The Daily Mainichi reports that publisher Shinchosha will offer an online-only comic geared towards cellphones in Japan.

“Com2″ will contain about 200 pages of cartoons and is geared toward cell phones so readers in tech-savvy, comic-book-crazy Japan can keep up with their favorites on the go.

This kind of stuff has been available in Japan for a while, though this is apparently the first time a manga has ONLY been available online. About a year ago I wrote about U.S. efforts to sell mobile manga. Since I work at a mobile carrier I’m glad to see this kind of stuff is getting more and more attention :icon_cool:

Read the Daily Mainichi article on new mobile manga

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