David Taylor does a much better job examining February LCS manga sales than I did, but that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. David also gives an early run-down of manga offerings found in the April edition of Previews, and all I can say is “Ouch.” So much manga, so little cash.
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It’s been a while since I mentioned the MangaTrade Yahoo Group. I’ve made some nice exchanges through it, and I hope others are finding it useful as well. In fact, my latest swap gave me fodder for Monday’s column.
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You still have plenty of time to enter my Gray Horses contest. Details are here.
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The yard has turned into an ornithological singles’ bar, which is always exciting. It’s a painful reminder that the comics creative community has yet to give me the Action Birdwatchers comic I so desire. For shame, comics creative community! I’m telling you… ornithologists will be the new zombies.
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Barnes & Noble is having a sale on selected manga titles, including some new releases from Tokyopop and Viz’s Shojo Beat line. While 30% off still isn’t enough to get me to touch Godchild, I did pick up a copy of Loveless.
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There’s just over a week left to wait for the new Elizabeth Peters novel.
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Speaking of novels, I have a relationship etiquette question. When you give a book as a gift to your life partner, just how long should you wait for said life partner to read it before you commandeer the book for your own enjoyment? I gave mine the latest Amy Tan book for Christmas, and I’m just now getting my hands on it.
Oh, and by the way… can anyone think of a prose or graphic novel that’s used automatic writing as a plot point? (No, not prose or graphic novels that were written on auto-pilot. I can think of plenty of those.)