Yearly Archives: 2008

It looks like there is some consolidation going on down at Hachette Book Group, where two newish imprints, Yen Press and the sci-fi/fantasy line Orbit, are being combined into a single division, to be known as Orbit. I don’t understand … Continue reading →

David Welsh fights deja vu while looking over this week’s new manga, but he manages to come up with a recommendation: Solanin, which sounds like a strong pick. And at Sporadic Sequential, John Jakala is pleased to discover another firefighter … Continue reading →

Over at Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week, I talked to Kurt Hassler of Yen Press and Joe Monti of Little, Brown Books for Young People about their plans for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, both the manga and the novels. The … Continue reading →

The latest Comic Foundry is out, with the usual fanfare (parties, etc.), and there are many excellent reasons to check it out, not the least of which is the cover story “Why manga is totally f#%ked,” by my PWCW colleague … Continue reading →

ICv2 seems to be working its way around the industry talking to all the honchos. This week’s get is John Ledford of ADV, but don’t expect any insight into when the next volume of Yotsuba&! is coming out. Manga doesn’t … Continue reading →

ICv2 has a four-part interview up with Dark Horse CEO Mike Richardson in which they talk about about all sorts of things, including the state of the manga market, the question of where shoujo readers will go next, and the … Continue reading →