ICv2 reports that Tokyopop is releasing more "cine-manga" based on Disney properties – this time tying into the immensely popular ‘tween-oriented shows Hannah Montana and High School Musical. The HSM volume and the first two HM volumes will debut in September and sell for 8 bucks, well within the price point of their target audiences. Those of us on the other side of the generation gap have absolutely no idea what we’re missing here.
Ghost Rider, based on the Marvel Comics series, dominated the box office this holiday weekend, opening at $44.5 million according to studio estimates. The movie took in over twice as much as its nearest competitor, the Disney movie Bridge to Terabithia, based on the Newberry-award winning book by Katherine Paterson.
This was Hollywood’s biggest opening so far this year, and the best opening weekend ever for comics super-fan Cage, beating his previous $35.1 million debut for National Treasure. This showing bodes well for the movies’ continued association with comic book properties, which are still pleasing audiences despite critics’ misgivings that "the genre" is on the way out.
Someond tell them comics isn’t a genre, it’s a format! Sheesh.
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