Laugh and Love With Pokemon X•Y Pocket Comics
Join Chespin and friends and explore Kalos through the pages of a pocket-sized adventure. Laugh at puns and gain the wisdom of thoughtful Pokemon, each featured in their own comic strip.
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Tag: Viz Media
‘The Pokemon Cookbook: Easy & Fun Recipes’ by Maki Kudo
Gotta eat ’em all!
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Clear Some Space for ‘the Art of Castle in the Sky’
‘The Art of Castle in the Sky’ from Viz Media is a gorgeous reprinting of the original Japanese book and is a must for all Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki fans.
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OId and New Nintendo Manga Coming From Viz Media
This October, Viz Media is bringing back Super Mario Adventures! The book will reintroduce us to long-out-of-print comics from ‘Nintendo Power’ in a stunning, full-color graphic novel.
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Hey, Sailor Moon Fans! An Interview With Charlene Ingram of Viz
GeekMom Mel interviews Sailor Moon enthusiast Charlene Ingram, Senior Manager of Animation Marketing at VIZ Media.
Continue ReadingiPad Manga Is Better Than Paper
I’ve been a bit of a skeptic with digital comics, the same way I was with digital books. I like the feel of paper and a book in my hand. I especially like being able to linger over comic art …
Continue ReadingShonen Jump Goes All-Digital in 2012
Shonen Jump, the popular manga anthology geared to teenage boys, will switch to a weekly digital edition beginning in January 2012. The downside: Viz Media is going to phase out the print edition of the monthly Shonen Jump anthology. The last …
Continue ReadingArtists: Viz Wants You for Art for Hope
VIZ media is looking for visual, graphic and manga/comic-inspired artists to submit original work and participate in Art for Hope, a special limited edition digital art book anthology, to be sold through VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App for iOS …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Bleach
This week, I’m turning over the column to my eldest son, age fifteen, because he wanted to talk about Bleach, one of his favorite manga series. Specifically, he wanted to recommend the Bleach Value Pack, Volumes 1-3. I’ll turn the …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Shonen Jump #100
For my kids, Shonen Jump was the gateway to manga. They had watched a boatload of anime on television. So when a subscription to Shonen Jump was available through the Scholastic Book Club, my eldest son talked me into it. He soon …
Continue ReadingViz Media Continues to Add Manga Titles to iPad App
Viz Media, publishers of some of the most popular manga series, launched its free iPad app in December to provide manga titles available for electronic reading. Since then, they’ve slowly been adding not only titles but more volumes of the …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Kurozakuro #1
My eldest son handed me Kurozakuro from a stack of review copies I received from Viz last month. He said it was like a reverse Spider-Man and, after reading it, I think he’s right. Summary: All kind and gentle Mikito …
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