Can you believe this? The nerve of those people! I know that this is a good thing, but the magic of this announcement was ruined by Amazon's listing. In accordance to Vertical's Tumblr page, they were going to announce their ...
| Salvador G-Rodiles |
One of my favorite things about Vertical is they are responsive to their readers. They have a strong social media presence, actively and honestly engaging fans. One key method is their seasonal surveys, which polls readers on...
| Brad Rice |
On Friday, Vertical announced a pair of new titles: Twin Princess, the sequel to Princess Knight, and Helter Skelter. Twin Princess is another piece of the Osamu Tezuka pie that Vertical continues to collect, and should ...
| Brad Rice |
While we're not up at Anime Boston this weekend, we still got word from Vertical that they've licensed Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa. Previously, Tokyopop had held the license for this five-volume set, but since the company went...
| Brad Rice |
[Correction: A few extra stories collectively known as Asumi are included in the Twin Spica release.] Twin Spica is a slice-of-life seinen manga written and illustrated by talented artist Kou Yaginuma. The book tells the...
| Michelle Rodanes |
We've all moved on from the dark days of flipped manga, where manga publishers didn't have enough faith in Americans' ability to learn how to read comics from right-to-left. But even though years have passed since I first got...
| Bob Muir |
With San Diego Comic Con looming in the near future, that means it's time for comic's highest honors: the Eisner Awards. Nominations were recently announced, and Viz leads the manga publisher pack with four nominations, large...
| Brad Rice |
Vertical, Inc. is one of the most interesting manga publishers out there right now. They've put out a lot of manga of the kind that makes you think that the manga industry is much less dependent on the Narutos and Bleaches an...
| Josh Tolentino |
Our favorite boutique manga publishers at Vertical have announced a handful of new titles coming out later this year. First up is Princess Knight, another classic by the "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka. This story of Pr...
| Bob Muir |
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