Comments on: CPM in Trouble? http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-18055 Johanna Sun, 28 May 2006 11:49:16 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-18055 Ed, there are a surprising number of people saying that they're going to run out and buy before they disappear. The outrageous conspiracy part of my brain thinks that if they go into a reorganization as part of bankruptcy instead of closing up, it's not a bad strategy to goose short-term sales. :) Rachel, Tokyopop has had fewer and fewer Japanese series lately, as Viz and Del Rey publish more of them. TP seems to be switching to Korean and OEL. Ed, there are a surprising number of people saying that they’re going to run out and buy before they disappear. The outrageous conspiracy part of my brain thinks that if they go into a reorganization as part of bankruptcy instead of closing up, it’s not a bad strategy to goose short-term sales. :)

Rachel, Tokyopop has had fewer and fewer Japanese series lately, as Viz and Del Rey publish more of them. TP seems to be switching to Korean and OEL.

]]> By: adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » CPM Manga: BANKRUPT? http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17847 adistantsoil.com » Blog Archive » CPM Manga: BANKRUPT? Sun, 28 May 2006 02:59:16 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17847 [...] It’s all over the blogosphere, and Johanna Draper Carlson has a couple of good links. Anime News Network seems to be down though. [...]

[...] It’s all over the blogosphere, and Johanna Draper Carlson has a couple of good links. Anime News Network seems to be down though. [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17816 Rachel Sun, 28 May 2006 02:37:38 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17816 Without CPM, Tokyo Pop will have something of a monopoly on the Japanese section of the graphic novel shelves, won't they? That could potentially be a financial and territorial boon for them, but I am sorely reminded of the last time the comics industry underwent a similar "trimming." Now all we have to show for it is three publishers and one distributor. I hope this isn't the harbinger of a "Big Four" stall-out for the next decade. Without CPM, Tokyo Pop will have something of a monopoly on the Japanese section of the graphic novel shelves, won’t they? That could potentially be a financial and territorial boon for them, but I am sorely reminded of the last time the comics industry underwent a similar “trimming.” Now all we have to show for it is three publishers and one distributor. I hope this isn’t the harbinger of a “Big Four” stall-out for the next decade.

]]> By: Ed Sizemore http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17713 Ed Sizemore Sat, 27 May 2006 23:23:09 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/05/27/cpm-in-trouble/#comment-17713 Johanna, This announcement has me worried to. There are some great anime series licensed by CPM. Now I'm scared I won't be able to get them, if I don't buy them now. Just when it looked like CPM was really getting back into the groove too. Johanna, This announcement has me worried to. There are some great anime series licensed by CPM. Now I’m scared I won’t be able to get them, if I don’t buy them now. Just when it looked like CPM was really getting back into the groove too.

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