Give me 50 cc’s of Tezuka stat!

If you’ve visited the main PCS site, you may have noticed a link to The Comic Book Club, a weekly show hosted by three of NYC’s funniest tights-and-capes fans:
Iron your capes, unplug the Bat Signal and set your decoder rings on awesome: the Comic Book Club is in session! The Comic Book Club is a [...]

Hachette Book Group is to create a new publishing division, comprising two new imprints it launched last year: Orbit, its Science Fiction and Fantasy imprint; and Yen Press, its Manga and Graphic Novel imprint. The new division will take the Orbit name, and will strategically strengthen HBG’s presence in these increasingly vital segments of the [...]

About.Manga’s Deb Aoki nabbed an interview with Elfquest creator Wendy Pini, and it’s well worth reading, even if you’re not planning to read Masque of the Red Death (Go! Comi). Among the comments I found most interesting was her advice for aspiring female comic artists:
Any woman who wants to survive in this business needs to [...]

In honor of Halloween, Tokyopop has loaded its Manga Reader with chapters from several new series with a seasonal theme. Titles include Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, Goth and Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo as well as the more light-hearted Ghost Busters: Ghostbusted and I Luv Halloween: Ultimate Twisted Edition.
And speaking of October 31st, Tokyopop [...]

The gang reviews Gimmick!, Kyo Kara MAOH!, Time Stranger Kyoko and Tomcats.

Over at Good Comics for Kids, No Flying No Tights creator Robin Brenner analyzes the circulation stats for graphic novels in her library system in the metro Boston area. Not surprisingly, manga makes a good showing. Though some best-sellers (Vampire Knight, anyone?) make the cut, you may be surprised to discover which manga was checked [...]

Our eagle-eyed reviewer Sam Kusek directed me to the VIZBlog, where editor Rob McCarthy sings the praises of Eagle: The Making of an American President (Viz). This out-of-print title tells the story of a Japanese-American senator (and Vietnam War vet) who makes a bid for the White House. See any interesting parallels with our current [...]

PCS reviewer Erin Finnegan is one half of the Ninja Consultants, a podcasting pair that talks about anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture. They recently sat down with Vertical’s Ioannis Mentzas to talk about The Guin Saga, one of Japan’s most enduring fantasy franchises. Rumor has it that they also talked about D&D, too…
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Burbank, CA, October 13, 2008 – Following on the heels of a series of standing room-only voice acting workshops at the recent 2008 New York Anime Festival, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original entertainment content, has announced an intensive one-day voice acting workshop taking place at the [...]