And then I take a nap and wake up to this article.

"Fantagraphics has signed an agreement with Shogakukan to launch a full manga line edited and curated by Matt Thorn."Matt Thorn, guys. Matt Thorn. If you haven't heard of Matt Thorn, he can be called a scholar of shoujo manga. He's translated manga in the past (mostly when it was still flipped) ( Read more... )

Jason Thompson, author of Manga: The Complete Guide has announced that he will begin posting manga reviews on his blog.

But crystal_hoser, why do we care about that? you ask. That would be because he's giving away manga as well. There's a full explanation here but the shortened explanation is this: scroll down the page and look on the left to find an entry ( Read more... )

From wintersweet:

Should Vertical look into licensing some classic shoujo manga they might have an opportunity to license? @Vertical_Ed on Twitter is looking for yeas or nays (NOT recommendations, mind you) and isn't getting many yeas. I think that's because the shoujo manga fanatics are mostly not on Twitter.

So either post here and I'll send him a link ( Read more... )

So at some point Keiko Takemiya put out a book about drawing manga. I totally downloaded it raw since, dude, Keiko Takemiya! It's very text-heavy, which either means it's less of a how-to-draw book than advice, or that she talks a lot. Either way, I have no idea what any of it says, but it's still rather entertaining.

( Pictures! One of them is mildly nsfw. )