Are you seeing any differences in the market for manga vs. American, European, or Korean graphic novels?
I think consumers are definitely more open. For years we’ve been publishing OEL: original manga, global manga from creators in North America and around the world. We’re also getting into graphic novels which we’re releasing next year–graphic novels from Europe and Asia; we’re experimenting with full color. Over-all people have been pretty open. We always come from the position that your DNA doesn’t determine whether it’s a manga or not. Some of our original stuff, like Princess Ai, Bizenghast, I Love Halloween, is charting in the top 100 in BookScan, so people are pretty open. Our Warcraft and Starcraft manga has been really embraced. We’re pretty excited about how it’s been received. There’s been a surge in the past few months, primarily Dark Knight and Watchmen related but also Star Wars, in sales of American graphic novels in some channels. Is the attention being devoted there having any impact on manga sales? It’s a great question. Watchmen–I was in a Borders the other day and it
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