Publishing News: TokyoPop, Shutterbox, O, Hex, Lobo, etc etc
A LOT of publishing news out there we haven't had a chance to collate due to San DIego Madness™, so let's get going:
§ Rich...
More on KING CITY's move
Over at CBR, the stupendously talented Brandon Graham (see above) talks more about how KING CITY went from purgatory at Tokyopop to publishing...
Business briefs
A few quick notes on notables things:
§ BOOM! has announced that its line of kids comics will be carried at Disney's Soda Fountain Studio...
Business news briefs
• ECCC news: The initial launch of the BOOM!/Fox Atomic partnership will be an ongoing 28 DAYS LATER comic:
Initial launch story will be...
Studio coffee run: PRIEST, Wonder Woman
§ The adaptation of PRIEST, the supernatural manhwa by Min-Woo Hyung, is on again, with Paul Bettany now cast as the lead. This movie...
Uclick offers DRAMACON app for free
Uclick and Tokyopop are releasing Svetlana Chmakova's DRAMACON #1 as a free app on the App store. The book was originally released as a...
Tokyopop titles postponed, NOT canceled
Reports that Tokyopop had canceled a bunch of titles are not true, ICv2 reports. The titles were canceled at Diamond - leading to the...
Tokyopop cancellations
Johanna Draper Carlson notes that you can't buy Kozue Amano's ARIA #4 any more, even though it just came out in December.
Aria Book...
More layoffs at Tokyopop
Eight more staffers, including editor Bryce Coleman, were laid off from Tokyopop this week, as confirmed by marketing director Marco Pavia. The other staff...
Pavia updates Tokyopop
ICV2 catches up with Tokyopop's Associate Publisher, Marco Pavia, who updates their publishing plans. Part One:
Just to be clear (I know there have been...
Manga news roundup; Tpop and Gentosha pact
ComiPress has an exhaustive guide to all the manga-related SD doings. Simon Jones has a guide to the guide. Among the interesting tiddle taddle-bits:...
Morning Manga updates
§ Correction 8/13: These titles were announced as cancelled by a Tokyopop distributor, but ToykoPop has not announced them as cancelled as of yet:
Tokyo...
