Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and his other collaborations with writer Carlos Sampayo.
The other prize...
Steve Gerber responds to Brevoort
A while ago, everyone linked to an interview with Marvel editor Tom Brevoort in which he told many insider stories, including one about Steve Gerber that was not very flattering to the latter. Well,...
Wal-Mart caught selling yaoi!
Well, Walmart.com was, anyway. § Johanna has the scoop on Walmart.com Selling Porn! It seems Wal-Mart.com picked up a bunch of Diamond products including some racy manga. CLick link for the whole story,...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/24
§ Comics artist Tomm Coker turns out to have done the cinematics for the new 300: MARCH TO GLORY video game:
On the technical and artistic front, 300 is a decent-looking PSP game. Despite...
Manga corner: mini Tezuka. manga costs, etc.
§ MangaCast has news of SegaToys plans to reproduce 400 mini-manga collecting the works of Osamu Tezuka:
The books are truly mini in every sense including price. Each one of the books is 5cm wide...
TO TERRA preview
Cool link of the day #2 that we should have linked to ages ago: A 16 page preview of TO TERRA at Chris Butcher's blog.
This SF adventure classic is due from Vertical this...
Manga news and notes
§ If you're in the Washington DC area, you'll want to check out this show at the Japan Information and Culture Center:
Shojo Manga! Girl Power! "Girls' Comics from Japan"January 29th - March 16th, 2007Girls'...
Cameron is back; rejects manga
Elusive director James Cameron has finally announced his next movie project -- it's called AVATAR, and it means he WON'T be makes Battle Angel Alita for a while, anyway. In EW he explains they...
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo picked up
We just wanted to run this press release because saying Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is fun! We saw this anime once and it was definitely off the wall. Perhaps a check of the manga is called...
Links of many kinds
Manga Blog interviews KURT HASSLER!
MB: How did your personal tastes affect your choices? KH: I like everything. The way I’m characterized online, I’m the manga guy, but I love comics in general. It’s funny,...
Links and thoughts
§ Rafael Kayanan thinks the Silver Surfger would look better without eyeballs.
§ Jimm Rugg talks about PLAIN JANES, the lead title in the MINX line:
"Obviously, I found the story captivating or I wouldn't...
The “Occasional Superheroine” of Japan?
ComiPress translates a Japanese article called The Reason I Quit as a Manga Editor:
wondered if I should ask him to redraw the manga, since that kind of work couldn't be published in my...
