The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Courtesy of a friend, I have now read vols. 1 & 2, and am even more croggled and annoyed by the movie than I was to begin with. And I was pretty damn annoyed.

( Spoilers for both versions. )

deconstructing the SFBC

The SFBC catalogue came, and this time they've added a manga flier. I know very little about manga, but I'm wondering what the SFBC's choices say about their understanding of manga and how they're presenting it to their audience. So I'm asking, since I know there are people reading this who know much much more about manga than I do (::looks at coffee_and_ink::). What do the choice of these eight titles say about the SFBC & manga?

Real Bout High School
Love Hina
Ai Yori Aoshi
Samurai Deeper
Initial D
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Priest
Battle Royale