Comments on: Death Jr. to Be Manga

By: James Schee

James Schee — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:31:13 +0000

I find it fascinating that one set of characters can have both a comic and a manga licensed at almost the same time.

Witchblade has a comic, manga and anime at the same time.

Never heard of Death Jr. sounds sort of interesting though.

By: ~chris

~chris — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:15:21 +0000

Death, Jr. was a video game first, so yes it is a “franchise.” I was unaware of that fact (the most recent game console I own is Sega Genesis) until I read the first issue, which I picked up due to my love of Ted Naifeh’s art.

Isn’t Marvel currently putting out American style and manga style versions of some characters?

I like Seven Seas (I wish they’d continue Unearthly), but I’m not fond of the implication that all you have to do is have a manga style, and “the female audience” will lap it up.

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:07:53 +0000

Johanna, Since I am fan of the Death Jr comic, this is great news for me. I have already preordered the second series and will preorder the manga. Thanks for the info.