Jonas Moore: what are these VISUAL NOVELS???
As part of the imminent cell phone/iPod revolution many large corporations are sinking money into creating comics that can easily be morphed into cartoons or movies, or hybrids of the same. The flipside...
Manga reacts to Eisners
Davis Welsh talks to all kinds of manga related folks to get the reaction to this year's increased manga presence in the Eisner nominations. There are many good quotes and observations, but one that...
ICv2 on top ten Manga and Anime
ICv2 is promoting it's new ICv2 Guide #42: Anime/Manga with a list of the top Manga and Anime properties via Bookscan.
ICv2 Top Ten Manga Properties
1. Naruto
2. Bleach
3. Kingdom Hearts
4. Fruits Basket
5. Death Note
6....
Catch-up news: Burford, etc.
Some interesting stuff that we caught on our spin around the web:
§Brendan Burford named to replace the late Jay Kennedy:
Brendan Burford has been named comics editor of King Features Syndicate, effective immediately. The appointment...
Read Gothic Sports Chapter 1
We'll end our brief foray into onscreen comics with a legit freebie, the first chapter of Anike Hage's Gothic Sports, a new manga from Tokyopop. The premise is really "Why didn't I think of...
Dr. Master teams with IGN
Manga publisher Dr. Master has joined the ranks of publishers offering digital downloads via IGN's Direct2Drive site. D2D already offers games and movies and has been slowly moving into the comics distribution business.
DrMaster...
More about Yen Press
Hachette's Yen Press imprint, headed up by Kurt Hassler and Rich Johnson is certainly one of the most noteworthy of all the mainstream publishing houses ventures into the world of graphic novels, not least...
Kodansha sponsors International Manga Competition
Japanese publishing giant Kodansha is apparently sponsoring an International Manga Competition:
Competition entries being accepted now!
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and publishing over 500,000 copies weekly, ‘Morning’ is the biggest and most prominent manga...
Thailand crack down on porn
Although the headline may sound as unlikely as "New York crack down on pretzel carts" or "Iowa crack down on corn dogs", it turns out sexy manga had inadvertantly been bundled with more...
New CLAMP in New Type
Spotted at ComiPress and all other manga news outlets: CLAMP's latest, Kobato, will be serialized in Newtype magazine:
Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, is pleased to announce a special agreement with...
Shocker: Naruto game sells well!
Via press release:
TOMY Corporation and D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA) today announced that NARUTO™: Clash of Ninja 2 for Nintendo GameCube™ has qualified as a Player’s Choice title, which is reserved for the best-selling...
4/3: news and notes
§ Dan Nadel has a nice picture-laved post in which he gets to go to Europe and visit with Moebius and many other arty folk.
§ Marjane Satrapi has a MySpace page.
§This year's...
