To begin with, some off topic updates:
- Still working on the ‘2007 year in review’ bit. Check back tomorrow/Wednesday for the second ‘half’ (much more than half actually, this post is a beast.)
- at the moment (Mon. 12 May 20:25) f.y.e. by way of www.fye.com is telling me that “all book product is currently […]

Now I’m well past what may be considered my ‘prime manga reading years’ (given that most manga readers can’t buy beer yet …legally) and perhaps the wrong gender, but even from my point of view — not 180° opposite the intended audience but probably, say, 167° — there is a clear winner this week for
The […]

Remember when this used to be a regular feature? Yeah, me either.
I can’t believe I got this long of a list on a week, seemingly, without Tokyopop or Viz releases. (Now, before you complain or ‘correct’ me, I’ll just note I’m not using Diamond’s release info but instead dates that are available to […]

…And the Manga. Since I was compiling the ‘everything else’ list for the last few months, this week’s academic-and-otaku-friendly books are part and parcel of the previous post. (which is good stuff all around. go read)
What we’re left with is 26 manga titles, which seems light. Hm. Am I missing something?
Pick of the Week

Suppli, vol […]

While a quick peek at the ‘academic’ releases each week have always been a part of my used-to-be-weekly watchlists, usually they would merit at best their own subheading, and often nothing more than a footnote.
Let things pile up for a month or two though and hey, actually there is a lot of this sort of […]

[previously: part one]
Next, for your gift-buying convenience, I’ll list the books coming out next week. (This is in fact next week’s Watch List, it’s just buried in this “holiday shopping guide”)
And then… drumroll please… I’d also like to present the post-holiday releases for the two weeks or so after Christmas. All […]

The holiday season is upon us like a mudslide (and it takes about the same amount of time to dig your way out of either, to say nothing of the cleanup) so for those of you who haven’t even started your shopping yet, I’d like to present Comicsnob’s Manga Holiday Shopping Guide for 2007. […]

How far down into this week’s list did I have to read before I knew my pick of the week? First item, alphabetically:
Pick of the week

The Azumanga Daioh Omnibus
by Kiyohiko Azuma. Published by ADV Manga, imprint of both hope, and promise –and a past history of crushing disappointment.
Azumanga Daioh is (perhaps due to […]

The watch list is late because there’s just so much stuff on this week’s list:
Quite a few non-manga comic titles, some interesting art books (one on Degas & Japan, another on urban graffiti), a nifty reprint (and this year’s second-best book title) coming from Global Oriental, “The Diary of Charles Holme’s 1889 Visit to Kyoto, […]

Pick of the Week
It’s almost like I have no other choice; with Miyasaki on the list, and original Miyasaki watercolours at that, even if I tried to pick something else the website would override me and only show Nausicaa anyway. (and why don’t I own the manga? That’s an oversight that will soon […]

As part of the above-the-fold intro this week, I’m going to point you to three titles from Yen Press; first, because I missed them last week, and secondly, because these aren’t just new titles, Yen is still (for all intents and purposes) a brand new imprint.

Black God, vol 1 — Yen Press — $10.99
Spiral, vol […]

Pick of the Week
Obviously, since I gave it 5 marks out of 5 in a recent review, one pick of this week would have to be Manga: the Complete Guide by Jason Thompson. It’s the best $20 you’ll spend all year; read the review for more on why. However good the non-fiction selection […]

Pick of the Week
(once again, not manga. No, I’m not running a fever.)

The Arrival
by Shaun Tan
128p, isbn 0439895294, Scholastic. $19.99 hardcover.
Wordless. Timeless. Classic. Not since the works of Lynd Ward has someone done so much with just the art. From the publisher:
On a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife […]

Hell of a week to be late with the release list. Though I can almost guarantee this will make you forgive me:
Pick of the Week
(and it’s not manga)

Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art.
114p, hardcover, published by Philomel Books, a division of Penguin. isbn 0399246002
Introduction by Eric Carle
The 23: […]

Seems like ages since we last saw any releases from Netcomics (or maybe it was just my last orders of Netcomics titles took ages to get to me; six of one…) –Speaking of Netcomics I’ve a copy of 10, 20, 30 knocking around, I should review that one already.
Also checking in with us this week, […]