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SDCC-free news roundup

Quote of the week: “You may not have won an Eisner, but you’re publishing the books that Viz Editors are buying.” (Told to publisher Stephen Robson at the Fanfare booth.)—Kai-Ming Cha Jason Yadao explains the whole Galaxy Angel thing at … Continue reading

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SDCC wrapup

Gia winds up SDCC with an account of the CMX panel. The new titles, Genghis Kahn and March on Earth, were announced earlier, but the Q and A sound good. ICv2 has followup stories on the Tokyopop-Gentosha deal and Del … Continue reading

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SDCC: Saturday happenings

For those of you who don’t want to miss a single detail, ComiPress is once again publishing exhaustive lists of SDCC manga posts and new license announcements. Yen Press began their panel by showing off the newly released Yen Plus … Continue reading

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SDCC: Viz, Broccoli, and the Eisners

The Eisner Awards were presented last night at SDCC, and despite a number of nominations in a variety of categories, the only manga to win an award was in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan category, which was obviously … Continue reading

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SDCC: Del Rey, Bandai, CMX

SDCC got under way for real yesterday, but so far the manga news is just trickling in. The PWCW folks file a first-day roundup that includes news of two new CMX titles: Genghis Kahn, an adaptation of the anime, and … Continue reading

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Hold my calls, I’m reading manga

I just got my review copies from Tokyopop, and this month’s batch seems to have a lot of thicker volumes than usual, with prices all over the map. Vol. 1 of Jyu-oh-sei ($14.99), vol. 1 of Jade of Bango ($12.99), … Continue reading

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