Happy 30th Birthday To Viz Magazine

This longish article pays tribute to the humor magazine Viz upon what I take is approximately its 30th Birthday. My memory is that Viz had a small but significant presence in a lot of comics shops during its million-plus overall sales heyday. Before that it was an item of cultural otherness -- not to mention really rude and stupid comics of varying quality -- that made isolated stabs into communities through teenagers that discovered it while overseas and brought it with them. At least that's how it initially showed up in my hometown. Anyway, I wanted to post the article because it has a lot of information on how the magazine works now, when it no longer sells as well but seems to have settled into a kind of relatively distinguished second act under the control of involved cartoonists. I'd love to see that kind of thing happen here more frequently, but I'm not holding my breath. Also, not enough people consider the Fat Slags movie when it comes to all-time comics movie failures.
 
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