Manga: Viz Media has announced the new Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, a digital periodical available on the publisher's iOS apps that will translate installments of Bakuman, Bleach, Naruto and other series just two weeks after they run in their native Japan...
After 35 years of being relatable to a readership I imagine I have very little in common with, Cathy Guisewite's "Cathy" comic strip will come to a close on October 3. As reported by The Daily Cartoonist, the Universal Uclick syndicated strip will wrap up in more than 1,400 papers (and online), leaving its creator free to spend time with her family and pursue new projects...
Like every other newspaper in the country, "The Kansas City Star" is looking to bring down its overhead. One of the ways they're hoping to accomplish this is by doing something they should have done a long time ago: canceling comics, "Survivor" style...