Viz to Publish Kid Muscle's Adventures
December 2, 2003
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy , with 23 volumes and seven million copies sold in Japan, will be published in English for the first time by Viz Communications.
Due Out in May
November 23, 2003
Tokyopop has announced another new manga series, the space age comedy Mahoromatic , which features art by Bow Ditama and a story by Bunjuro Nakayama.
'Gone Within 5 Years or Less'
November 18, 2003
Ed Sherman of Rising Sun Creations in San Diego, California, saw Steve Bennett's controversial Talk Back on 'The Death of the Pamphlet', and the responses and agrees that the pamphlet format is doomed.
Starting in January
November 17, 2003
Knights of the Zodiac , the American version of the Saint Seiya anime series, is going to get a major push starting in January of 2004.
JLA/Avengers Leads the Pack
January 26, 2004
Sales of comic books sagged in October according to our analysis of rankings supplied by Diamond Comic Distributors.
'Long Live the Pamphlet'
November 13, 2003
John Robinson of Graham Crackers Comics saw the comment from Steve Bennett of Dark Star Books on the death of the pamphlet format for comics, and strongly disagrees.
Demonstrates the Property's Continuing Strength
November 13, 2003
Like the Energizer Bunny, the Dragon Ball property just keeps marching forward, witness the debut of DBGT on Toonami.
Single Issue Hits 540,000 Copies Sold
November 12, 2003
Sales for 'normal' issues of Viz anthology Shonen Jump have increased more than 60% since midyear, increasing from 190,000 to 305,000.
From Viz
November 10, 2003
Hana-Kimi will be exclusive to Waldenbooks from its initial release in February, 2004 through May.
Arrives in Stores on December 3
October 30, 2003
Viz LLC is including an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG card in Shonen Jump, Vol. 2 #1 , which ships to retailers on December 3.