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Hello Kitty Comic Books To Debut At San Diego Comic Con 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

  And you thought My Little Pony sold a lot of comic books… Viz is about to start publishing Hello Kitty manga, with a series of original graphic novels featuring the uber-popular Sanrio mascot. A Hello Kitty single issue will …

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Top 100 Manga Sales In US Comic Shops In 2012

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Here’s a look at the charts for 2012 for comics defined as “manga” sold in comic stores and distrubuted in North America by Diamond Comic Distributors. The charts are dominated by Sailor Moon and Naruto, for the top thirteen spots, …

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Gen Manga At NYCC – Look! It Moves! Video

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Adi Tantimedh reports from the floor of NYCC for Bleeding Cool Adi Tantimedh talks to editor Robert McGuire about the Gen Manga’s unique policy of publishing indie manga creators in their US debuts and the lineup of titles.  

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Vertical Inc At NYCC – Look! It Moves! Video

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool from the floor of NYCC; I talk a look at Vertical’s booth and the range of manga and books they publish.  My thumb makes an unwelcome cameo as Vertical editor Ed Chavez talks about …

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Japanese Home-Made Erotic Manga Creator Arrested

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Well there’s a thing. Contrary to popular opinion, not everyone in Japan thinks that porn comics are just one of life’s things. This week an unemployed 44 year old man from Kobe, was charged with taking pages of his hand …

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The BBC’s Sherlock Becomes A Manga This October

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

A manga artist referred to only as Jay has adapted the BBC’s Sherlock for a new manga. According to @manganewsjapon it will appear in the magazine Young Ace from October4th’s issue. I don’t know Young Ace other than by reputation, …

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Project IG’s 009 Re: Cyborg Trailer Overflows With Action… And Then There’s The Soft Drink…

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

And there’s a nice long trailer too – over four minutes long.

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Friday Runaround – Dredd Friday

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

FataleWatch: Sean Phillips will be signing the first Fatale collection at Gosh Comics in London next weekend. There will be two hundred copies of this exclusive Fatale signing edition, with the bookplate (right) available… MangaWatch: Midtown gets some press on …

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Tuesday Runaround – Impossible Mission Valley

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

DailyWatch: Jon Stewart on the Daily Show looked at how two conservative donors were arranging a convention in San Diego to raise $400,000,000 to fund Mitt Romney’s Presidential campaign. Or, as Stewart put it, a Con Con… StoreWatch: An Illinois …

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Fined $780 And Put On Sex Offenders Register For Owning Comics

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Yesterday, Simon Lundström appeared at the Swedish High Court to begin the process of trying to overturn last year’s ruling against him for possession of child pornography, for a second time. Lundström translated comics for a living and it was …

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Thursday Runaround – Grant Morrison Will Make You A New Person

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

HyperWatch: Cover for Hypernaturals #2 out in August by Francesco Mattina, Timothy Green II, and Trevor Harsine. StarWatch: Retailer Bret Parks, owner of Salefish Comics in Salem, North Carolina, has written “Strikes,” a self-published mini-comic with local artist Ben Towle, …

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Ken Sasaki, New President And CEO Of Viz Media

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In two days, Ken Sasaki will be appointed the new President and CEO of Viz Media, America’s biggest manga publisher, succeeding Hidemi Fukuhara, who will becoming Vice Chairman of the company. Sasaki has been with the company since 2008 and …

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No Manga Is Safe: Justin Lin Attached to Big Screen Adaptation Of Lone Wolf and Cub

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Fans breathed a sigh of relief when Warner Bros shut down production on an Americanized big screen version of Akira, but that was short-lived as the studio began work on Bleach instead. And now other film companies are jumping on …

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Canadian Custom Charges Against Manga Owner Dismissed After Two Years

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

  The case against one US citizen Ryan Matheson by the Canadian courts, for manga comics deemed to be illegally pornographic held on his computer as he crossed the border, has been dismissed, with all criminal charges withdrawn. Both the …

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A Comic That Blew My Mind Last Week – Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I wish more comics made the effort to blow readers’ minds on a regular basis. I like to think that’s often the main reason we like to read comics, as well as read novels, watch TV and movies, other than …

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They Can’t Get Akira Going, So Warners Shoot For Bleach Instead

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Keith Davidsen

It’s not too surprising that Masi Oka is better known as an actor, and best known as Hiro in Heroes, because his behind-the-scenes work in special effects, even on big tentpole pictures is, by its very nature, behind the scenes. …

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Friday Runaround – From Japan To India To The South China Sea

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

FluWatch: Bleeauurghhh. HackWatch: Those pirated Marvel digital comics? Yup, it was an open door someone had left, in the company’s internet security. Now they’ll have to go back to scanning in the comics as they come in on a Tuesday… …

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When Tom Warburton Draws One Piece

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Rich Johnston

From the new Shonen Jump, here is one piece of One Piece fan art sent in and published, drawn by one Tom Warburton, creator of the popular Cartoon Network show Codename: Kids Next Door, showing a few familiar faces…

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