-to-right comics!
Dorian weighs in on just about every major manga discussion of the past few weeks. He's a lot smarter than I am. And yeah, the whole "American manga" thing still irks a lot of people, but folks are trying to find new definitions and classifications for it as we speak.
In fact, just what defines manga anyway? You know, forget Steady Beat, someone get this girl a book deal so she can draw the manga equivalent of Understanding Comics.
Over at 212, the discussion on flipped vs. unflipped manga continues. I think the conclusion is clear: unflipped is the standard, and it's here to stay.
The sphere's very own Franklin Harris has written an article on the manga effect, with special emphasis on a Japanese immigrant family that's found manga to be their bridge between home and America. '"I was amazed to see that some boys in my class were reading what in Japan would be considered girly comics," Nanako said. "In Japan, that would be unthinkable."'
Ooh, did you know that you can read manga scanlations on the PSP (Playstation Portable)? That's almost as cool as reading it on your cell phone!
Here are some preview pages of the psuedo-manga Josie and the Pussycats. It actually looks more like "anime comics" ... but we'll see once the colors are applied.
iComics has a review of the sweet and silly Yotsuba&! (or, for easier pronounciation, Yotsubato!).
