MangaCast reports that Keiko Takemiya's Andromeda Stories has appeared on Amazon.com listed under Vertical.

From Comics Reporter comes its Holiday Interviews series:

- Interview with cartoonist/writer/essayist/reviewer/editor Shaenon Garrity
- Interview with comics critic Joe McCulloch
- Interview Vertical's Director of Marketing and Publicity Anne Ishii

Deutsche Mangaka translates a chat from Splashcomics with Georg F. W. Tempel, head of EMA.

The Austin Chronicle interviews five comic artists from Austin, Texas.

Source: MangaBlog

The Beat has confirmed the licensing of Apollo's Song (by Tezuka Osamu) from Vertical:

New York-based independent publisher Vertical, Inc. has announced it is publishing its third Osamu Tezuka property in June 2007. Apollo’s Song will be published as a single-volume graphic novel at approximately 500 pages in length and will follow the same design format as the award-winning classic Buddha, and the runaway hit Ode to Kirihito. Apollo’s Song will have the same trim size as well as an obi-band mini book jacket just like its two American predecessors, and will be published as a trade paperback.

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MangaCast points out some new manga from Tokyopop and Vertical that have appeared on Amazon.com:

Tokyopop:
- Hyakuman Tsubu No Namida: Million Tears by Kazumi Yuana
- King of Thorn by Iwahara Yuji
- Missing -kamikakushi No Monogatari by Kouda Kakuto/Mutsuki Rei
- Mugen Spiral by Kusanagi Mizuho

Vertical:
- Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, currently being released in the U.S. by Vertical, was mentioned in this week's Time Magazine.

Source: ANN