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Marvel, Del Rey Team for Manga X-men
Marvel Comics and Del Rey Manga are teaming up to create manga styled and formatted versions of the X-Men and Wolverine.
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Bandai Acquires CODE GEASS Licenses
Anime distributor and part-time publisher Bandai Entertainment has announced that they have the anime, manga, and light novel licenses for CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Rebellion.
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Lime Studios Brings New Twist to Global Manga
With two series under way in Germany and another in France, New Jersey-based artists David Boller and Mary Hildebrandt, put the “global” in “global manga.”
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Faust Editor Katsushi Ota Speaks
In August, 2008, Del Rey Manga will publish Faust, a four year old Japanese literary anthology with a circulation of 65,000 featuring excerpts from light novels, manga and stories by cutting edge Japanese writers and mangaka, in the U.S.
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Around the Floor at NYAF
While fans engaged in cosplay and went to J-Pop concerts, nearly all the major players in manga publishing were on hand to make announcements and talk to fans.
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Comics Briefly
Marjane Satrapi Signing; Dramacon and Zombies Calling at The Beguiling; NYAF on PW The Beat; American Elf Archive Now Free; BOOM Studios Holiday Party; and CBLDF Holiday Parties
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Photo Mania
Photos from the 2007 New York Anime Festival at the Javits Center in New York City.
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New Report Finds Manga Sales Up; Anime DVD Down in '07
Manga sales are estimated to have increased 10% in 2007, but sales of anime on DVD have declined due to piracy and high price, a report issued at yesterday's ICv2 Anime and Mange conference found. The conference is the kick-off event for the first annual New York Anime Festival which runs today through Sunday.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 12/10/07
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 12/10/2007
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 12/10
In this roundup: celebrity Bar Mitzvahs, the science of Oz, top-shelf drinking stories, the view from Mexico, ancient sex advice and the tragic demise of us, your humble critics.
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 12/10/2007
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Tor Books, Seven Seas Ink Joint Manga Venture
Science fiction and fantasy publisher Tor Books announced plans to enter the U.S manga market by creating a new manga imprint with Seven Seas Entertainment, an independent publisher of original and licensed manga, manga-inspired prose titles and illustrated juvenile fiction based in Los Angeles.
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Z-Cult FM Shutdown Spotlights Downloading Issues
Marvel and DC have acted together to force popular comics BitTorrent site Z-Cult FM to remove their comics.
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Crime Novelist Swierczynski Tries Comics
Novelist Duane Swierczynski is working on two comics series for Marvel
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Facing Fear with Drew Rausch
Drew Rausch has several moody projects coming out including a collection of his Sullengrey mini-series later this month.
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True Stories of an Airship on the Arctic
Ben Towle's new graphic novel explores the real-life drama of the crash of an Italian airship at the North Pole.
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Comics Bestsellers December
Diary of a Wimpy Kid takes the #1 slot and is joined by Naruto (#2), Stephen King's Dark Tower (#3) and Buffy's The Long Way Home (#10)
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Comics Briefly
New Zuda Winner; Party with the CBDLF; Comic Book Idol at NYCC; Cosplay and Gaming at NYAF; Women, Todd Klein at The Beat; Comic Book Club Discussion; Fundraiser for Bill Mantlo; and Jason Thompson Speaks
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Panel Mania: Wonton Soup
In this 10 page preview of James Stockoe's quirky Wonton Soup: A Space Trucker Cooking Opera, a cook turned space rig driver, stops for R&R on a remote planet and does a little intergalactic cooking. The book will be published by Oni Press this month.



