Tezuka/Urasawa comparison
Xavier Guilbert makes the chart you all wanted , showing the original Tezuka characters from ASTRO BOY side-by-side with the Urasawa remakes from PLUTO. It's mind-boggling the degree to which Urasawa has imbued Tezuka's...
Recession Watch: Wizard layoffs, more on Viz layoffs, first newspaper closing
§ The Beat has obtained more information on recent layoffs at Viz. The two editors laid off were long-time vet Ian Robertson and Carol Fox, who also worked at Tokyopop in the past. Several...
WonderCon: Viz — #835
Viz Is a last minute surprise at WonderCon:
VIZ Media has received a last minute opportunity to support the WonderCon show (sister-show to San Deigo Comic-Con) in San Francisco this weekend as an exhibitor this...
Business bits
§ At PW Comics Week, Ada Price surveys s bunch of comics retailers o see how they're doing and the old "cautious optimism" line is used again. But "selectivity" may be the word we...
Weidenbaum leaves Viz; Original content on hold?
Tina Anderson at Gynocrat writes that Viz's plan for original manga has been put on hold, following the departure of guiding editor Marc Weidenbaum:
Weidenbaum's departure has been confirmed independently, but the fate of Viz's...
A little bit on PLUTO
Over at Comics Worth Reading, Ed Sizemore reviews PLUTO: URASAWA x TEZUKA, Volume 1, the mash-up reimagining of Astro Boy by Naoki Urasawa, master of the psychological thriller. PLUTO is the first great comic...
VIZ launches SF line
Via PR: Viz has announced a new line of SF/fantasy books. The initial rollout includes The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa, All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, ZOO...
PLUTO! URASAWA!
More here.
BTW, Viz has broken the comics industry wide open, debuting their incredible YELLOW BAGS at this show. Demand is high.
CAT-EYED BOY rocks!
We will not be the only blogger this week to deny the greatness of Kazuo Umezu's Cat Eyed Boy ! No sir. Not when Jakala, Dacey, Welsh and Mautner are doing it. No...
Manga report: Felipe Smith in Morning 2; Viz’s new line
How cool are American cartoonists? So cool that they are publishing them in Japan!
Felipe Smith (MBQ) will have a monthly series starting in Morning 2 next month. (The ads for it are reproduced...
NYCC: Viz — 1365
Viz will not have a booth at the show but they have a manga lounge and a lot of movie screenings and panels, one featuring Stan Lee, although it is press only.
VIZ Media,...
