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D&Q, Go! Comi, Tokyopop Schedule Titles
posted on by Mikhail Koulikov
The manga publishers Osamu Tezuka. In the mid-1950s, however, he moved away from Tezuka's influence and originated what became known as the "gekiga" ("dramatic pictures", as opposed to "manga") style of Japanese comics, which generally deals with everyday life. He began working on his massive autobiography, which is set to run to over 800 pages, in the late 1990s.
To date, Drawn and Quarterly has published two collections of Tatsumi's short stories, Good-Bye, is due out in July.
North America's Go! Comi said that its anticipated English 07-Ghost gothic fantasy manga has been pushed forward. Instead of launching in January 2009, the title's first volume should ship by the end of this year. The story centers on an imperial military academy student who discovers that he has an object that allows a god to possess his body. He gets caught in the larger struggle between Verloren, the God of Death, and the “beings of light” sent by Heaven to oppose him: the Seven Ghosts.
Tokyopop formally Dan Jolley and Don Hudson's first volume of a new graphic novel trilogy based on Erin Hunter's bestselling Warriors novels in September.
