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, how does that sound? Although we apologize in advance because...
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 X-men written by Raina Telegemeier and Dave Roman with art...
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 showrunner John McGeary who estimates attendance at 15,000.
§ IGN...
New York Anime Festival — Day 1
The first day of the inaugural New York Anime Festival was a busy one. Crowds were good for a brand new show on a cold, snowy day, which was, in the end, competing against...
ICv2 Anime and Manga conference news and notes
The day began with a tediously long crosstown jaunt over to the Javits Center that took 30 minutes to go 10 blocks. WHY do taxi drivers INSIST on going crosstown on 31st St.? Even...
Tor Books pacts with Seven Seas
Here's that manga publishing pact we were talking about yesterday, as scooped by PW's Calvin Reid: Tor Books has signed up Seven Seas to produce a line of 6-8 manga a month:
Science fiction and...
Patterson teams with Yen, Curious Pics
Yet another best selling author James Patterson, is setting up his own toon/graphic novelly/manga deal. Patterson has sold some 140 million books, so that is a lot of books. One deal is with Yen...
Marvel and Del Rey pacting?
You think it was spring the way folks are pacting up. A very big manga business deal is being announced today, but you'll have to read Publishers Weekly daily for the scoop. In the...
This weekend — NEW YORK ANIME FEST!
We're going to spend much of the next four days at the Javits center for the inaugural New York Anime Fest, kicking off today with Milton Griepp's ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga. This...
Dear Lord! First Speed Racer pix!
USA Today via Superhero Hype
By the way, isn't it "The Wachowskis"...not "The Wachowski Brothers"?
Takehiko Inoue interview, Part 2
In the world of manga, Takehiko Inoue is a mega-superstar. His basketball manga SLAM DUNK was so successful it made he sport itself more popular in Japan. It's sold over 100 million copies worldwide...
