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Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Albright

Albright — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:22:54 +0000

Besides things like bookstore placement, I think that Yen Plus would be smart to slip in a few pages of ads for their other shoujo-ish titles in the end of the Twilight book to try to entice new visitors to the world of comics to stick around for a while. However, I just flipped through a couple of Yen Press-published volumes I have, and none of them had ads in the back. I think they’re missing a great opportunity if they don’t decide to get in the habit, at least as far as Twilight is concerned. I don’t think anyone would blame them.

Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:20:40 +0000

Let’s hope Borders, etc., has the sense to set up a display of the Twilight manga flanked by similar titles such as “Vampire Knight,” “Millennium Snow,” “Rebirth,” and possibly “Black Bird” (whose male lead is a shapeshifting winged tengu rather than a vampire, but also comes with a pack of supernatural rivals and hangers-on who all take an occasionally unnerving–and, in some cases, would-be blood-drinking–interest in the relatively ordinary human heroine). Otherwise, a lot of the potential crossover readers may just assume that “Twilight” (and possibly “Gossip Girl”) are the only manga that might interest them amidst all the volumes of Cartoon Network tie-in best-sellers like “Naruto” and “Bleach.”

Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Ysabet

Ysabet — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:09:44 +0000

Heh–when I was a kid, my mom gave me the same “no more library books than you can carry” rule. I still managed to bring 97 books home one day, although it was more by relentlessly dragging several bags behind me than by carrying them.

Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:11:38 +0000

I know people are complaining about the lettering (even I think the word balloons look kind of weird) but the character designs are quite pretty & I think it would be foolish to underestimate the potential impact of that, especially for readers who might not have liked the way the movies were cast.

As for the question of serialization… I can see how running it in Yen+ could potentially draw readers into other series, but I also think they’re more likely to get into something they can buy more like a novel. So I’m not sure it’d be all that effective. Keeping in mind, of course, that Yen’s real reasons for not serializing may have more to do with licensing than anything else.

Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Melinda Beasi

Melinda Beasi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:07:03 +0000

That’s a great point, Grant. Hell, at my school, all it would have taken was a couple of the popular girls to pick it up, and it’d suddenly be cool. :D

Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by laurie

laurie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:29:04 +0000

My hope was that they would run the comic in the magazine but its not and add to that from what i’ve heard the work (besides the character illustrations) wasnt done really well and I just dont want that to put off potential new readers.

I also think twilight fans are more compatible then gossip girl. In a perfect world, I’d like both to be in yen+ and even maybe supernatural

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Comment on A Thought on the Twilight GN by Grant

Grant — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:21:24 +0000

“I guess manga was acceptable where you lived? I’d get equally weird looks for reading either, I’m sure. A manga is a “comic.” They carry the same stigma as video games and anime. ”

But this is a HUGE chance for those “comics” to become acceptable. Once an earlier generation picks up on a concept en masse, it can lose the stigma that was applied by the older generation.

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Monday Morning Link-Blogging | Manga Bookshelf — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:41 +0000

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