Rising Stars of Manga 7 winners
Tokyopop has announced the winners of the 7th Rising Stars of Manga competition. This is our AMERICAN IDOL, people! Give them a hand!
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Ares Maier
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B is for Bishie
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Is this our future?
ComiPress looks at an article that tracks the decline of the Japanese manga market:
The report says that tankoubon sales have been decreasing for the past two years, and that manga magazine sales have been...
Gay Italians like yaoi?
We've still never come across a completely satisfying explanation for the exploding popularity of yaoi/boy's love manga, but here in the US as in Japan, it is mainly read by girls of all ages...
Something else to do with octopus
Mongrel Magazine, and Irish culture mag investigates tentacle hentai, with alook at manga-ka Toshio Maeda,
Our second contender for the octoperv crown is Toshio Maeda. Writing for an adult manga magazine in the early...
Interesting rumor
We've received a few whispers of late that since Kurt Hassler left his position as graphic novel buyer at Borders, his replacement is not quite as manga crazy as Hassler was, and a few...
Quick links: Ponent Mon, Kominsky Crumb, Miller
§ Brigid talks to Stephen Robson of boutique manga publisher Fanfare/Ponent Mon:
Having been frustrated myself by hearing so many great things about books I could never seem to find, I went directly to the...
Pini returns with Poe Manga
Here's a story we sort of missed in all the excitement: Elfquest's Wendy Pini turning to the web with a manga/yaoi-esque adaptation of MASUE OF THE RED DEATH for Go! Comi! If we're not...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/2/07
§ Tom Cruise will NOT appear in the WATCHMEN movie, says CHUD:
My source was right. While on the phone with Watchmen director-to-be Zack Snyder yesterday, talking about the pending release of 300, I asked...
Hachette acquires French manga publisher PIKA
Hm, take one multinational publishing conglomerate; throw in a hot genre; stir in a mention of a hot new imprint in the first paragraph of a press release, and add an acquisition, and you...
How low can you go
Well, this is disgusting. Basically, a "promoter" set up an anime con, promising the extra profits would go to breast cancer research, and the whole thing was a scam. The "promoter" cancelled the event...
