MangaNEXT: Sit-down with Tran Nguyen of Drama Queen

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

One of the most enjoyable parts of MangaNEXT was meeting the nice people at Drama Queen and seeing their books. I had heard about their high quality, but none of the bookstores around me carry their line. Well, they did not disappoint. I visited the booth with my 12-year-old daughter, so we were quickly whisked away from the 18+ side to look at their new shoujo line. This was a treat, as the titles are really different from anything I’ve seen. Also, it was my first glimpse at manhua, Chinese comics. I’ll have reviews of a couple of titles up in a day or so, but in the meantime, MangaCast has the audio up of our interview with DQ publisher Tran Nguyen.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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One Response to MangaNEXT: Sit-down with Tran Nguyen of Drama Queen

  1. Jack says:
    October 12, 2006 at 7:54 am

    Just like with the Icarus books, if you’re into 18+ books — you don’t want them to feel like dirty back alley print jobs (or treated different than non 18+ books)

    They both have high production values and do a quality publishing job, so their fans should be happy.

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