Category Archives: opinion
Life of a (Rookie) Editor: Working Outside of Manga
Last week, I managed to gain a new client. As you can imagine, I’m pretty happy about it because it means I don’t have to panic about money post-Tokyopop. They aren’t a manga publisher, but I’m just glad to have … Continue reading
Garage Sale Finds & Off To Fanime!
Hi everyone, Tomorrow is the official start of Fanime, one of my favorite cons in California. I’ll be attending, so my presence on this blog and on Twitter will be pretty limited. (Although I’ll still be checking in when I … Continue reading
Discussion: Manga on Free Comic Book Day
In case you didn’t know, Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday. Free Comic Book Day is one of those fun quasi-holidays that I look forward to every year just because I like comics and scoring free samples of comics I … Continue reading
Tales From Out of Print: Basara
I first got into Basara by Yumi Tamura years ago. I bought the first volume and then didn’t buy the second volume until a number of years afterward. I couldn’t tell you why I stopped reading Basara for so long, … Continue reading
April MMF: I Finally Finished a Rumiko Takahashi Manga
I have a long and pretty weird history with Rumiko Takahashi manga. When I first got started as a manga fan, Barnes & Noble wasn’t stocking much manga yet, there wasn’t a Borders in my area and I hadn’t discovered … Continue reading
Discussion: More on the Tokyopop Effect
A few days ago, translator Matt Thorn posted on his blog why he was happy to see Tokyopop go. Most of his reasons revolved around the fact that Tokyopop depressed translation rates to way below a living wage by employing entry-level … Continue reading
Tokyopop Shuts Down Its Publishing Arm
Many of you have heard this already. If not, here’s The Comics Beat story that broke the news. Obviously, Tokyopop shutting down it’s manga publishing arm is pretty devastating for me. In monetary terms, it means half my monthly income … Continue reading
