Every month, the manga blogging community holds a week-long virtual book club in which we explore a topic in depth. Some discussions have focused on individual artists; others on particular series; and still others on favorite genres (e.g. horror manga).
Our “feast” has two goals. The first is to promote intelligent, in-depth analysis of manga we love (or, in some cases, hate). Previous contributions have run the gamut from straightforward reviews to an interview with Sexy Voice and Robo editor Eric Searleman, a guided tour through Kaoru Mori’s “Emmaverse,” and an essay contrasting Urushibara’s Mushishi with Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. The second goal is to foster a sense of community among avid manga readers. Everyone is invited to take part in the MMF, regardless of whether you’ve participated before. For more information, or to join our mailing list, visit our Google Groups page.
Current Feast
February 2012: Osamu Tezuka (Kate Dacey, The Manga Critic)
Upcoming Feasts
March 2012: Jiro Taniguchi (Johanna Draper Carlson, Manga Worth Reading)
April 2012: Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service (Phillip, Eeeper’s Choice Podcast)
May 2012: Oishinbo and Food Manga (Khursten Santos, Otaku Champloo)
June 2012: Takehiko Inoue (Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue, and Anna Neatrour, Manga Report)
July 2012: CLAMP (Melinda Beasi, Manga Bookshelf)
The Complete Manga Movable Feast Archive
January 2012: Usamaru Furuya (Ash Brown, Experiments in Manga)
December 2011: Sailor Moon (Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)
November 2011: Natsume Ono (Alexander Hoffman, Manga Widget)
October 2011: Horror manga (Lori Henderson, Manga Xanadu)
September 2011: Love Hina (Jason Green, PLAYBACK:stl)
August 2011: Fumi Yoshinaga (Kristin Bomba, Comic Attack!)
July 2011: Fruits Basket (David Welsh, The Manga Curmudgeon)
June 2011: Wild Adapter (Melinda Beasi and Michelle Smith, Manga Bookshelf)
May 2011: Cross Game (Derik Badman, The Panelists)
April 2011: Rumiko Takahashi (Hosted by Rob McMonigal, Panel Patter)
March 2011: Aqua and Aria (Hosted by Linda Yau, Animemiz’s Scribblings)
February 2011: Barefoot Gen (Hosted by Sam Kusek, A Life in Panels)
January 2011: Karakuri Odette (Hosted by Anna Neatrour, Manga Report)
December 2010: One Piece (Hosted by David Welsh, The Manga Curmudgeon)
September 2010: Afterschool Nightmare (Hosted by Sean Gaffney, A Case Suitable for Treatment)
August 2010: Yotsuba&! (Hosted by Robin Brenner, Good Comics for Kids)
July 2010: Paradise Kiss (Hosted by Michelle Smith, Soliloquy in Blue)
June 2010: The Color Trilogy (Hosted by Melinda Beasi, Manga Bookshelf)
May 2010: To Terra (Hosted by Kate Dacey, The Manga Critic)
April 2010: Mushishi (Hosted by Ed Sizemore, Comics Worth Reading)
March 2010: Emma (Hosted by Matt Blind, Rocket Bomber)
February 2010: Sexy Voice and Robo (Hosted by David Welsh, The Manga Curmudgeon)
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