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Pilgrim, Exit Wounds Top Second Annual PWCW Critics' Poll

Two very different books about young men at a changing point in their lives topped the Second Annual PWCW Critics' Poll for 2007. Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan and Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together by Bryan Lee O'Malley each received five votes in the poll. Canadian O'Malley used a manga and video game-influenced style to show how one hilarious young slacker learned how to get a job and keep a girlfriend; Israeli Modan used a style with ancestral echoes of Tintin to show the rootlessness of a society often torn apart by the most senseless kind of violence. Together they top a list that's a vivid demonstration of how the mix of "world comics" is coalescing into an artform that has something for almost everyone.

A complete list with selected comments from voters follows.

Top 10 Manga for 2007

In manga, 2007 was the year of re-release and omnibus magic. Tankoubons put on on weight, like Yen Press’s With the Light, and received hard-cover makeovers, such as Tokyopop’s Battle Royale. Viz Media thought big for the comics market with their omnibus re-release of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White, while indy/horror publisher IDW tried getting its feet wet in the manga pool with Umezu’s Reptilia.
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