We're in the mid-month slow phase this week with only four new books scheduled to hit store shelves. Still some great ones, though, including a brand new title. Quality over quantity, after all! Kodansha Comics vies for the role of page count winner this week …Read more »
Happy belated Thanksgiving, fellow Canadians out there! A perfect prelude to acknowledgement that this week's On The Shelf is a tad later than normal – turkey comas and all that, you know? But this week's manga listings were quick to snap me out of it. There …Read more »
It's a week of omnibus collections and Seven Seas is paving the path! The list may seem small but the page count is high in this week's assortment of purchasable pleasures. Seven Seas' first title is Dance in the Vampire Bund (Vol.13), is the only …Read more »
Happy official-first-days-of-Autumn! Just like I used the summer heat as a reason to stay indoors and read more manga, so too will I now use the cooling days as further reasoning also (not that we need a reason to coop up surrounded by dozens of …Read more »
Dark Horse pulls out the big guns this week with over 1,000 pages of CLAMP manga! Their newest volume of Cardcaptor Sakura is the last book in the series. If you haven't picked up this gem already, I highly recommend it. I'd say it's my …Read more »
Kodansha Comics kicks off this week's new titles with a new series, Genshiken Second Season . The first volume kicks off the sequel series to Genshiken which marks a whole new school year, and that means a whole new club. Well, almost. The club's president, …Read more »
Is it really September already? 2012 is moving fast! And you know what this means, back to school! Whether you yourself are back in class today, or just watching the students return, it's always a great time to have a good book handy to help …Read more »
Any week with a new CLAMP title is a good week by my standards, even for Gate 7 which has fallen a bit beneath my expectations. The story's kind of a mess in that it hasn’t really framed itself an actual linear plot yet, but …Read more »
There's some nasty humidity currently soaking a lot of North America but it's one of those moments when you learn yet another practical use for being a manga collector. Sure it offers lots of entertainment for those stuck-inside-with-the-air-conditioner days, but it also helps to have …Read more »
Grab your book bags and clear off some shelf space, this week's On The Shelf is going to be a long one because this week's shipping list is a thing of bookaholic beauty. Over 25 volumes of new manga courtesy of Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas, …Read more »
It's August! We're well into the summer now and this particular month promises a whole lot of great books. This week's manga offering is a little slim as shipping-Wednesday lands right on the first, but that doesn't mean there's a lack of good stuff. This …Read more »
Hey there, On The Shelf readers and manga buyers - last week we didn't have an On The Shelf article so this week I'll be covering both July 18 and July 25th's shipping lists! That's twice as much manga, and all available for you to …Read more »
Hearts are fluttering and blood is spraying (and the puppies are baking…?)—there's some great diversity in titles this week including a handful of brand new series. Up for something old or something new? Though really it's easier to just enjoy it all, right? Digital Manga …Read more »
So... hot outside... but I'm guessing most of you knew that already! It hasn't felt much like summer up in the North until the past couple of days, but now that Mother Nature has her heaters in full swing, it's hard to deny the siren …Read more »
It's the manga of summer! Summer is officially here and the majority of manga publishers all stepped up this week to offer up some of their hottest titles (sorry, couldn't resist the pun!): A boys' love classic comes to an end with Digital Manga's last …Read more »
Lissa Pattillo
