Comments on: Yet more on Tokyopop http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:48:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » The aftermath begins http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40345 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » The aftermath begins Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:02:05 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40345 [...] As the hubbub of this week starts to die down, people are sorting themselves out a bit. Tokyopop publisher Mike Kiley sent a letter to creators, reassuring them that they will be paid and they should continue working on their projects. That’s at The Beat, where Heidi also rounds up the creators’ reactions to everything that has been going on. Kethylia takes a look at the bigger picture and possible fallout. One former employee condemns Tokyopop for the way they went about letting people go. David Welsh reaches out to those who were laid off, looking to talk to them about their work and their hopes for the future. (Image from a headier time pulled from the archives of Kevin Melrose’s Thought Balloons blog; in the post he points out the typo in the bottom line, which in retrospect could have been a harbinger of things to come: Good ideas, sloppy follow-through.) [...] [...] As the hubbub of this week starts to die down, people are sorting themselves out a bit. Tokyopop publisher Mike Kiley sent a letter to creators, reassuring them that they will be paid and they should continue working on their projects. That’s at The Beat, where Heidi also rounds up the creators’ reactions to everything that has been going on. Kethylia takes a look at the bigger picture and possible fallout. One former employee condemns Tokyopop for the way they went about letting people go. David Welsh reaches out to those who were laid off, looking to talk to them about their work and their hopes for the future. (Image from a headier time pulled from the archives of Kevin Melrose’s Thought Balloons blog; in the post he points out the typo in the bottom line, which in retrospect could have been a harbinger of things to come: Good ideas, sloppy follow-through.) [...]

]]> By: Josh Elder http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40344 Josh Elder Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:59:45 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40344 While I can't really speak to the status of my OEL title "Mail Order Ninja," I can confirm that Tokyopop's "StarCraft" and "WarCraft" books will be continuing on as planned. Which I'm certainly glad to hear as I've got stories in quite a few of them... (and I've seen all the art for the first book and it's going to be incredible. The best licensed book TPop has ever done by far). While I can’t really speak to the status of my OEL title “Mail Order Ninja,” I can confirm that Tokyopop’s “StarCraft” and “WarCraft” books will be continuing on as planned.

Which I’m certainly glad to hear as I’ve got stories in quite a few of them… (and I’ve seen all the art for the first book and it’s going to be incredible. The best licensed book TPop has ever done by far).

]]> By: Somebody http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40343 Somebody Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:50:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/05/yet-more-on-tokyopop/#comment-40343 Any plans to post the April sales columns any time soon? At this rate, the May charts will be out before the Apr columns... Any plans to post the April sales columns any time soon? At this rate, the May charts will be out before the Apr columns…

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