from Publishing News:
PAN MACMILLAN HAS become the latest publisher to enter the manga arena, signing an exclusive sales and distribution deal with Tokyo-based Tokyopop, the US market leader, whose UK turnover is around ?2m. From 1 September, Pan Macmillan will begin sales and distribution of Tokyopop’s huge output – some 250 titles per year – with four Tokyopop staff taking space in Macmillan’s King’s Cross offices.
Manga Giant TOKYOPOP Enters Young Adult Fiction Market with October 2006 Launch of
POP FICTION
local6.com - News - Adult-Themed Comics At Library Shock Parents
Parents of a girl in Orange County, Fla., were shocked to discover that a comic book featuring adult-themed topics, like swinging and drugged and raped girls, was checked out by the 11-year-old at a library, according to a Local 6 News report. The controversial Japanese comic book is part of a series that can be found in the young adult collection at the Orange County Library's Southeast Branch. Local 6 News reported that the comic titled "Peach Girl" is about a young girl drugged by her friends and then set up to be raped.
Master storyteller Stan Sakai has won many industry awards over the past twenty years of Usagi, including a Parents’ Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards, a 2004 Young Adult Library Services Association award, and the prestigious National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Division Award.
Del Rey Manga New Title Announcement :: ActiveAnime.com :: Where Anime News and Reviews Matters
Moyoco Anno's SUGAR SUGAR RUNE is a fun, imaginative romp into a magical world. Anno has become most famous in both the U.S. and Japan for her manga aimed at young women, but with SUGAR SUGAR RUNE, she's writing for girls and boys...
TOKYOPOP has announced the winners of their fifth Rising Stars of Manga competition. In addition to monetary prizes and publication in TOKYOPOP's upcoming Rising Stars of Manga Vol. 5 graphic novel anthology, all winners will be invited 'to pitch and score their own future book deals with TOKYOPOP'.
Grand Prize winner, Mail Order Ninja, a hilarious tale about a boy and his pet ninja, was created by the dynamic team of writer Joshua Elder (age 24) from Chicago and artist Erich Owen (age 26), an illustrator from Knoxville, TN. Elder and Owen will split $2,500 and fight over the Grand Prize trophy in mortal combat. When alerted to the news, Joshua was heard to remark: "This is about the coolest thing that has ever happened to me... Especially considering that I totaled my car this morning!"The ultra-cerebral story of people and their personal demons, Baggage, created by student Roald Mu?oz (age 20) of Naperville, IL, took the Second Place nod: $1,500 in booty and a commemorative trophy.
Third Place, Can I Sit Here? takes readers inside the head of an angst-riddled teen grappling with indecision. Created by George Alexopoulos (age 19) a video store clerk from Tenafly, N.J., this entry earned a $1,000 prize and a trophy to boot...
some people dispute the value of books that feature female characters dressed in sexy outfits and sometimes behaving in ways that conform to sexist stereotypes.
An interesting column that explores the issues that have arisen surrounding the purchase of manga by public libraries in Maine. The comments are also worht reading.
Highly recommended
U.K. Publisher Jumps Aboard Manga Craze
Gollancz is launching a new imprint, Gollancz Manga, through an exclusive deal with San Francisco-based publisher Viz.The new imprint will publish Viz's Manga series in the U.K. from 11th August. Thirty titles across four series - Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Case Closed and Fushigi Yug? - will be released over the first 12 months, priced at ?4.99 each.
In an exclusive arrangement, TOKYOPOP and GoComics have launched three original properties for wireless use. Princess Ai, @Large and ShutterBox are now available to mobile operators and their subscribers. Manga graphic novels are a Japanese comic phenomena that has quickly become the fastest growing segment of North American book retail sales. "Everything is manga these days," says GoComics CEO Chris Pizey. "Book stores' comic book shelves are dominated by this style of art. It's tremendously exciting to be working with TOKYOPOP to bring the hottest graphic trend in the world to mobile phone users."
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