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Non-con news wrapup

Secret project revealed: Ryan and Evan of Same Hat bring in regular doses of awesomeness in the form of bizarro Japanese horror manga that you will never see anywhere else, and now they have gone pro: They are translating, editing, … Continue reading

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Back from New York

NYCC is over for another year, and life is slowly returning back to normal. Dee and I took the Acela back to Boston and wound down by hanging out with Kevin Church in the club car. My overall impression is … Continue reading

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PR: Del Rey announces Wolverine team

I wasn’t able to make it to the Del Rey panel, but this is one of the things they announced. I’m heading back out to the con right now but will check in later with their new titles. Here’s coverage … Continue reading

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PR: Tokyopop goes even more global

I spoke to Susan Hale at Tokyopop’s booth at NYCC yesterday and she gave me a quick rundown on this: They will be publishing full-color, larger format, non-manga graphic novels from around the world. I think this is something of … Continue reading

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NYCC: Sales crunch, Stan Lee, Viz to do global manga

My quick take on NYCC is that this is the year of the manga shakeout. At the ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference on Thursday, numbers guru Milton Greipp put the size of the entire graphic novel market at $375 million in … Continue reading

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PR: Yen Press licenses Haruhi

I reported it below, but here’s the official press release on the licensing of Haruhi Suzumiya, which the Yen folks describe as “Hannah Montana meets Heroes.” Yen Press, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, today announced that it will … Continue reading

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