Simmons swiping raises larger issues
Among mamy comments on the Nick Simmons plagiarism case, Chris Butcher has the strongest words for the connection between those who swipe art...
Christopher Handley sentenced to 6 months
Christopher Handley, the manga collector from Iowa who pled guilty to possessing child pornography, has been sentenced to six months in jail, followed by...
RIP: Keiko Tobe
Manga-ka Keiko Tobe has passed away at age 52. Tobe is known for her award-winning WITH THE LIGHT (published in the US by Yen...
Business news round-up: Borders, WCP, etc., etc.
§ National bookstore chain Borders is getting shakier and shakier, and yesterday's news that CEO Ron Marshall was ankling the joint did nothing...
The Big One:Twilight GN gets 350,000 first printing
Well gang, here is the game changer. Here is the bestseller. This is the book that's going to drive all-new readers into comics shops,...
Viz publishes not simple
Viz is talking up another one of their intriguing, indie-style manga, this time not simple by Natsume On. It's a done-in-one manga that...
GOSSIP GIRL manga previewed
We reported recently on the upcoming Yen Press manga-daptation of GOSSIP GIRL, the immensely popular TV show and book series. Well, Splash Page has...
Yen Press gets Gossip Girl
Little Brown's manga imprint, Yen Press, has announced they will be publishing manga adaptations of Cecily von Ziegesar's immensely popular Gossip Girl series of...
Publishing news and notes: One Piece is #1; Seven Miles a Second; Comic AG
• The Examiner reports that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece is about to set a record for the biggest first printing ever for a...
The Funnies Business
A few links making the rounds related to the health of various sectors of the comics business.
§ In Boston, while book industry sales...
Spielberg/Smith OLD BOY is no more
Those of you savvy enough to predict that a planned adaptation of the OLD BOY manga by Steven Spielberg and Will Smith ...
Coming soon: Imiri Sakabashira
According to Drawn & Quarterly's blog, the next gekiga artist we need to pay attention to is Imiri Sakabashira. He's also been published in...
