I’m not above promoting myself (any blogger is inherently, perhaps genetically, predisposed to be guilty of that particular offence) and I am proud of what we’ve done since our ‘official’ launch on 1 January (rightly so, IMHO) but I know most of you linking in from some outside site (as always, thanks for linking!) have no clue and perhaps no interest as to what Comicsnob is really about, past the dozen or so posts visible on our main page each day.

So I’d like to start a tradition, one that will be repeated dare I say quarterly: The Comic Snob Quarterly Report.

(So, where’s part one, you ask? I’m a manga snob, but since I post in English I guess I’ll admit that comics still get top billing around here. For now.)

A little healthy competition is what keeps the site humming at a fever pitch, though, so today I’m only posting my crap; Bob can do his own hawking. Oh, I suppose I’ll do something similar for the regular comic posts, if Bob doesn’t get around to it… after all at least one of those was mine, though it was a 200 page hardcover book. But I’ll wait a week.

Presented for your handy browsing convenience:
The Comicsnob 2007 Q1 Report — the manga

Columns: 5by8

#4: Three Filters
#5: This Coin has Three Sides
#6: Questionable Content
#7: Attribution
#8: Débuts, and Anthologies
#9: Books vs. Comics vs. Magazines vs. Manga. Cage Match.
#10: Getting Inside
#11: Anime & Manga II
#12: Manga. All the cool kids are doing it.
#13: …but is it art?
#14: Accelleration
#15: The Ages of Fan (I)

Columns: Bob’s Rebuttals

I ♥ Comics: Manga Shmanga
I ♥ Comics: Fanboys Fight Back
I ♥ Comics: Manga’s Good Bits

Features

Field Report: Scott McCloud Book Signing
Bob’s: Field Reports: Cool Japan 2007 (part 1)
Bob’s: Field Reports: Cool Japan 2007 (part 2)
Bob’s: Field Reports: Cool Japan 2007 (part 3)
Interview: Michael Poe and Hilary Hatch, of Caffeine Angel Studios & Errant Story

Reviews

0/6 (zero six) #1 & 2
capsule review - 0/6 (zero/six) #3
Air Gear #3
Amazing Agent Luna #1
Angel Cup #1 & 2
capsule review - Angel Cup #3
Archlord #1
Because I’m the Goddess #1 & 2
Blank #1
Buddha #1
The Dreaming #1 & 2
Elemental Gelade #1 & 2
Enchanter #1
Errant Story #1
E’s #1
Genshiken #8
Hayate the Combat Butler #1
Hayate the Combat Butler #2
Hibiki’s Magic #1
Innocent W #1 & 2
In the Starlight #1
Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs #1
Jim Henson’s Return to Labyrinth #1
Kashimashi #1
capsule review - Kat & Mouse #2
Last Hope #1
Legend #1
Mushishi #1
capsule review - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days #3
Onegai (Please) Twins
O-parts Hunter #1 & 2
Pantheon High #1
Phantom #1
capsule review - Read or Die #2
Read or Die #2-4
Read or Dream #1 & 2
Roadsong #1 & 2
Rose Hip Zero #1
capsule review - School Rumble #3
Snow #1
Bob’s: Strongarm #1
Suzuka #1 & 2
Suzuka #3
Tail of the Moon #1 & 2
capsule review - Tail of the Moon #3
To Terra… #1
Train + Train #1
Bob’s: Usagi Yojimbo #100
Utopia’s Avenger #1
Warcraft Sunwell Trilogy
Yakitate! Japan #1 & 2
capsule review - Yakitate! Japan #3

Also of note are my weekly Manga Watch Lists, which started on 28 January and post each Sunday night. As might be guessed, the watch lists outline the new manga releases each week; we strive for accuracy but are at the mercy of the vagaries of the various distribution schedules…

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Is the recap handy? Any benefit to be had from an alphabetical, as opposed to chronological list? Is Bob losing?
Comments are always appreciated.