Buffy on MySpace

To satisfy a dedicated niche demographic, MySpace has launched a destination dedicated to comic books: Myspace.com/comicbooks will be its official community for manga, graphic novels and comics, the social-networking site announced.

MySpace Comic Books is hoping to attract the comic book fan by offering comic book news, interviews, special features, contests, exclusives and more.

Current contests include "Buffy Changed My Life," which asks fans of the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic to write in, detailing in 250 words or less how the teenaged vampire hunter changed their lives; the winner will be written in as a character in the comic book.

MySpace will also take its positioning to the real world by becoming the main sponsor of this year's New York Comic Con this week. MySpace will host a booth at the event inviting fans to meet face to face and log on to their profiles at the event.