The Comics Village features a review of Frederik L. Schodt's The Astro Boy Essays today. Reviewer Michael Aronson writes: "It’s hard to go wrong with Schodt at the helm. . . . [T]hat which he offers up is particularly revealing" (read more...)
Stone Bridge Press is an English-language publisher specializing in books about Asia. Founded in 1989 by publisher Peter Goodman, the Berkeley-based company has over 150 titles in print and has received numerous awards for publishing excellence, including recognition from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University, PEN Oakland, the Kiriyama Prize, Spirituality & Health magazine's Best Spiritual Books Awards, and the Benjamin Franklin Awards.