Comments on: More on manga’s girl appeal http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/09/more-on-mangas-girl-appeal/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: MBunge http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/09/more-on-mangas-girl-appeal/#comment-246940 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:56:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/09/more-on-mangas-girl-appeal/#comment-246940 So, let me get this straight. After all the blather about Manga sales success, it boils down to books that basically sell to the same young audience that used to buy American comics on the newsstand? Ressurrecting the sizable female audience that used to buy comics pre-1970s is still an amazing accomplishment, of course. Mike So, let me get this straight. After all the blather about Manga sales success, it boils down to books that basically sell to the same young audience that used to buy American comics on the newsstand? Ressurrecting the sizable female audience that used to buy comics pre-1970s is still an amazing accomplishment, of course.

Mike

]]> by: Ford MF http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/09/more-on-mangas-girl-appeal/#comment-246008 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:56:38 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/09/more-on-mangas-girl-appeal/#comment-246008 What baffles me is what junk manga is. I've been a book retailer for 12 years, and the one kind of book I absolutely, completely 100% do not get is manga. Seriously, what? When I see the stuff on PW's bestseller lists, or in Ingram's ADVANCE catalogs, I only scratch my head. I've never picked up one that even rose to the level of mediocrity. What baffles me is what junk manga is. I’ve been a book retailer for 12 years, and the one kind of book I absolutely, completely 100% do not get is manga. Seriously, what? When I see the stuff on PW’s bestseller lists, or in Ingram’s ADVANCE catalogs, I only scratch my head. I’ve never picked up one that even rose to the level of mediocrity.

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