UNDERTOWN gets syndicated
Share this link on Facebook!TweetUNDERTOWN, the OEL/OGM manga by Jim Pascoe and Jake Mylar will be the lastest syndicated strip for Tokyopop, as this press release reveals. The book has also been picked up by Scholastic for their book club. If the first name that comes to mind when you think of Sunday comic strips is [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Pantoja, that is. Here’s a sneak peek at her adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE coming eventually from Tokyopop.
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Share this link on Facebook!TweetLong, long ago it was announced that DDGB (aka Gerard Butler) would be starring in an adaptation of the manga PRIEST. At NYAF we heard that this is not happening, although you probably could have figured that out.
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Svetlana Chmakova announces that Volume 3 of DRAMACON is in the can and coming out in about a month.
Continue ReadingTokyopop: Film industry eyes manga properties
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet from s-corporation loan shareholder Early research showed that people would wait until from s-corporation loan shareholder stopped ringing before picking it up. sloan [citation needed] In Japan, it is generally considered impolite to talk using sloan on any train — texting is generally the mode of mobile communication. washington mortgage loan As [...]
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Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Daily Cross Hatch continues chatting with Paul Gravett and Nick Bertozzi: Gravett: Exactly. And the point is, these characters—there’s nothing in Japan that’s been artificially kept alive this long, well past their sell by date, and this is one of the ways that manga has kept alert, saying, “what’s going on [...]
Continue ReadingWEHT Alex DeCampi?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Controversial comics writer Alex DeCampi has been having quite a bit of success in the video field of late. Her video for “Those Rules” by The Schema a became the #1 music video on YouTube. This week we’re ahead of the new videos by Enrique Iglesias (Universal), the new band Domino [...]
Continue ReadingWMA signs Tokyopop
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR: The William Morris Agency (WMA) has signed TOKYOPOP, the #1 publisher of manga graphic novels in North America and largest supplier of manga entertainment in the world. WMA will represent TOKYOPOP’s original intellectual property for film, television, digital, merchandising, and game development. “WMA’s partnership with TOKYOPOP presents a fresh opportunity for [...]
Continue ReadingTokyopop and MySpace team for animated shows
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Oh boy, is everyone teaming with the MySpace Juggernaut? Will no one be left for Orkut? Now Tokyopop will be premiering weekly “webizodes” for four of its OEL manga: I LUV HALLOWEEN (!), A MIDNIGHT OPERA, RIDING SHOTGUN and BIZENGHAST. The animated bits also includes original music. We watched the I [...]
Continue ReadingTo do, Tuesday 6/26 BKNY: Tokyopop roundtable
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSeveral OEL/OGM manga-ka will be appearing tomorrow in Park Slope: Tokyopop Round Table @ Barnes & Noble Time: 6:30 PM Place: Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY The participants: Stuart Moore: signing EARTHLIGHT June Kim: signing 12 DAYS James L. Barry: signing WARRIORS: THE LOST WARRIOR Melissa DeJesus: signing SOKORA REFUGEES Becky Cloonan: signing EAST COAST RISING More info
Continue Reading38 new titles from Tokyopop
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia Anime News Network via ComiPress, a list of 38 new titles coming next year from Tokyopop: January 8th, 2008 - Aria by Kozue Amano - Deja vu – Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter by Byung-Jun Byun / In-Wan Youn - Gakuen Alice by Tachibana Higuchi - Harukaze Bitter Bop by Court Betten - King City by Brandon [...]
Continue ReadingManga News: WARRIORS and YOTSUBA&!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Brigid notes what might be the first appearance of an OEL manga on the USA Today Bestseller list: The top manga on this week’s USA Today Top 150 Books list is Warriors, Tokyopop’s manga adaptation of the popular YA novels about cats… doing something. Warriors debuts at number 74, while the [...]
Continue ReadingRead Gothic Sports Chapter 1
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’ll end our brief foray into onscreen comics with a legit freebie, the first chapter of Anike Hage’s Gothic Sports, a new manga from Tokyopop. The premise is really “Why didn’t I think of that?”: Goth kids playing high school sports. Click on the image for a full-sized spread, and note [...]
Continue ReadingRising Stars of Manga 7 winners
Share this link on Facebook!TweetTokyopop has announced the winners of the 7th Rising Stars of Manga competition. This is our AMERICAN IDOL, people! Give them a hand! BEST OF ACTION Ares Maier by Daniel Lucius Cross BEST OF COMEDY B is for Bishie by Margaux Hymel and Russell Herrick BEST OF DRAMA Melody by Stacy Nguyen BEST OF FANTASY Fortune Finders! by Jerry D. Garcia BEST OF HORROR Gagaku [...]
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