In the end, I think certain decisions by DC Comics really hurt CMX to the point where a poor economic environment was enough to close it down. First, there were the obvious issues with censorship, primarily with Tenjho Tenge, that caused a number of all-or-nothing fans to refuse to ever read anything CMX put out. Second, they did seem to have a problem getting the right feel to the books, with the bindings and graphic design. Third, in my opinion, they were far too conservative with where these manga were made available – comic book stores. Sure, some of the shonen series could get some crossover readers, but since the parent company was a comic book powerhouse, I think they failed to realize that half the titles coming out of CMX would not appeal to that audience. Frankly, there are plenty of times when I, as a female, have felt very out of place entering a comic book store. Thinking back, I feel like CMX never had much shelf space at major book retailers and I can’t think of many other places to reach the kinds of readers these series would attract.

In the end, it seems DC isn’t afraid to shut down anything that isn’t making money. Still, it seems they didn’t put in a great deal of effort to make CMX competative either. While there isn’t much for me to buy because I abused TRSI’s studio sales the last two times they had CMX sales, I’m very sorry to see so many series left hanging. Here’s to hoping someone picks them up. (Yen Press? Del Rey? Anyone?)

But unfortunately I tend to find CMX titles in my local "5 dollar bin" which is really sad. Because they put the series in the 5 dollar bin then someone buys the first volume and they don't buy the first volume in again.

Personally I don't like Emma but heck – that's me. But I do enjoy Nanase and the Palette of the 12 secret colours.

It will be sad to see this great company go – I have been wanting to read Swan and Erotica from love for a while now … and I better get it before the comics are defunct.