Romance Novels and Manga Collide!
Huh, I was just on Blog@ and saw something interesting.
Apparently author Christine Feehan wrote a manga?
I don't particularly care for her work (I'm not much for romance novels) but my mother's a huge fan. How weird. And apparently Sherrilyn Kenyon's got one too.
Then again, there's a fair bit of crossover appeal between romance novels and romance manga anyway, I'd bet. Especially the kind of vampire/supernatural sorts of romance. And since the romance novel audience skews a little higher age-wise, I think, than the manga reading female audience, this could be a really good way to expand the comic book reading audience.
I don't really know how my mom feels about manga art style, but it might be worth picking her up a copy. It IS the holiday season after all...
Apparently author Christine Feehan wrote a manga?
I don't particularly care for her work (I'm not much for romance novels) but my mother's a huge fan. How weird. And apparently Sherrilyn Kenyon's got one too.
Then again, there's a fair bit of crossover appeal between romance novels and romance manga anyway, I'd bet. Especially the kind of vampire/supernatural sorts of romance. And since the romance novel audience skews a little higher age-wise, I think, than the manga reading female audience, this could be a really good way to expand the comic book reading audience.
I don't really know how my mom feels about manga art style, but it might be worth picking her up a copy. It IS the holiday season after all...
2 Comments:
At November 29, 2007 10:09 AM, SallyP said…
My mind is officially boggled.
At November 29, 2007 11:25 AM, Will Staples said…
I actually saw several volumes of Japanese-drawn manga based on Diamond romance novels once. Threw me for a loop.
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