Viz Funnels Mature Titles Into Line

Various sources are reporting on a press release announcement that Viz Media will push several its more mature, literary titles through something called the Viz Signature line. This includes Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, Takao Saito's Golgo 13, and Naoki Urasawa's Monster. Viz previously used an "Editor's Choice" designation on some books; any special formatting of the Signature books will not include a change from standard size.

Usually I wouldn't notice this kind of thing, but it occurs to me that 1) there's not a whole lot that's been done to gather titles that might appeal to that crowd into a distinct line that would allow them to stand out from the tidal wave of releases, and 2) this may make easier some special treatment in terms of the company protecting itself against parental backlash.

this cover, I take it, is a mock-up
 
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