Worlds Within Worlds...

You know, I was watching G4 today and during the hour-long retrospective of the show G4TV.com (a pretty fun show BTW.. when I manage to catch it) I was pretty surprised when I saw a commercial for Newtype USA magazine. I'd seen the commercial before on their promo DVDs that come with the magazine, but it was quite another matter actually seeing it on TV. Sure, a digital channel for video games isn't quite the same as primetime on a network, but then again it seems like it is the perfect audience to be marketing the product to. Obviously a magazine focusing on animation with subsections on video games, comics, and model-kits isn't the same as a dedicated comic mag, but seriously can you imagine a Wizard commercial on TV? With the combination of Newtype, the Anime Network, DVDs, and manga, ADV is becoming quite the force to be reckoned with..

As an aside, even though there isn't a huge amount of comic coverage in Newtype, usually they have a decent spread of quality stuff mentioned, and probably a lot of people who've never read comics are getting their first exposure in there. I was quite surprised to see an interview with Dave Sim in the last issue...