The reason Strongman isn’t in bookstores is because, unfortunately, none of the bookstores chose to order any copies. They’re getting a lot more selective about what they’re carrying lately. (It’s actually not as bad as the bookstores returning most of their ordered copies.) I’m not sure why the ISBN isn’t being recognized; usually Diamond sends the info to Books in Print, but perhaps because there were no orders for it they didn’t do it. We’ll send in the info ourselves, so it should show up soon.

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I see the Slave Labor guys this weekend at Emerald City Comicon (stop by to say hello if anyone’s in Seattle) and will ask them about it.

It’s good to know I could buy “Strongman” at amazon.com, but I’m not yet prepared to pay double price (which it would be including shipping) and hope it will get a normal international distribution eventually.

I’m sorry you weren’t engaged by the book past the first few pages, (even moreso since I wrote it), but as other commenters have mentioned, you do say that you aren’t the target audience. Perhaps at some point you’ll give it another shot – the book goes to unexpected places, and ends up being what a pretty substantial portion of readers/reviewers (everyone who’s finished it, actually) have found it to be an engaging, uplifting read. But not every book is for every reader. No harm, no foul.

Sebastian, the book can be ordered through Amazon here: http://tinyurl.com/cnozlg , or direct from SLG here: http://tinyurl.com/ay3rat . It’s temporarily sold out at Amazon (yay!), but I have been promised by both Amazon and SLG that it’ll be back in stock very soon, if you want to place your order.

Thank you for the interest.

–Charles

And most of the time when people say something like ‘I’m done with this website,’ it either means they’re just gonna lurk from now until they feel the need to snap at something, or just like being dramatic when they don’t have an effect on readership anyways.

If someone told me they didn’t get manga, I’d explain what I saw in it, and if they still weren’t interested, I’d shrug and say “their loss”. I wouldn’t assume that they were putting it down just because their tastes were different. I’d love to hear what you like about it, in the hopes of getting some education on the subject, instead of seeing you throw a hissy and leave.

But if you’re not enjoying the site, yes, there are plenty of other places to read about comics. Better you visit them than continue reading something that obviously frustrates you so much.

“I don’t get the attraction of the masked Mexican wrestler, or luchador. ”

Gee whizz, JDC, that’s ignorant and a half! Some might say they don’t get your (over-the-top) attraction to all things manga, what do you say to that?

Listen, miss high horse, go ahead and patronize one ethnic comics trend over another, we don’t need you to “”get” luchador comics or culture because then it would be way over anyway. Shark officially jumped. Stick to your relevant reviews of played out manga and brain-dead Archie comics, that’s okay with us fans of the real lucha comics (not Strongman, by the way, but then again, I don’t feel inclined to school you) so don’t spoil it for us with your cheap, culturally condescending comments.

As for me, I’m done with this dumb site. And I thought the Beat was vapid. Whoa, nelly! Squeeze this melon and there’s no juice at all, only pits.

have a nice life, bye!