Today at TCJ, Nathan Gelgud's Cartoonist's Diary continues, with more Trader Joe's action. Also: Ryan Holmberg is back with the second installment in his look at how manga artists (amongst others) have been responding to the coronavirus. I visited Saitō Pro in 2011 in order to interview Saitō. “The physical presence of the staff is indispensable” to the creation of serialized manga, assert Saitō Pro and Big Comic. His particular career--that of advocate, translator, historian and critic--is one of the few career paths that should be worshipped and emulated.