Grotesque Anatomy
Friday, January 09, 2004
  If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
(Or At Least Trick Their Customers Into Mistakenly Buying Your Product)

Graeme reports that an astute Newsarama poster noticed some similarities between the covers for Marvel's "Marvel Age" books and those from another company:
"Wow. For a second I thought I was looking at Tokyopop books. Way to rip off a cover design, Marvel!"
Oh, come on:  I think this is just another typical exaggeration on the part of a Newsarama poster.  The Marvel Age covers look nothing like Tokyopop's cover design:




In other news, Marvel now reports that the name of the imprint will be changed from "Marvel Age" to "Kyotopop."
 
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