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The Shipping News, 11/11/09
Last week, Journalista linked to yet another “trick your woman into liking comics” thought-piece, this one from the Des Moines Register. Plenty about the article had me seeing red, from its dopey title — “Can Women Learn to Enjoy Comics?” ...
PR: Yen to publish James Patterson’s DANIEL X in manga series
kuri-ousity.com — YEN PRESS TO PUBLISH MANGA ADAPTATION OF INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NOVELIST JAMES PATTERSON’S DANIEL X NEW YORK, November 6, 2009 -- Yen Press announced today that it will adapt the first three novels in international bestselling novelist James Patterson's DANIEL X series into manga with Korean ... (more) PR: Yen to publish James Patterson’s DANIEL X in manga ...
Review: An Ideal World
Review: An Ideal World
kuri-ousity.com — Reviewer: Andre Manhua-ka: Chao Peng, Weidong Chen Publisher: Yen Press Rating: Teen (13+) Release Date: March 2009 Synopsis: "Time and again, A You finds himself chasing a mysterious rabbit through his dreams. But before he can reach out and grab it...his mother is shaking him awake for ... (more) Review: An Ideal World
Yen Press To Publish Manhwa of James Patterson’s Daniel X
kuri-ousity.com — A press release out today revealed that Yen Press will be releasing a manhwa version of James Patterson's Daniel X. Readers will likely recognize the author as the creator of Maximum Ride, which Yen Press is currently releasing an adaptation of with artist NaRa Lee. The artist for Daniel X will ... (more) Yen Press To Publish Manhwa of James Patterson’s Daniel X
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School of manga
MangaBlog — Kate Dacey looks at this week’s new manga and finds plenty to please the ladies at The Manga Critic. David Welsh looks at Moyasimon, Genshiken, and other manga with college settings in this week’s Flipped column, and he follows that up with a poll at Precocious Curmudgeon asking readers to vote for their favorites. Over at Myth and Manga, Akemi discusses why so many manga are set in schools. Christopher Handley’s sentencing on charges of possession of obscene manga has been set for January 25. Jason Yadao is ...

Claymore 15 & a little link-blogging
Manga Bookshelf — ... And, okay, “link-blogging” may be a misleading subject line, since I’m mainly here to share one link, but it seems to be the link of the day all over the manga-verse and who am I to buck the trend? Yesterday, Kate Dacey took a moment at the beginning of her weekly Shipping News post to responde to ...

This Week in Manga 11/7-11/14/09
Manga Xanadu — ... publishers to help out parents, since it’s their kids that will be their future audience. Variations on Girls Read Comic Theme This has been a hot topic lately, and perpetual one it seems, despite attempts to assure people of otherwise.  The variation on this topic in question this week?  How to get your girlfriend/wife to read comics.  The first shot came from Kate Dacey at her blog, Manga Critic as part of her Shipping News post.  Johanna Draper Carlson picked up on it, and then ...

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