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 yesterday, talking about the pending release of 300, I asked...
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 of a press release, and add an acquisition, and you...
How low can you go
Well, this is disgusting. Basically, a "promoter" set up an anime con, promising the extra profits would go to breast cancer research, and the whole thing was a scam. The "promoter" cancelled the event...
NYCC: Del Rey
In addition to showing off their manga line, Del Rey is bringing a bunch of prose authors to the show including,
* China Miéville (Un Lun Dun)
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RIP Emiko Sugi
Manga-ka Emiko Sugi died on the 10th of stomach cancer at age 47. Although little of her work was translated into English, she was the auther of several popular shojo manga Dirk digs up...
Valentines Links
Jen Tong's utterly charming ACT-I-VATE Romance.
Boomerang Celebrates Valentine's With Love-Themed Cartoons
Rivkah points out STEADY BEAT cards.
Reed announces New York Anime Festival
From the folks who brought you New York Comic-Con The New York Anime Festival:
Announcing the New York Anime Festival!December 7-9, 2007Jacob Javits Center, New York CityThe organizers of New York Comic Con are...
NYCC: Vertical
Vertical's inimitable Anne Ishii posts their New York Comic-con plans in the form of a sort of Socratic dialog:
Anne: We’ve been busy.
Dirty Sanchez: Busy doing what?
Anne: Busy getting ready for the NEW YORK COMIC-CON!
Dirty...
DC’s Ame-Comi Super Heroines
Toy Fair is still raging -- and it's raging on without us and our bronchitis -- but the manga-stylee line of DC heroines known as Ame-Comi Super Heroines has caused some...comment via Johanna:
Obviously,...
Naruto: bigger than Spider-Man?
Brigid points us to The Halifax Slasher, a blog by someone who works in a comics shop, and he or she has an insightful analysis of why manga is winning:
The other day a customer...
