A Paid Advertisement.  CPM Manga is pleased to announce the release of Comic Party Book 1: Party Time!, which is the only anthology series actually drawn by independent manga artists and gives the reader a glimpse into the madness and mayhem involved in becoming a manga-ka (manga artist).

Can a group of young, borderline-talented artists churn out their independent comics before the big festival?  Will they ever have a hit?  And more importantly, what yaoi couple will they draw?  Find out in the only Comic Party anthology series actually drawn by real independent manga artists!  This collection of short stories about creating manga is an immensely popular and well-known property in Japan.  This 168-page volume features stories and art from some of today's hottest independent manga artists!

Writers and artists: Hakone Odawara, Seneka Wakujyu, Hitomi Umemoto, et al.

Scheduled to ship: 4/14/2004.

Original Manga: Japanese right-to-left format book.

Rating: Age 13 and up.

Digest size: 5' x 7.375'.

Black & White

168 pages

SRP: $9.99

ISBN: 1-58664-918-3

UPC Code: 7-19987-00653-9-00111

Bookland EAN: 978158664918050999

Catalog number: CMX 65301G

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