DC buys stake in manga publisher; has plans for online comics |
06-18-2007, 09:09 AM
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#1 | | TF: Animated FTW!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 718 | DC buys stake in manga publisher; has plans for online comics
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Publishers Weekly reports that DC Comics has expanded its involvement in manga with an investment in fledgling Japanese publisher Flex Comix, which will create manga for print, the Internet and mobile phones.
According to the PW article, Flex’s original manga will be serialized online and for mobile phones, then collected in print. | Quote:
Give DC some credit, this was a hard name to get. Still, my agents came up with a name, and I have been told DC’s new online editor is Kwanza Johnson. If that name sounds familiar, that’s because Kwanza used to hold a similar position at Marvel circa 2000. You might remember him better under his promotional nome de plume, “Marvel Dog.”
DC is quietly working on something webcomics related. It’s based out of the Creative Services department, possibly as a cover. While nobody is willing to part with specifics, conversations with sources suggest this involves original comics for the web. Additionally, everyone claiming any familiarity with the initiative seems in awe of its scope.
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I suspect that even if it starts with just their manga line that it will be viewed as a test run for their other titles as well. Smallville has already had two online/moblie-phone comic tie-ins. If a 150+ year old institution like the New York Times can continue to discuss going print-free by the end of the decade, maybe we should accept it for comics too.
Personally, I don't mind if they switch off most of their print monthlies. Most, not all, but most of them would do just as well online-only and they'd cut down a few less forests of trees for stuff like the Creature Commandos mini-series. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/15...manga-company/ http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6452445.html http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=26 | 
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