''The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga'' is edited by
ILYA
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah. ...
. The book contains works by a variety of artists. The first book was released in North America by
Running Press
Running Press is an American publishing company and member of the Perseus Books Group. The publisher's offices are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with many of the corporate functions taking place in Perseus' New York City headquarters. I ...
on 3 December 2006. It was licensed by
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Carroll & Graf Publishers was an American publishing company based in New York City, New York, known for publishing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction by both new and established authors, as well as issuing reprints of previously hard-to ...
before it was phased out by parent company,
Perseus Books Group
Perseus Books Group was an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. Perseus acquired the trade publishing division of Addison-Wesley (including the Merloyd Lawrence imprint) in 1997. It was named Publisher of the Ye ...
. The second book was released in the United Kingdom by Constable & Robinson on 25 October 2005. The third book was released in the United Kingdom by Constable & Robinson on 6 November 2008 and in North America by Running Press on 1 December 2008.
Reception
Manga Life's Kelvin Green comments that the "eclectic nature of the book is one of its strengths".
ComicMix's Andrew Wheeler comments on the ''Mammoth Book of Best New Manga'' series about how most of the work are "nearly all British and that none of them are, oh, Japanese" despite having
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
in its title.
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981.
He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magaz ...
comments on the diversity of the works in the second book that are "compiled from as far afield as Sweden and Thailand." Dan Murphy from ''
The Buffalo News
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'' commends the third book for doing "what it sets out to do and serves up a sampler platter of a variety of styles and forms."
References
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Manga anthologies
Books about manga
Running Press books