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**ElvenPath** · 2004-02-11, 16:52

Finally, girls are getting their comics back. Having been abandoned by most U.S. comic publishers several decades ago, American girl comic readers have started flocking to shojo manga, the sub-genre of Japanese comics targeted to young females.

Manga comics, printed as cheap, multivolume paperbacks and sold at major bookstores, have ignited graphic-novel sales around the world. In the U.S. last year Manga racked up some $100 million, almost double 2002's sales, according to ICv2, a pop-culture trade publication. The two dominant U.S. publishers of manga, TOKYOPOP and VIZ, will ramp up their 2004 title count to more than 300 between them. Later this year DC Comics plans to launch a manga imprint called CMX.

Shojo manga are a big part of that boom. Read the rest here.

Article written by Andrew D. Arnold, Time magazine's specialist in comics.

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ElvenPath a step away from heaven Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: U.K. London	Drawing In the Gals Finally, girls are getting their comics back. Having been abandoned by most U.S. comic publishers several decades ago, American girl comic readers have started flocking to shojo manga, the sub-genre of Japanese comics targeted to young females. Manga comics, printed as cheap, multivolume paperbacks and sold at major bookstores, have ignited graphic-novel sales around the world. In the U.S. last year Manga racked up some $100 million, almost double 2002's sales, according to ICv2, a pop-culture trade publication. The two dominant U.S. publishers of manga, TOKYOPOP and VIZ, will ramp up their 2004 title count to more than 300 between them. Later this year DC Comics plans to launch a manga imprint called CMX. Shojo manga are a big part of that boom. Read the rest here. Article written by Andrew D. Arnold, Time magazine's specialist in comics. __________________ I want a unicorn.