Yearly Archives: 2007

Check it out at the MangaCast or download it directly from iTunes. This week’s podcast features fewer stories but a little more depth in each one. Links after the cut. Manga Market Meltdown ComiPress: Manga sales are down in Japan. … Continue reading →

ICv2 has the February Diamond sales numbers, and the news is good: graphic novel sales are up 9% over February 2006. As Diamond distributes mainly to comics shops, manga tends to make a poor showing on their graphic novel sales … Continue reading →

Here’s the scoop of the day: MangaCast reports that the Japanese publisher Libre is claiming that Central Park Media is publishing its books without authorization: We wish to make it known that these publications are considered illegal because they have … Continue reading →

After the cut: Viz’s press release celebrating the ascent of vol. 13 of Naruto to number 25 on the USA Today Booklist. Yes, as Dirk noted, I am a little late with this. Sorry, busy week. Incidentally, as Heidi points … Continue reading →

After five years of writing about comics for Time.com, Andrew Arnold is calling it quits. Over at Newsarama, Chris Arrant sat down with Viz veep Alvin Lu for a chat about the Viz Signature imprint. Lu, who is both VP … Continue reading →

After the cut, the latest from Dark Horse on their new manga title, MPD-Psycho, written by Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service creator Eiji Otsuka. And DH is promising the original uncut version, which sounds like it will earn its shrink-wrap and … Continue reading →