Manga, a popular form of Japanese comics, have recently boosted in sales thanks to the mobile market.  According to an article in yesterday's New York Times (which you can read here), a form of art that seemed to be dwindling in popularity has found a popular new means of reaching the consumer--via cell phone.  You could spend hours debating why.  But the facts remain, people are spending less and less time and money on print media, and the publishers are looking for a safe haven to maintain revenue.

Though it hasn't been said what percentage of publishers' profits are a result of the mobile market, critics point out that it likely isn't more than 10%.  A lot of people aren't willing to compromise the format of printed manga where one can view multiple images at once.  On the phone, you can only see one picture at a time.  And while some viewers are excited by the prospect of seeing these comics on an illuminated screen, a number of artists feel gypped because ultimately the detail just isn't all there.