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Quick links for Friday

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Newsarama interviews the creative team behind Amazing Agent Luna.

An early example of sequential narrative is on display in Kyoto: narrative scrolls from the Heian period.

Ikimashou has an interview with translator David Ury, whose work includes Genshiken and Pastel.

Something called “V for Vendetta” outsells Naruto, but not by much.

Noted comics publication the Las Vegas Weekly reviews a book I’ve been curious about, The Japanese Drawing Room, and finds the backstory more interesting than the book itself.

Full Moon translator Tomo Kimura shows how it’s done on the AoD blog.

At ANN, The Answerman hands out some career advice.

CPM gets a new distributor, but Ed at MangaCast thinks it’s too little, too late. You know, most manga publishers put out lots of books but don’t do a good job of publicizing them, sending out press releases about new titles erratically or not at all. Ed thinks CPM has the opposite problem, announcing new releases with fanfare and then not publishing them.

CPM can get publicity for Sweet Cream and Strawberries and act like the book is coming soon, but in the end like much of their manga history there usually is nothing to show in the end.

Comments

  1. “V for Vendetta” = Legendary American comic book/graphic novel writer Alan Moore’s more famous works that was made into a full length live action movie. The movie starred Natalie Portman and had millions behind it in advertising.

    For Naruto to come close to that behemoth is pretty cool. Especially since Naruto is not a flash in the pan movie release.

  2. Mmm, what Jack said. Though part of me thinks that could’ve been a wry joke?

    V for Vendetta is one of the few graphic novels you see *everywhere*, as with most Alan Moore work. It speaks highly of Naruto for even coming close!

  3. Hige called it. Sorry, I guess the sarcasm didn’t come across. It’s pretty hard to miss the publicity blitz.

  4. i was just messing around.

    anytime a comicbook of any sort is in a persons hand is good.