Breaking news: young American boy draws manga
American manga-ka are being crown in Fremont, CA:
Chris Cogdill took coloring very seriously.
But by age 3, he lost interest in cute coloring books and crayons.
Instead, he created and drew his own comic book character.
Now...
Tezuka’s APOLLO’S SONG from Vertical
YAY! YAY! YAY!
New York-based independent publisher Vertical, Inc. has announced it is publishing its third Osamu Tezuka property in June 2007. Apolloâs Song will be published as a single-volume graphic novel at approximately...
FRUITS BASKET hits 2 million
Tokyopop writes to remind us that Natsuki Takaya's FRUITS BASKET is one of the best selling comics in the world, although just where the 2 million figure comces from isn't quite clear.
TOKYOPOP, the...
American lesbian manga = ALM
AfterEllen.com profiles an American yuri artist, Megan Gedris and her comic YU+ME. The article doesn't actually use the term yuri, so instead of being "girl's love' maybe it is manga-styled lesbian themed comics:
Lesbian-themed comics...
MORE Minx Links
Maybe you are sick of this, but the Minx announcement seems to have capped off a year in which comics' gender issues took center stage in very unexpected ways. One of the interesting side...
The Australian on Tezuka
There's a huge Tezuka exhibit going on in Australia, and we couldn't be more jealous. Luckily it means lot of press coverage of Tezuka like this one. :
Tezuka, who died in 1989, devised many...
Type-casting: guy who plays nerd on TV is a nerd in real life
Masi Oka has become a hero to geeks around the world. Once a mild-mannered effects guy at ILM now he's starring in TV smash HEROES as Hiro, a nerd who gets superpowers. In an...
Oddball movie news: THE TRIPPER, LINDA LINDA LINDA
THE TRIPPER is a horror film whose villain is an axe-wielding former president. It was directed by David Arquette and co-written by Arquette and former comical type Joe Harris (DARKNESS FALLS) which is why...
The Three Act Structure
Chris Butcher has a long important post spinning off from Queenie Chan's comments on making her Tokyopop OEL/OGM THE DREAMING. First quote is from Chan:
âFrom this perspective, it's almost inevitable that "The Dreaming"...
Only in the Bay Area
Crocodile Caucus did us all a big favor by posting the COVER for that big story on yaoi in SF Weekly from a last week.
Hm. Maybe we are right to be scared of...
VIDEO: Smigel does ANIME
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This is sure to be taken down, so watch swiftly! Last weekend's SNL featured a new TV Funhouse by Robert Smigel that spoofed anime via competitive hotdog eating champ Kobayashi. Good stuff....
No slump for Toriyama!
The Honolulu Star Bulletin look at Akira Toriyama's DR. SLUMP. Toriyama is best known for creating the international blockbuster DARGON BALL Z, but his earlier creation, DR. SLUMP, is intelligible to even the more...
