I do have a fondness for the institution of the local comic book store, even though I don’t have the time to do the weekly run on new comics day anymore. I’ve been in some lovely and friendly comic book stores, but sadly the Simpsons’ stereotype of The Android’s Dungeon does reflect some elements of [...]

We’re going to try to start featuring more original content over on Manga Views, and one feature that we thought might come in handy was manga blogger profiles. We’ll promote different bloggers on the front page of Manga Views each week. Would you like to be profiled? Fill out this handy form and we will [...]

I thought I’d post a little bit about how Manga Views came together. It might be useful for my own memory, and I found it difficult to track down all the drupal documentation that I needed in order to create the site. Maybe my experiences can be useful if someone else wants to construct a [...]

I’m pleased to announce a new web site: Manga Views. Manga Views is designed to be a gathering place for manga readers and manga bloggers. We’re collecting reviews of manga with the intent of being able to provide readers with a snapshot of bloggers’ opinions for manga titles. You can take a look at the [...]

Sometimes I use my librarian powers of searching for evil. Check out Chris Sims’ This Stuff Sucks: The Worst (And Weirdest) Vampire Products, where I contributed a couple product suggestions.

So if you haven’t already, head over to the Cybils and get to nominating!

The nomination form for the Cybils is now open. They’ve improved their nomination process – instead of listing everything in the comments section of a blog post, there’s a nomination form and you can check to see what’s been nominated online. Here are the current nominations in the graphic novel category.

Welcome the new team at When Fangirls Attack! They’ve already started linkblogging.

When Fangirls Attack is looking for new bloggers. When Ragnell and Kalinara decided to step down, I decided to stop too. I figure that way whoever takes it over will have a clean slate to start with. I may add a little bit of manga linkblogging to this site instead.

I always feel a little sad when a blog I follow gets shut down. Tales From the Liberry is morphing into Borderland Tales and Ref Grunt is officially retiring to a life of more anonymous tweeting. I’ve felt removed from the library blogging scene for some time, and these two blogs were among the group [...]