Tuesday morning

ICv2 reports that graphic novel sales were up in July, going up faster than floppies for the first time since last November. They also have the July sales charts, but David Taylor has already manga-ized the numbers at Love Manga.

Love Manga also has this week’s releases, so you can do your bit to boost the August numbers. My picks: Drifting Classroom, which is sort of a psych/horror/classic, and volume 4 of Monster.

At the MangaCast, Ed devotes a Maki side dish to the Japanese josei magazine KISS and Jarred has some comments on Dark Horse’s new manwha line.

A Tokyopop editor writes that Tokyopop editors are now required to have blogs on the website, and to write 250 words a week. IMHO, editors work hard enough as it is without having to do this sort of thing, but as a reader, I will look forward to seeing what they write. If I can find it. So here’s a plea to the webmasters: Please make an “editors’ blogs” section of the site! And maybe a “commentary” section as well. I’ve been finding some really good bloggers on the website, but often they get drowned out by the “whos ur fav fruitsbasket character?” and “art theft is bad lol XDD” posts. I don’t mind those blogs, but I’m not interested in them and right now they’re getting in the way. I’d hate to see the editors’ efforts being wasted, so I hope Tokyopop finds a way to set their blogs apart.