Digital Manga Announces "In the Walnut"

Press release from Digital Manga Publishing:

In the Walnut (Yaoi)

ISBN: 1569708282
ISBN13: 9781569708286
Publisher: Digital Manga Publishing
Imprint Name: June
Price USD: $12.95
Writer: Toko Kawai
Artist: Toko Kawai
Release Date: January 13, 2010
Size: 6” x 8”
Format: Trade paperback
Page Count: 200
Series Volumes: Oneshot
Recommended Age: Young Adult 16+
Genre: Yaoi, Romance, Love comedy
Summary
What do a gallery owner, Hideo Tanizaki, and a young, naïve filmmaker, Sohei Nakai, have in common? Well, both of them are 24-years-old – that’s a good start. They both graduated from the same art school – that can’t hurt either. The fact that Tanizaki has a perchance for art forgery is just one “minor” difference between the two that Tanizaki hopes to rectify pretty quickly. Under Tanizaki’s influence, Nakai is inducted into the shady world of counterfeit art and black market dealings. However, not all of Tanizaki’s soul has been corrupted by the promise of money and power. With a kind soul, perhaps even these high stake crimes can be put to good use.

Other works by creator:
CUT (DMP: 9781569700433)
Bond(z): (801 Media: 9781934129005)
Just Around The Corner (DMP: 9781934129234) [END]

Marvel Comics and Captain American Don't Enjoy Tea Bagging (An "I Reads You Juniors" Extra)

Apparently... Captain America #602 depicts a crowd of protestors that could be the so-called anti-tax prostestors formerly known as Tea Baggers and now know as the Tea Party Movement.  One of the protestors hold a sign that says "Tea Bag The Libs Before They Tea Bag YOU!"  Ed Brubaker is the writer of that particular issue, and he claims he did not write the offending comment.

Naturally, that caused controversy and Marvel, now owned by Disney, who are run by white men with no balls and who are allegedly mostly Republican, to promise to make sure the offensive image never makes it into future trade paperback and book collections that include Captain America #602.

Rich Johnston has been covering the event:
Marvel to Remove...

Apparently, the controversy began at a right wing blog, Publius Forum, in a posting by Warner Todd Houson.

And you can always count on real journalism from Fox News, even it website.

Waqwaq Vow of the Rose

I read Waqwaq, Vol. 3

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin.

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New Star Wars Comic Book Series, "Knight Errant" Due this Fall

Press release from Dark Horse Comics:

DARK HORSE ANNOUNCES ALL-NEW STAR WARS™ SERIES, KNIGHT ERRANT!

AS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC DRAWS TO A CLOSE, WRITER JOHN JACKSON MILLER MOVES TO AN UNCHARTED CORNER OF THE GALAXY!

Coming off the heels of penning the breakout hit Mass Effect: Redemption and the gripping finale of Knights of the Old Republic, writer John Jackson Miller introduces us to Kerra Holt, a young Jedi who’s about to realize that her role in the galaxy is far more important, and vastly different, than she could have ever imagined.

Set one thousand years before Episode I, in a time referred to as the “Dark Age of the Republic,” this story takes place in an era when the Sith were legion and the Republic was strained to the breaking point, leaving large swaths of the galaxy with no one to turn to. This pivotal time in the history of Star Wars has been largely unexplored, until now.

Additionally, for the first time ever, the writer of this new comics series will also be authoring a novel for Del Rey Books, set in the same era and involving the same cast of characters in an all-new adventure. It’s going to be a unique event for Star Wars, and one that will give fans a whole new perspective on the galaxy.

“There’s such wonderful chaos going on in the galaxy in this period,” said writer John Jackson Miller. “More than a generation before Darth Bane introduced the Rule of Two, Sith Lords are colliding not just with the Republic, but with each other. Kerra’s going to find that good intentions just may not be enough in a galaxy gone mad! This is a wide-open area to explore, and I’m thrilled that Dark Horse and Del Rey have given me this opportunity to do so.”

“With John writing both the comics and the novel, Knight Errant, will be a Star Wars story on a scale we've never undertaken before," said comic-series editor Dave Marshall. “This will be a first-of-its-kind opportunity to introduce the Expanded Universe of the Dark Horse comics to the fans of the Del Rey novels and vice versa!”

With more news in the coming months, look for Star Wars: Knight Errant to arrive on shelves later this fall!