> > > But don't panic just yet, they will continue to print it in TPB 
> > > format, it is only the monthy comics that will end after 
> > the Sora unleashed arc.
> > > 
> > > Dave Ross.
> > > "The geek shall inherit the earth"
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ml-admin@gold.win.jp [mailto:ml-admin@gold.win.jp] On 
> > Behalf Of WhyGog
> > Sent: 22 August 2004 09:10
> > To: megami@usagi.org
> > Subject: [megami:30820] Re: Dark horse to stop printing AMG!
> > 
> > To say I'm speakless is an understatement.  Such news saddens 
> > me greatly.
> > 
> > WhyGog
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Tsunami" <tsunami@jyurai.co.uk>
> > To: "Goddess list (Goddess list)" <megami@ML.usagi.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:14 AM
> > Subject: [megami:30819] Dark horse to stop printing AMG!
> > 
> > 
> 
> From: "Tsunami" <tsunami@jyurai.co.uk>
> Date: 2004/08/22 Sun AM 04:50:33 MDT
> To: <megami@usagi.org>
> Subject: [megami:30821] Re: Dark horse to stop printing AMG!
> 
> Why?
> It means instead of waiting a month at a time, and then only getting our
> lovely goddesses in tiny little amounts, we will have them in large doses.
> The only bad thing I can think of about this, is that the format will be
> smaller, so we will have to squint a bit to see them....
> 

Personally, having the monthly's dropped and a switch to the manga volumes only is
good.  However, the comic books allowed those who got those to see the art in a larger
form (though flipped).

Since manga has basically gone mainstream with bookstores having 2-3 entire shelving
units devoted to manga volumes (sorry, the Japanese names for these volumes is slipping
my still-sleepy mind), Dark Horse need not reply on the comic book market.  I
suspect that they were losing money there.  Why?  Because people were spending money
on the manga volumes.  TokyoPop has been known to release some volumes on a monthly
basis.  So customers would rather get an entire volume every month or two rather
than a single chapter a month. 

At some point, DH may decide to convert AMG to the unflipped format.  I hope if they
do that, they tweak the translations some to remove some domestication that was put
in (eg: removing references that Bell took K1 to a porn theater while she was
under the influence of Urd's love potion).  I'd also like to see all of the Japanese
honorifics put back in, but then I'm just that kind of goober.  ;-P

-ANB