ANN's got a nice story on Samurai Beam, the product of NYC's Japan Society's first manga-ka artist-in-residence.

Artist Hiroki Otsuka's been working on a new title -- Samurai Beam -- just for Japan Society, and the first 14 pages are available to view online. Each week during Otsuka's residency, new pages of Samurai Beam will be made available.

(Japan Society's also throwing their second Cosplay Party on May 15th.)

For info…

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-03/japan-society-hosts-first-14-pages-of-hiroki-otsuka-new-manga-samurai-beam

http://www.japansociety.org/samurai_beam