Tokyopop

Created by Hyung Min-woo, Priest is a Korean comic book series about an immortal ex-priest on a quest for revenge against demonic forces who conspired to murder his sister as part of a gloriously convoluted-in-the-best-way plot involving fallen angels, zombies, lots of blood, infinite rage, soul-selling and ultra-violence that spans multiple time periods, notably a hyper-surreal version of the Wil

The word for "Hetalia: Axis Powers" is "absurd." In the popular webcomic series turned print manga by Hidekaz Himaruya, World War I and II-era countries are personified as generally dim-witted pretty boys (and a few girls), with personalities based on modern stereotypes of those countries...

The reach of digital comics continues to expand, Publisher's Weekly reports, to younger readers via their traditional libraries through a service called OverDrive. Based in Cleveland, OH, OverDrive supplies 11,000 libraries across the world with eBooks, audiobooks, music and films...

As part of our recent editorial about the upheaval in the manga industry, ComicsAlliance had a chance to speak with some of the most influential tastemakers working at American manga publishers today, and their answers were so frank and informative that we thought they deserved their own feature...

Anime and manga fans will be seeing a lot more of Tokyopop on Hulu starting this summer. The manga publisher's "Spring & Chaos" anime, the live-action "Van Von Hunter," reality show "America's Greatest Otaku," plus a batch of manga motion comics (motion manga?) a...

Headlines regarding digital manga In North America have had a tendency to include the words "piracy" and/or "scanslations" lately, but Tokyopop's recent partnership with digital producer and distributor Zinio.com marks a legitimate step in making material available to more readers in more places...

Quick comics news hits around the web: -- "Whiteout" producer Joel Silver wants to make "Swamp Thing: The Movie"... in 3D. -- The "Batman Beyond" cartoon series is coming back as a comic book miniseries. -- A rundown of the various Marvel deals for movies, toys, video games and themes park, and when they'll expire so Disney can scoop them up...

Tokyopop has announced that starting today, manga readers could kick it serialized style with 'Psy-Comm,' vol. 3 at the publisher's Web site, which means weekly comic book installments on the free. Several other titles will soon follow this exclusive, online-only format in an effort to bring more manga to more readers without the risk of failing in the direct market...

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

Picking up where yesterday's post left off, this is a look at ten books being published in October 2007 that you might otherwise miss. From art school girls to gun-toting library police, there's a little something for everyone to enjoy here ...