mangacritic.com - 11/10/2009
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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?” ...
comicsvillage.com - 11/14/2009
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comicsvillage.com —
A few of the smaller publishers return to
the weekly picks list this week. DR Masters returns...
with the penultimate volume of Divine Melody, their Chinese shojo. Go! Comi which has been fairly quiet has the last volume of Ultimate Venus, ...
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New Releases for 11/11/09
mangabookshelf.com - 11/16/2009
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Welcome to this weeks’ Manhwa Monday! Today I’m
featuring Michelle Smith’s review of the first two volumes...
of Small-Minded Schoolgirls by Toma (published by NETCOMICS) and the answer to Michelle’s question, “What do you get when you combine some admittedly funky ...
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Manhwa Monday, Mid-November Mix
kuri-ousity.com - 11/6/2009
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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 ...
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PR: Yen to publish James Patterson’s DANIEL X in manga ...
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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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Manhwa-ga: Ryu Ryang
Publisher: Yen Press
Rating: Teen (13+)
Release Date: July 2009
Synopsis: "High schooler Ji-Hae is desperately in love with her classmate Seung-Hyu. She has done all she can think of to win his ...