Monthly Archives: June 2008

Review: Kiichi and the Magic Books

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Kiichi and the Magic Books, vols. 1 and 2 By Taka Amano Rated T, for Teen CMX, $9.99 The title of this series suggests one of those earnest reading-is-fun kids’ books written by well-meaning adults, which is a shame, because … Continue reading →

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Free Bizenghast for all

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Bizenghast is one of Tokyopop’s global manga that is showing some staying power—vol. 5 just came out, creator M. Alice LeGrow is working on vol. 6, and Tokyopop has extended the contract to an unprecedented vol. 7. You can check … Continue reading →

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Bonus Jumbo Sunday post

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

C.B. Cebulski plays with our heads by posting some samples of a Junko Mizuno Spider-man project. Can this be for real? I guess we’ll find out. (Image swiped from C.B.’s blog—hey, everyone else is doing it!) Danielle Leigh is getting … Continue reading →

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Tokyopop, light novels, and more

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

Benjamin Ong Pang Kean presents part two of his article on Tokyopop’s global manga creators at Newsarama. This one focuses on the fate of the series—some will continue as planned, some will go online, and some will be canceled outright. … Continue reading →

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ADV speaks, Nrama reports on Tokyopop

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

News is breaking out all over. In this week’s PWCW, I talked to Chris Oarr about what’s going on at ADV Manga, which he says is still a going concern, and I interviewed Queenie Chan about In Odd We Trust, … Continue reading →

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Tokyopop Germany to go their own way

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

German blogger Martin Kretschmer, keeper of the excellent TZG2.0, alerted me that Tokyopop Germany honcho Joachim Kaps has posted on a German message board about the future of Tokyopop titles over there. Here’s the original: Uns steht für Deutschland völlig … Continue reading →

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