Manga News and Information
U.S.ICv2 has released its Top Ten Manga Properties for Q3 2007:
According to Yaoi Suki, Blu will be raising the price of their manga by 30% in 2008, going from $9.99 to $12.99. According to this forum thread, the price hike starts in 2008. Via: MangaBlog From ICv2 comes an interview with Philip Simon, editor of Dark Horse's Blade of the Immortal. (San Antonio, Texas) October 18, 2007 – Virgin Comics newest editor and industry veteran Ron Marz was interviewed recently as part of the acclaimed Inside the Comic Writers Studio – now published in its new weekly format - found exclusively at ComicBloc.com. The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending October 14th:
Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings: A round up of the new comic release list for the week of October 17th 2007: October 17, 2007 (Gardena, CA) - Dream Shoppe, 801 Media Inc., Digital Manga Publishing and Pop Japan Travel have teamed up to auction off one of their own at Yaoi Con's bishonen auction. Ben, who graciously volunteered after being badgered by 801 Media's Tomo-chan and 801-chan, will be sporting a lovely Wa-Lolita outfit in a floral pattern (which Tomo-chan says "Really accents Ben's emerald eyes.") courtesy of Dream Shoppe. The winning bidder at Yaoi Con will not only receive Ben's company for the rest of the night, they will also receive Ben's lovely outfit and a $100 gift certificate for Pop Japan Travel's upcoming Fujoshi Paradise Tour! The New York Times has published an interview with Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation. According to the interview, the Daniel Pink has been doing research in Japan in order to create a new manga for a business audience: From Icarus Publishing's blog comes a preview (NSFW) of the adult manga coming out in January 2008, based on Diamond Previews for November (Shipping in January 08). Gardena, CA, October 16, 2007 - Digital Manga, Inc. will be creating a new mail order catalog, Club Otakie, for fans. To promote the mail order catalog, Digital Manga is offering a contest for all signups where Digital Manga will be giving out prizes each week until December 17, 2007. |
Manga Zombie
Finale: Panelosophy
An ongoing conversation about the philosophy behind manga both in the U.S. and abroad. Manga Ranking
Monthly charts of comparative manga rankings based on aggregate online sales listings from Matt Blind. |
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
