Collecting manga reviews and news headlines posted on Comics Worth Reading by Johanna Draper Carlson.
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The term "manga" is commonly used to describe comics translated from Japan and published in digest-sized paperback volumes, usually black-and-white and containing from 128-212 pages. In America, the most popular manga publishers are Viz, Tokyopop, and Del Rey. DC Comics also has a manga line called CMX.