Manga Shakespeare nominated for a criticized Harvey award

The Young Adult Library Services Association (a part of the American Library Association) have been handing out their prestigious annual awards for 2008, and rather than focus exclusively on traditional written literature, their main categories also include “Great Graphic Novels for Teens“. Naturally, several Japanese manga series (14, to be precise) made the cut, not … Continued

Starting the new year with a bang, a fresh UK “manga” publisher has been set-up in London. The label is called SelfMadeHero and they plan to release (starting in March) “global manga” versions of Shakespeare’s ever enduring Romeo and Juliet (illustrated by Sonia Leong) and Hamlet (illustrated by Emma Vieceli). It’s worth noting that while … Continued

The Daily Mail have posted a positive preview/feature on the wine-tasting manga “Kami No Shizuku” (a.k.a The Drops Of God), which seems to be set for a UK release (no release date provided) courtesy of Manga Shakespeare publisher Self Made Hero. “The ten-volume series sees two brothers given the challenge of locating 12 legendary wines … Continued

On Thursday, 14th of February, SelfMadeHero will be releasing the latest graphic novel in their ‘Manga Shakespeare’ series. Having already published the likes of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (drawn by Sonia Leong) and ‘Hamlet’ (drawn by Emma Vieceli) under this label in the UK, their next release will be Shakespeare’s “romantic comedy” ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, … Continued

We’ve received word that Manchester’s exhibition center (on Level 1 of the venue) will be hosting the “How Manga Took over the World” event. It’s set to run for an impressive 6 months, from 13th March to 27th September 2008, and intends to “educate on some of the first manga artists to be heard of … Continued