After a long, long hiatus, LadyQ posts on the DramaQueen forums that they are back in action:
It has been a very rocky year for DQ, but I’m very happy to let you know first on the forum, that we’re getting back to printing.
The schedule is that we will print 1 book every 6-8 weeks until we pick up again with multiple titles. The first book to arrive in September is Tyrant Falls in Love v01 – FINALLY!!!!
This actually seems a bit odd—11 months until their first title? But the main activity in their forums has been fans clamoring for this book. LadyQ also noted that they are trying to pull together the next issue of the manga anthology Rush. The Boys Next Door bloggers are adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Kudos to Lissa Pattillo for spotting this.
ICv2 interviews Yen Press publishing director Kurt Hassler about parent company Hachette’s decision to fold Yen into its Orbit sci-fi imprint. Kurt’s take: This is an internal move and most people won’t notice the difference—the number of books will stay the same, and even the logo won’t be altered.
David Welsh posts his picks from this week’s new releases at Precocious Curmudgeon.
Frank Santoro writes about Bat-Manga for PWCW.
Deb Aoki hops on the Halloween bandwagon with a list of 13 manga featuring ghosts and zombies.
Khursten is psyched about Naoki Urasawa’s Billy Bat at Otaku Champloo.
The academic journal Mechademia is taking submissions for their next issue. (Via The Comics Reporter.)
The offensively named but otherwise interesting roundtable at ANN takes on fan art and copyright issues.
I am linking to this picture simply because it is awesome.
Reviews: At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh enjoys the “soapy, slightly nasty sister act” that is vol. 1 of Papillon. The Manga Recon crew post a new set of Manga Minis. Leroy Douresseaux looks at vol. 3 of Fairy Cube at The Comic Book Bin. Sabrina reviews vol. 1 of Millennium Snow and Charles Tan checks out vol. 7 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service at Comics Village. Connie keeps on readin’ with posts on vol. 1 of Black Jack (the deluxe hardcover edition), vol. 8 of Sugar Sugar Rune, Hino Horror 11: Gallery of Horrors, and vol. 7 of Monster. Let’s fall asleep looks at Tekkonkinkreet. D.M. Evans reads vol. 1 of Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives at Manga Jouhou. Kris reads Lover’s Pledge, Passionate Theory, and vol. 1 of Kabuki at Manic About Manga. Emily finds a You Higuri manga in Japanese, Ramen Ikaga!?, at Emily’s Random Shoujo Manga Page. Ferdinand reads vol. 1 of Suihelibe! at Prospero’s Manga. Lori Henderson reviews vol. 8 of Hellsing at Manga Xanadu. Michelle Smiht reads vols. 6 and 7 of Ghost Hunt at Soliloquy in Blue. Tiamat’s Disciple checks out vol. 1 of Ballad of a Shinigami. New posts at Active Anime: Rachel Bentham on Total Surrender, Scott Campbell on vol. 11 of D.Gray-Man, and Holly Ellingwood on vol. 1 of Captive Hearts. Julie checks out vol. 13 of Claymore at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Lissa Pattillo reviews vols. 1-3 of Innocent W and likes it a lot better than I did.
Oh, please please please let DQ continue with DVD. That series was unexpectedly awesome.
BTW, I don’t have a news link or anything, but Gunsmith Cats Burst has ended after 51 installments, in the November issue of Kodansha’s Afternoon.
Dramaqueen said in their forum that Tyran falls in Love tome 1 should be out in November 2008.
September was a mistake – probably dramaqueen hoped it would be in September.