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...
Takao Saito’s 007
Golgo 13 and James Bond: Separated at birth? Above, a page from Saito's THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
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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...
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...
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...
Go out, Jerboa!
It's the real-life inspiration for Pikachu and almost as cute! The very rare and mysterious long-eared jerboa of the Gobi desert has been caught...
Speaking of DDGB…
Long, long ago it was announced that DDGB (aka Gerard Butler) would be starring in an adaptation of the manga PRIEST. At NYAF we...
NYAF Photo Parade Part 2
This may have been a con too far for The Beat...we're too tuckered to post anything, but we will run some photos by you,...
Marvel and Del Rey announce manga pact
Yep, it was true, Marvel and Del Rey announced a small -- four book -- but brainy venture. A shojo manga version of the...
What you need to know about NYAF
We'll have our own detailed anthropological observations when we're not feeling under the weather. However here are facts and figures.
§ ICv2 interviews the...
