MILLAR live!
Mark Millar will be the live guest on Fanboy Radio this Sunday. Gee I wonder what he will talk about!
âThis is Markâs third appearance on the program and it couldnât come at a better...
ComiKet heck!
Naniwa at MangaCast continues his account of ComiKet, the world's biggest comics show, with 300,000 attendees who are there to buy fan made comics. First comes the girl's day:
Follow me again, as I stumble...
Girl geeks flood Otome Road
Wired takes a look at doujinshi, visiting ComiKet and the gender-sepaated geek districts of Tokyo:
Higashi-Ikebukoro is one of Tokyo's outermost neighborhoods, but it's become a destination for female manga fans because the major...
Shin Chan, Evan Dorkin and you
Starting August 19th, you'll be able to see the anime Shin Chan on Adult Swim. The premiere is Saturday at 10:30. After that it airs for a couple of weeks at 12:30 am.
We've...
K’n’B 8/15/06: people out and about everywhere
Ellen Forney on Seattle NPR.
Forney will also be doing a unique reading/video performancetomorrow at Elliot Bay in Seattle Mor einfo in the link at Flog!
Elliott Bay, Reading/Video/Performance: Wednesday, August 16, 7:30pm
ELLEN FORNEY's biggest solo...
Manga watch: ComiKet!
Naniwa at Mangacast covers the biggest show of them all:ComiKet!
Twice a year doujin fans across the world head for the big one. This is the manga mecca. This is where people pass out in...
Manga Watch: Takaya in TIME
Time continues to discover manga with an interview with FRUITS BASKET's Natsuki Takaya:
TIME: What do you think about manga being attempted by non-Japanese creators? Do you consider it manga or another form?
NT: Simply put,...
Manga Watch: Manga Junkie debuts
Manga Blog alerts us to a NEW blogManga Junkie, written anonymously by a manga publishers staffer. The topic is those oddball Japanese comics that will never get licensed here, alas. Up first, Chi's Sweet...
Manga Watch: New TV shows
Pata updates us on live-action TV shows based n popular manga:
Nodame Cantabile It was never a matter of if, just a matter of when, for this adaptation of a quirky romance between music conservatory...
New Golden Age manga site reveals big conspiracy theory
Ever reliable Love Manga points us to a rather interesting story today, in the form of a new outfit called Golden Age of Manga which hopes to go directly to manga-ka to license older,...
Jocks vs Nerds Chapter 1,524
Speaking of cosplay, indispensable Anime News Network recounts an amusing anecdote from Otakon, where the convention center borders the Camden Yards baseball park, with sometimes jarring results:
During YES Network's coverage of Sunday's Orioles/Yankees baseball...
WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT
Do we have your attention NOW, sucka?
Apparently, a pageant with representatives from nine countries was just held in Nagoya, Japan. Entrants had already won pageants in their home countries after a grueling series of...
