They’re Still Talking About Tokyopop

One of the problems with the massive amount of pundit-style writing that's been done about Tokyopop taking certain comics exclusively to their own on-line store is that 1) no one outside the loop really knows what Tokyopop is up to, and 2) there's no guarantee that Tokyopop does, either.

In a way, the writing thus far on this subject reminds me of a lot of discussions from the mid-1990s when every move Marvel made was analyzed in the light of the inevitable debut of a chain of Marvel-only retail shops. That never happened, and we now know that at least a few of Marvel's spectacularly bizarre choices during that era were fueled by different concerns. So with that in mind, only a handful of links this time:

* David Taylor's analysis piece, the most comprehensive and fulsomely sourced to appear since yesterday.
* John Jakala's list of books that will be in the program.
* Simon Jones of Icarus Publishing, who wrote me a nice e-mail.
* Dirk Deppey v. Calvin Reid over in the comments section of Deppey's essay yesterday at TCJ.com.
 
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