Dark Horse News Round-up: Atkins, MPD Psycho, Vess
A variety of PR that dropped into our mailbox from Dark Horse recently.First off, Jeremy Atkins has been promoted to Director of Publicity. Way...
NARUTO continues run as America’s most popular comic
Viz sent out a press release this afternoon trumpeting Naruto's placement at #25 on the USA Today Best Seller list. Our memory may be...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
