"I am so excited to know that NBC is continuing to use my music for the upcoming year," shares Krystal Meyers. "The NBC Network is obviously a huge part of the television world so it’s humbling and a little overwhelming to turn on the TV and hear my song as part of that show!"

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MANIC DRIVE brings ministry to Walla Walla

WHIPLASH RECORDS artist MANIC DRIVE visits WALLA WALLA

Cover story: Manic Drive brings ministry of heavy metal
Crunchy Christian | The Christian rockers profess to be more a part of the `counter-culture' than the `Christian sub-culture'

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Realbuzz Studios created the Christian/Inspirational manga category in 2005 with their best-selling teen series Serenity, a break-out hit in the manga community, outselling two-thirds of the titles on the mainstream manga and graphic novel best-seller lists. Previously published by Barbour, Thomas Nelson will simultaneously re-launch the first six Serenity graphic novels in April 2007 and continue the series with four new Serenity volumes in 2008.

Serenity is “a clean, inspiring teen-aged Christian comic done in a hip, contemporary way,” says Stan Lee, co-creator of Spider-man, X-Men, the Hulk, and The Fantastic Four. Acclaimed Young Adult author Melody Carlson praises Serenity’s “action-filled art” and “realistic text” for creating “a fast-paced read.”  

Goofyfoot Gurl, praised as “insanely unique” by Manga Punk, a secular review site for graphic novels, will make its debut splash in September 2007 with the simultaneous publication of the first four volumes.
 
Manga, a form of graphic novels imported from Japan, is one of the fastest growing fiction categories among tween and teen girl readers in North America. Manga enjoyed over $300 million in sales in 2005 and has seen steady double digit growth for the last five years.

“Teen girls are notoriously underserved by the American comic book and graphic novel industry,” explains Allen Arnold, Publisher for Thomas Nelson's WestBow Press. “Realbuzz Studios is on the cutting edge of changing that trend with their award-winning, original English language manga with content that is real, relevant, and from a Christian worldview.”

Faith-based entertainment company Good News Holdings in Sherman Oaks, California is working with both Thomas Nelson and Realbuzz Studios to promote across multiple platforms Serenity and Goofyfoot Gurl. "This is an important moment in the faith-based teen space," says Thom Black, co-founder of Good News Holdings.  "We see this as a wonderful opportunity to coordinate the strengths of Thomas Nelson and Realbuzz into creating popular manga entertainment that is both emotionally satisfying and spiritually uplifting and that translates into the mobile and internet worlds."
 
Realbuzz Studios is based in Los Angeles, California and has been acclaimed as an innovative media content company, developing and creating original stories, art, and media under the guidance of co-founders Buzz Dixon and Marlon Schulman.

This week on Forensics & Faith, best-selling suspense novelist Brandilyn Collins blogged about an informal group of suspense novelists called Sta Akra (Greek for "on the edge") -- she highlights her eight fellow members (including yours truly).