Eiichiro Oda

Though overshadowed by all the DC Comics shenanigans, Anime Boston also took place this past weekend, and the event saw US manga publisher Viz Media announce a promising crop of new releases and reprints that will roll out over the rest of the year, including the latest shonen series from the creators of one of the most popular manga series around, and a new edition of the early work of one of the true masters of horror manga.

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In celebration of Eiichiro Oda's pirate manga achieving more than 345 million combined volumes of manga in print worldwide, America's link to the material, publisher Viz Media, has released a digital One Piece Restrospective.

Friday's links are yours to seize, after the jump.

One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda's manga illustrations lend themselves to plenty of awesome body art and tattoo ideas, but Reddit user Dre2k has uploaded what may be the raddest on-skin representation of series protagonist Monkey D. Luffy I've ever laid my eyes on...

Toys: Sideshow Collectibles has released more images of its upcoming premium 1/6 scale DC Comics figures as part of its "12 Days of Sideshow" reveals. TV: The Today Show's Jenna Wolfe visited the MAD Magazine offices over the weekend and chatted with Editor John Ficarra, Art Director Sam Viviano and longtime MAD artist Al Jaffee...

Humor: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things artist Kelly Turnbull swaps gender poses on the upcoming Justice League #1 variant cover by David Finch. Reading: Have you read CA contributor Douglas Wolk's Comic-Con Strikes Again on Amazon, you can still check it out for just $0...

As much action and drama Eiichiro Oda packs into his insanely-popular One Piece manga, there's always been a heavy undercurrent of foodie themes in the series. OP protagonist Captain Monkey D. Luffy feasts so often that one of the first members he recruited (before a navigator, mind you) to his Straw Hat Pirate Crew was Sanji, a brilliant chef and skilled fighter...

As one of the most popular manga and anime series in Japan, Eiichiro Oda's pirate adventure "One Piece" has spawned plenty of obscure merchandise. It's a brand that's been used to sell shaving cream, chesty mouse pads and even earned Oda's hometown a scale replica of the series' most prominent pirate ship...