Christopher Butcher has his RSS feed working again and the Beat rejoices. Now it is not so easy for us to miss stuff like this, where he reveals the dangers of reviewing OEL:
Itâs funny, but the most difficult thing about reviewing any Tokyopop OEL manga is that you have to be ready for the creator to e-mail you within 12 hours of the review going online. Well the creator⦠or their fans. Itâs easy enough when it comes to North American creators working outside of âglobal mangaâ?; if you write something they just bitch about you on a friends-locked Live Journal post, or send an e-mail cursing your name to a couple of their buddies. This has not been my experience with Tokyopopâs ânot-Japanese-manga-creatorsâ?. The absolute worst example of this happened to my buddy Scott Robins, who was screamed at by (frankly) rabid Peach Fuzz fans for daring to suggest some of the imagery and language used in the book wasnât 100% appropriate for their target audience of âvery youngâ?. Itâs not like Scott doesnât determine such things professionally, every day, at Scholastic Books. To her credit though, Peach Fuzz creator Lindsay Cibos did step in and calm them down after a little while…
Luckily brave Chris faces the danger and reviews FOOL’S GOLD, as well as non-OEL’s KAMPUNG BOY and SHIRTLIFTER in the past few days.
