Manga Goes Mainstream in US Papers

The Sunday Funnies are getting a manga makeover.

Beginning in January 2006, the Los Angeles Times, Detroit News, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Oregonian and scores of other newspapers from Sarasota to San Jose are featuring TokyoPop's manga winner Peach Fuzz in their Sunday comics sections.

Peach Fuzz tells the story of an unusual pair - Amanda, an enthusiastic but lonely young girl, and Peach, her pet prissy ferret with a royalty complex. The manga series, aimed at readers 9 years and up, was the winning entry in TokyoPop's second Rising Stars of Manga competition.