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Vertical Titles Make Best Books of 2007 Lists

Vertical — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:01:57 +0000

Ordinarily, we here at Vertical are a shy unassuming lot, quietly content in the knowledge that our books are of the highest quality in both content and packaging. This is said with the utmost humility; a mere reiteration of what is oft said to us from fans and pros alike on a daily basis. Still, we would be remiss not to acknowledge all the wonderful people out there who take the time to enjoy our titles and include them on their year-end “Best of” compilations. So as our way of saying, “Thanks,” we present a list of “Best of 2007” lists on which Vertical’s books appear. Those listings on websites link to those sites and we urge everyone to check out these high-quality sites.

Apollo’s Song – New York magazine’s Best Comics of 2007

Apollo’s Song – Focus Knack magazine’s Top 5 Comics of 2007

Apollo’s Song – Salon.com’s Most Notable Comics of 2007

MW – Seattle Weekly’s Best of the Best of 2007

MW – Publishers Weekly’s Top 10 Manga of 2007

Now You’re One of Us – Fearsmag.com’s Best Books of 2007

To Terra… – About.com’s Top 12 New Must-Read Manga Released in 2007

Recent Vertical Releases Make Holiday Shopping Easy!

Vertical — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:00:46 +0000

Vertical has supplied the perfect gift to you, its loyal readers, this holiday season by releasing a quartet of titles to satisfy the ficklest of friends and family members on your shopping list. Don’t let the anxiety of buying something for that cranky old uncle get to you this year; put down the nose-hair trimmer and send him to Northern Mongaul with Guin and his intrepid band of allies as they flee an army of 12,000 into the treacherous desert wastes of Nospherus with The Guin Saga, Book 1: The Leopard Mask. Disinterested teenagers on your list? Send the girls to outer space with Keiko Takemiya’s galactic epic, Andromeda Stories (Volume 2 is out now!) and transport the boys to Cheironia, where they can drool over bodacious babes and bathe in the barbarian swordplay of The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi, Volume 1. You may be surprised to catch a mumbled, “Thanks!” beneath their seemingly unexcitable miens. Finally, for that engaged, newlywed, or married person on your list there’s Asa Nonami’s Now You’re One of Us, voted one of the best reads of 2007 by fearsmag.com, writing that it “does for marriage what Jaws did for a day at the beach.” So give ’em a gift they won’t return this year… give ’em a heaping healthy dose of Vertical.

Sneak a Peek at Vertical’s Latest Thriller… If You Dare!

Vertical — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:00:41 +0000

Now You’re One of Us won’t be available to the public until December 18, but you can read an exclusive excerpt right now at www.vertical-inc.com/books/nowyoureoneofus. Asa Nonami’s suspense novel about the perfect marriage delivers the kind of hair-standing-on-the-back-of-your-neck creeps rarely experienced in today’s literary gore-fests. I’m getting chills just thinking about it. Warning: newlyweds and engaged couples are advised not to read this book!