I’m thrilled to announce that after years of work, very little of it done by me, the Journal of Anime and Manga Studies launched online this week. JAMS is an open access journal, which means you can read the whole thing online for free. Congratulations to Billy Tringali, the editor in chief, and to everyone else involved.

Included in the first issue is my review of the reprint of Adam L. Kern’s classic book Manga from the Floating World: Kibyôshi and the Comicbook Culture of Edo Japan. It’s very good to have this book back in print after so long, and I would definitely recommend it if you’re interested in the subject.