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Browse through any bookstore's graphic novel section and it will look like a tsunami has passed through, blasting the shelves with reams of indistinguishable Japanese manga. Like a red tide, most of it stinks. But some interesting manga flotsam has also washed ashore, strangely, by way of France, Spain and England. Since 2003 a Spanish publisher, Ponent Mon, in collaboration with a U.K. outfit named Fanfare, has published five books in the U.S. as part of a line they call nouvelle manga. They mean to start a new genre and the latest two, "Doing Time" by Kazuichi Hanawa...
...LATEST COVER STORY Mind & Body Happiness Jan. 17, 2004 Past Issues Tsunami Jan. 10, 2004 ----------------- Person of the Year Jan. 3, 2004 ----------------- Secrets of the Nativity Dec. 13, 2004 ----------------- The Stealth Killer Dec. 6, 2004 ----------------- Coolest Inventions Nov. 29, 2004 ----------------- Battle for Fallujah Nov. 22, 2004 ----------------- Four More Years Nov. 15, 2004 ----------------- The Joy Of Sox Nov. 8, 2004 ----------------- The Morning After Nov. 1, 2004 ----------------- The God Gene Oct. 25, 2004 ----------------- The Vote Battle Oct. 18, 2004 ----------------- Visions of Tomorrow Oct. 11, 2004 ----------------- The Tragedy of Sudan Oct. 4, 2004 ----------------- CBS Controversy Sept. 27, 2004 ----------------- America's Border Sept...
...TAKERU (TSUNAMI) KOBAYASHI, 26, title of world hot-dog-eating champion; by gulping down 53-and-a-half hot dogs in 12 minutes; in New York City. Kobayashi broke his own 2002 record by three hot dogs in his fourth consecutive victory at the annual July 4 wiener-eating contest organized by the legendary hot-dog stand Nathan...
...LATEST COVER STORY Mind & Body Happiness Jan. 17, 2004 Past Issues Tsunami Jan. 10, 2004 ----------------- Person of the Year Jan. 3, 2004 ----------------- Secrets of the Nativity Dec. 13, 2004 ----------------- The Stealth Killer Dec. 6, 2004 ----------------- Coolest Inventions Nov. 29, 2004 ----------------- Battle for Fallujah Nov. 22, 2004 ----------------- Four More Years Nov. 15, 2004 ----------------- The Joy Of Sox Nov. 8, 2004 ----------------- The Morning After Nov. 1, 2004 ----------------- The God Gene Oct. 25, 2004 ----------------- The Vote Battle Oct. 18, 2004 ----------------- Visions of Tomorrow Oct. 11, 2004 ----------------- The Tragedy of Sudan Oct. 4, 2004 ----------------- CBS Controversy Sept. 27, 2004 ----------------- America's Border Sept...
...jobs, and ordered that full payments be restored and each of the 35 plaintiffs get €1,000 in damages. The Marseilles decision could unleash a legal tsunami. Around 2,000 of the 265,000 people who have had their assistance cut off have already filed similar litigation in French courts; the first verdicts in these cases are expected early May. With an additional 600,000 jobless expected to see their payments slashed over the next two years, the Marseilles precedent could carry costly consequences. Last year, the state unemployment insurance administration was in the red to the tune...