Tag Archives: Naoki Urasawa

My Personal Top Ten Manga

This post actually got started on the Ladies in Comic Book Stores tumblr, where a reader asked me for my top ten manga.  I wrote out this huge post, complete with links to the Amazon listings, other suggestions, reasons why … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Sam Kusek's V-Day Gift Guide for Comic-Loving Lovers

Guest Sam Kusek of Manga Recon joins All About Manga to pick out the best manga and comic books to give as Valentine’s Day gifts! Continue reading →

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Why not be gender-neutral? Publishers and gender-genres

All About Comics talks about how manga publishers in both Japan and elsewhere tend to push titles into gender-genres and how U.S. publishers could market many titles as gender neutral instead. Continue reading →

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Comic Book Movies: Astro Boy

If you were an American child in the 1960’s, you probably watched “Astro Boy” on T.V. and I’d call you lucky because I grew up in the late 1980’s and didn’t know “Astro Boy” existed until I did a small … Continue reading →

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Viz begins to accept original submissions/Naoki Urasawa's "Monster" makes SyFy Debut

VIZ_Media ES: Show us what you’ve got. VIZ Media is now accepting submissions and pitches for original comics. Go to http://bit.ly/1iH8la for details. This is pretty big news. I think it’s pretty unprecedented for Viz, seeing as they are pretty … Continue reading →

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