Back from the silence--justified:  straight from two amazing cons in a row, flew back to Denver just last night, packing to leave for Santa Fe today.  Show details for New Mexico are here--got one in Santa Fe tomorrow night, and one near Albuquerque on Saturday.  Y'all come. It's the genius musical fireworks and snark of Tim Minchin that kept me company on the plane ...

... on Kodansha’s newest manga magazine at Anime Vice. Reviews: The Manga Recon team checks out Natsume’s Book of Friends and several other titles in their latest On the Shojo Beat column. Johanna ... of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Manga Jouhou) Leroy Douresseaux on vol. 31 of Vagabond (The Comic Book Bin) Carlo Santos on Witchblade Takeru Manga Collection(ANN) Eden Zacarias ...

... them either—but Gia thinks the art is not half bad. Check out the preview site. The Yaoi Review checks out the yaoi webcomics at SmackJeeves. News from Japan: Gottsu-Iiyan shows off some more artwork from the latest Vagabond at The Eastern Edge. The baseball manga Cross Game is coming to an end. Reviews: Danielle Leigh embarks upon ...