The End of Shojo Beat? – Update rumor confirmed
Oh man, this rumor sucks – Shojo Beat Ending » Comics Worth Reading.
Update - rumor has been confirmed.
Is it true? Is Shojo Beat ceasing publication in July???? First I can’t get my subscription to Yen Plus to come nor can I get anyone at Yen Press to respond and now Shojo Beat is leaving?
I wonder what the rationale is. Considering that most of the shojo titles that land on the NYT Graphic Books bestseller list are SB series you would think they would really try to keep the magazine going. Are times this tough?
Does anyone know of any campaign to save the shojo?
The other thing that bothers me is that, according to the blog post, I’ll get Shonen Jump for the duration of my subscription. Ummm, I didn’t sign up for SJ. I don’t WANT SJ. There is absolutely nothing of interest (besides maaaayyyybeee Bleach) in there.
Now I’m off to try and get someone to talk to me about my Yen Plus subscription….again.
UPDATE – in case you care, apparently I was supposed to have gotten my first issue Yen Plus issue this month but I didn’t…grrr. Anyway, July’s issue is supposed to be here by June. We’ll see. I left a snarky comment on their blog which I now feel kind of bad about…
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While it has a website, it’s not an online magazine. You have to subscribe. I figure once the magazine goes away they will just highlight the new manga on Viz’s main page.
i don’t know if this will work but it’s worth a try
‘bring shojo beat back’
sign the petition:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/bring-shojo-beat-back.html
Well, I know the publishing world has been hit really hard by the economic downturn. Publishing houses are cutting titles left and right. Heard through the grapevine that Borders will be closing soon, and that Barnes and Noble has drastically reduced its inventory, meaning the vast majority of their inventory is already on the shelves in their stores.
I’m assuming Shojo Beat will remain as an online resource?