Yearly Archives: 2010

Tokyopop tries PoD

Tokyopop has begun selling print-on-demand editions of both old and new books through its online shop. Johanna Draper Carlson looks over some of the offerings at Comics Worth Reading. Lori Henderson takes a look at the week in manga at … Continue reading

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Yen Press announces New Talent Search

Actually, this has been on Yen Plus, their online magazine, for two months, but if you don’t subscribe, now is the time to jump in. Here are the details. Seems it was just yesterday that Tim Beedle was saying that … Continue reading

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Digital comics, global manga hate, and fanservice for girls

I spoke to Shonen Jump senior editor Joel Enos a couple of days ago about that magazine’s new subscriber-only digital comics. Joel provided some additional details on the program and reassured me that parent company Viz is not contemplating dropping … Continue reading

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Hetalia goes weekly

Tokyopop revives weekly serialization: They are releasing the second volume of Hetalia in weekly issues via the comiXology app. Kristin takes a manga-centric look at the November Previews at Comic Attack. Sean Gaffney has been looking over the Japanese best-seller … Continue reading

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Viz reactions, manga history, CLAMP goes long with Gate 7

Caleb Goellner of Comics Alliance takes the Viz iPad app for a test drive and likes what he sees: Its interface is comparable to comiXology’s prominent reader and creating an account to buy content is a simple, streamlined process. Much … Continue reading

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Viz goes digital!

Here’s the big news of the day: Viz is launching its own iPad app. PWCW has all the details, and Anna (a.k.a. Tangognat) is first out of the gate with some reactions at Manga Report. Melinda Beasi’s Pick of the … Continue reading

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