There is a new, FREE, weekly-manga magazine being released in Japan this week. According to Daily Mainichi:

“Gumbo will be distributed during busy periods in the morning and afternoon mostly at stations along the Yamanote Line, but will handed out at about 30 stations in the Tokyo area as far as Omiya, Yokohama and Chiba stations.

Gumbo will have 230 pages, about half the number of popular manga books, with around 26 pages devoted to ads. It will also be available free online.”

Ah, the good old ad-based model. :icon_cool:

I actually think this is a good idea, and one that I would also like to see in the states. Imagine free manga available at NYC subway stations or BART and Caltrain stations in San Francisco. Hmmm, maybe I should start a new business……….

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