From here: "I worked for them as a letterer at an embarrassingly low page rate. I took it to get some more superhero style stuff under ...

7. Antique Bakery Volume 1, by Fumi Yoshinaga. Published by Digital Manga Publishing, July 2005. Much like Cardcaptor Sakura wasn't the first shoujo title published in ...

#6: Raijin Comics #46, by various. Published by Gutsoon Entertainment, July 2004 Upon the publication of the last issue of Raijin Comics, issue #46, in July ...

#5. Buddha Volume 1: Kapilavastu HC, by Osamu Tezuka. Published by Vertical Inc., October 2003. When I think of how and why Osamu Tezuka's Buddha was ...

#3: Shonen Jump #1. November 2002. Published by Viz. [caption id="attachment_4740" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Shonen Jump, Volume 1, Issue 1. Published by Viz, November 2002."][/caption] I kept going ...

There were more manga released each month in 2009 than were released in the entirety of the year 2000. The growth of Japanese-originating comics in ...

[caption id="attachment_4709" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Comic AG Digital Issue 00 - Print Edition. From Icarus Publishing"][/caption] So it looks like Simon Jones from Icarus Publishing has been ...

Three things in this post: An overview of my thoughts on digital printing/print-on-demand, a look at Dave Sim's move to ComiXpress for some of his ...

Accepting their official announcement at their blog and the unembargoed interviews at AICN at face value, DC Comics today announced that they will be developing: A ...

So I wrote a post a week back called "The Myth of All-Ages" and people seemed to really respond to it, for which I am ...

The fine folks at SLG Publishing (known back-in-the-day as Slave Labor Graphics) are having a pretty solid sale right now—40% off their whole web store ...

The talk-back section at industry-watching website ICv2 has been abuzz over the past week about the contentious issue of how few 'all ages' comics there ...

Abby Denson's DOLLTOPIA Book Launch and Party! Featuring Abby Denson and Matt Loux Friday, October 16th, 2009, 6pm-8pm @ The Central, 603 Markham Street (Next to The Beguiling) FREE http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105326729762 Mini-comix ...

Hey folks! If you're in Toronto this Sunday, September 27th, might I humbly suggest you mosey on over to Queen's Park to enjoy THE WORD ...

I've been working in comic book stores for a long time, 15 years this year. Not as long as many of the "lifers" I've met during ...

The most hilarious thing I'd seen solicited in months was the "Marvel Bromance" trade paperback. I remember it being solidly mocked amongst my blogging peers, as ...

Hey folks, sorry the updates have been slow... Internet access hasn't been that frequent, and we've actually been travelling quite a bit. So far we ...

Update 2, Final: So I am flat out wrong. But it's still really interesting. Check this: I received the following statement from Michelle Mauk, listed ...

Sooooo.... I know that manga fans can be a little "finnicky" when it comes to the condition and design of their books. They want the ...

And now, to the dulcet tones and beeps of Underworld's Rez/Cowgirl, we shall commence liveblogging the second half of the Previews Catalogue. What does this ...

Oh look, we're liveblogging the Previews again this month! It's actually not due for 5 whole days, so expect a slightly less-manic, but hopefully no-less enjoyable ...

So I was counting up all of the events that The Beguiling either hosted or sponsored in 2008, in order to prepare our TCAF wrap-up. ...

10:16pm: ...and we're back. In case you're just joining us, I am a comic book retailer who has to have his Diamond Previews order done and ...

2:20pm: Man do I not have time for this. I should be doing TCAF stuff, but unfortunately I can't just quit my day job at ...

In the comments section of my last post on the New York Times Graphic Book Bestseller List, a commenter named Tommy Raiko comes to different ...