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		<title>MacDonald&#8217;s Japan Halts Sales of &#8220;0-Yen Smile&#8221;&#8211;Overwhelmed by Demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another breaking news story from Japan&#8217;s top source for interesting and occasionally true-ish news, the Kyokö Shinbun on-line newspaper, translated by me for your consideration. Today&#8217;s story concerns MacDonald&#8217;s, Japan, which is famous for its perennial menu item, &#8220;Smile: 0 Yen.&#8221; MacDonald&#8217;s Japan Halts Sales of &#8220;0-Yen Smile&#8221;&#8211;Overwhelmed by Demand MacDonald&#8217;s, Japan, announced on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Want To Quit This Job&#8230;&#8221; Kitty-chan Hints at Retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my own translation of an article published on November 16 in the online newspaper, Kyokö Shinbun. I felt my readers would be interested. &#8211;Matt &#8220;I want to quit this job…&#8221; Kitty-chan Hints at Retirement Kitty White (37 years old), the cat mascot character known affectionately as &#8220;Kitty-chan,&#8221; is turning heads with a personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Top Ten picks for the Hooded Utilitarian</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in May, The Hooded Utilitarian&#8216;s Noah Berlatsky asked me and many others, &#8220;What are the ten comics works you consider your favorites, the best, or the most significant?&#8221; I&#8217;ve grown a little tired of trying to make a ranked list of my own favorites (Apart from Moto Hagio&#8217;s The Heart of Thomas and Yumiko [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Takako Shimura&#8217;s new web comic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who keep up on such things might already know that Wandering Son creator Takako Shimura has just begun a web manga titled Awajima Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Awajima). It is set in the &#8220;Awajima Opera School.&#8221; Before you go Googling, you should know that there is no such place, and no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sorry it took so long to get you a copy of my birth certificate&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 05:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was too busy killing Osama bin Laden. Credit goes (apparently) to MidnightRider on the NeoGAF forums.]]></description>
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		<title>The TokyoPop Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just thinking out loud here. Back in the early 1930s, newspaper comic strips were hot. They were what sold newspapers. They were more firmly established than either film or radio. Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, Gasoline Alley, Krazy Kat, Lil&#8217; Abner, Bringing Up Father&#8230;. There was something for everyone, and fierce competition kept quality high. Successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plagiarism&#8211;Van Renselar rips off photographer Zhang Jingna</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not how I expected to be spending the day. I see a Tweet that accuses some guy who calls himself &#8220;Van Renselar&#8221; of plagiarizing from my favorite photographer, Zhang Jingna. I follow the link, and sure enough, there are at least two images that are clearly plagiarized. I tried posting a comment pointing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic-Con 2010 Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know: in this day and age, you&#8217;re supposed to post a report within 24 hours of an event&#8217;s end, or, better yet, blog live. Sorry, I&#8217;m just a slow guy. My first Comic-Con was a blast! Among other things, I learned that it&#8217;s &#8220;Comic-Con,&#8221; not &#8220;ComiCon.&#8221; (º&#8711;º;) Seriously, it wildly surpassed my expectations. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just a quick note&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m off to my first ComiCon. Tuesday I head to Tokyo, making a stop in Nagoya to check my sugar gliders into  pet hotel, and on Wednesday I fly to San Diego with Hagio. I am absolutely frantic trying to finish everything I need to do before I go, and I don&#8217;t think I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you want to ask Moto Hagio?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Party celebrating Moto Hagio&#8217;s 40th year as a professional manga artist This month I will be attending the San Diego ComiCon (my first ComiCon ever!) with Moto Hagio. When I asked Hagio sensei what she wanted to do with her Spotlight session, she said she wanted me to interview her. You would think that would [...]]]></description>
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