OK, I couldn’t resist after I saw this: Pata looks at Del Rey’s Avril Lavigne manga and imagines where this trend is heading. Simon “NSFW” Jones and David Welsh also have comments.
At PWCW, Calvin Reid has a bit more on said Avril Lavigne manga. Also: a preview of the manwha A Kiss for My Prince and, on the front page, a review of the new Tokyopop title by Eric Wight, My Dead Girlfriend.
Meanwhile, Lyle weights in on manga vs. capes:
Manga hasn’t taken away any shelf space that rightfully belongs to DC or Marvel. Those two gave up that shelf space a long time ago. It’s going to take a major change in corporate cutlure — as well as an acknowlegement of their responsibility for their current position — for either publisher to become competitive with manga.
ANN has dates for volume 1’s of five new Del Rey series:
Alive – July 31
Dragon Eye – June 26
Make 5 Wishes – April 10
My Heavenly Hockey Club – May 29
Reformed – October 30
DMP has announced a new title: Heroes are Extinct.
OK, I’m off to buy presents and some nice steaks, the birthday dinner of choice!
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Like Erin (Ninja Consultant) says: Del Rey does have good taste and that’s why most of their catalog is top notch. I’m curious to see this book, I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt before I even read it.
Comments over at The Beat from Joshua Dysart seem to indicate that this was produced for a Japanese cell phone manga company by another US company, who then licensed it to Del Rey. Which I guess makes The Reformed Del Rey’s first company originated OEL if what Hart hints at on his website is right.
Also, I’m intrigued by that A Kiss for My Prince preview. I might have to do a special order for it sometime this month.
The art is definately OEL or global. You can usually tell with a single glance.
People, please stop hating as if you’re forcing to buy it. Manga is a medium, and with any medium there are materials which are not aimed at you. If this route brings in more manga fans and future creators, gosh, more power to them. Remember, reading manga makes the world a better place. :)