Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Girl power: The Chicago Sun-Times looks at two attempts to reach a young, female audience: Marvel's Spider-Girl Digest #1 ("Saved by the Bell with a superhero twist") and Cartoon Network's new Miguzi anime programming block. Here's Marvel's Gui Karyo:

"Simply put, we've taken this approach because of manga. Manga publishers have been able to grow a large audience interested in illustrated fiction and chapter books through sales in bookstores."