manga

The "Twilight" book series, which spawned a movie franchise, a tourist hot spot, and several million screaming fangirls will soon be adapted into manga, which makes a lot of sense. Shoujo is full of star-crossed lovers, wish-fulfillment fantasies, and pseudo-goth aesthetics, so I'm thinking manga will be right up the alley of many "Twilight" fans...

"Shonen Sunday," Japan's 50-year-old manga mag and longtime "Shonen Magazine" rival is making its way to North America thanks to Viz Media. The first title under the new imprint will be the supernatural "Rin-Ne" by artist Rumiko Takahashi, which the company has publicized as being the first-ever simultaneous North America/Japan manga release -- outside of bilingual pi

It may not be the first video game console to make comics available, but Sony's PSN digital retailer is now the first formal video game distributor to monetize manga for its devices – at least, in Japan. According to Kotaku, Sony has announced that its Japanese PSN store will offer manga by late 2009 for the PSP and PSP Go. Ther...

I said before, and I will say it again: Thanks to an overzealous piece of legislation passed by Bush that treats drawings of children as though they were real people, an Iowa man now faces 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for buying sexually explicit comics...

Call it one more case of serendipity among the mainstream media, as last Friday's USA Today and the latest issue of Wired on newsstands (15.11) prominently feature stories about the sagging market for manga in Japan. Sounds odd doesn't it, considering most Borders or Barnes & Noble locations in America carry exponentially more manga exports than graphic novels (and about 60-80 percent of thos

Press Release VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will spook mature-aged manga fans nationwide with an array of horror manga just in time for Halloween ...

At the last stop on his year-long Bone World Tour, Jeff Smith sat down at SPX this afternoon with Heidi MacDonald for an engaging hour-long chat in which he spoke of Bone, Shazam, and his forthcoming Rasl. And yes, he also uttered the pull quote I shamelessly used as the title of this post, but you'll have to read on to get the context for that statement...

The Darkness #2(W) Phil Hester(A) Michael Broussard(Cov) Dale Keown, Stjepan Sejic Following the stunning events of the spectacular first issue, writer Phil Hester (DEEP SLEEPER, GREEN ARROW) and new talent Michael Broussard (UNHOLY UNION) introduce the sensual and mysterious Eve into the world of The Darkness ...

Press Release A preview of a brand new series from Glass House Graphics stalwarts David Lawrence and Filipino artist Anthony Tanis available now at the TokyoPop website! SHERWOOD follows the adventures of a ne'er do well rogue of a knight – a guy who missed the boat for the Third Crusade because he was laid up with a hangover – who quite against his will finds himself playing the role of the noble

Our friends at Top Cow have provided Comics Alliance with a 5 page preview of the new Witchblade Takeru Manga #9. Witchblade Takeru Manga #9(W) Yasuko Kobayashi(A) Kazasa Sumita(C) Blond(Cov) Sumita Takeru and Kuo learn more about the origin of the Witchblade and the return of demons to the world of man ...