Stan Lee and Takei team up, fight crime
Oh we made that up. Stan Lee is known for teaming with everyone from Pamela Anderson to Paris Hilton, but he's now crossed the last frontier and signed with Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei...
Crazy mixed up cafe
At Edelstein boarding school, the schoolboys wear lip-gloss, the headmistress has a weakness for homoerotic comic books, and there is only one subject: how to serve female visitors.
Yes it is another story on those...
New York Anime Fest moves to September for ’08
Based on focus groups and surveys, The second New York Anime Festival will be held this year September 12-14th, significantly earlier than last year's Dec. 7-9 time frame. According to the calendar at Comic...
Diamond’s Top 50 Manga of 2007
Following up yesterday's charts, our HTML is still less than desired, but here is Diamond's year end chart for the Top 50 Manga. Although Viz dominates, Tokyopop claims the top spot with FRUITS BASKET...
*A*** Flight 001 Landing at a Terminal Near You!*
On the other hand, if women in comics are responsible for this kind of thing, then we must say it is time to call a halt:
June Manga invites you to join the Mile High...
Incredible movie promotion
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In Tokyo, a promotion for The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep set on Tokyo Bay is what we could call "pant-peeing good."
New Bytes: Newtype, FBI.com
• ANN reports that Newtype USA, the glossy, oversized manga-culture magazine is to cease publication -- but ADV will replace it.
Representatives of A.D. Vision (ADV) have contacted retail partners to inform them that the...
Takao Saito’s 007
Golgo 13 and James Bond: Separated at birth? Above, a page from Saito's THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
Via The Vault of Buncheness
UNDERTOWN gets syndicated
UNDERTOWN, 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...
Michael Jackson — manga fan?
If you look closely the book he's carrying is some kind of book about Dragons. Luckily, Wacko Jacko has not yet discovered yaoi.
Understanding Otaku
Last weekend's New York Anime Festival was an interesting experience to say the least. It was only the second anime show I've ever attended (I went to Otakon in Baltimore a few years ago)...
Tintin Pantoja update
Tintin Pantoja may not have gotten that Wonder Woman gig, but her mangafied version of Hamlet is coming out next year from Wiley. Here's a preview from Active Anime
