Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ BAD GIRL leads China down Japan's 'toon path:
Time was when Chinese cartoons were childish retellings of traditional tales or propaganda images peopled by...
Ace cricketer hits comics as Sachin The Master Blaster
Forget about John Woo or Nicolas Cage: Virgin Comics is really hitting it up the crease this time with a comic based on Indian...
Anti-Semetic comic withdrawn in South Korea
Rhie Won-bok's controversial manhwa has been withdrawn after complaints:
A South Korean publisher agreed Thursday to withdraw a best-selling children's book from stores after meeting...
2007 Shuster Award nominees
Honoring the best in Canadian comics, this year's Shuster Awards have just been announced:
Canada's first national award recognizing outstanding achievements by Canadian creators in...
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...
TINTIN movie at last?
A steven Speilberg-driven adaptation of Tintin for the big screen has been rattling around for quite a while; now, it seems, trigger has been...
Updates: WonderCon, Virgin
Blog@ has coverage of Day 1 of WonderCon. So does the Mercury News. In the above photo, Ian Brill, Matt Brady and Graeme McMillan,...
Pow! Sock! No comics for adults!
Hey now! THIS is ironic! An article in a Korean newspaper laments the dearth of manhwa for ADULTS. Damn it! Can you believe it?...
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...
News briefs: Marvel’s rent, Bratz evil, etc.
§ Will Marvel have to move office again? According to this piece in the New York Observer, their office building has just been purchased...
Rebellion acquires Clickwheel
A year or two ago, some noise was being made by Clickwheel, a UK venture which hoped to develop comics content directly for iPods,...
What are they reading in Singapore?
David Welsh has a list of the manga best sellers in Singapore:
The Straits Times apparently ran a big package of articles in Sunday’s edition,...
