Comic Gear is a new manga anthology concept from Hiroyuki (the author of Doujin Work) where everyone working on the magazine will work together in the same studio. Each mangaka can then benefit from the skills & knowledge of others, having their work looked over by all present for their opinion. But Takato Rui is not convinced that this is a good idea, Canned Dogs has translated his thoughts on this matter.

Robot 6 asks Mark Pavia a few questions about Tokyopop's online strategy, but interestingly there's mention of print-on-demand as a possibility for the near future. But for Brandon Graham the future is now as King City returned to retail specialists this month from Image comics. Newsarama has a 9-page preview for anyone who hasn't managed to read it yet