NYAF07: Drama Queen
Drama Queen is mainly a yaoi publisher, but they also publish some manhwa and are opening up a line of romance and action (non-BL) manhwa.
So far they’ve just been talking about titles they’ve had for a while, like DVD, Audition, etc., hence the quiet ;) Oh yeah, and Peter Panda, too, which I think is one of the more anticipated of these titles, first of four volumes due out in early ‘08.
Next up: Spam Mail Hunter, about a group that hunts humanoid spam mails. Now THAT’S terrifying.
They do hope to expand this manhwa line to include manga that is not BL, but nothing just yet. They have a deal in the works with “the mothership” (a manga monolith in Japan, apparently), but nothing announceable yet. She mentions VIZ as well– so it’s Shueisha or Shogakukan. Here’s hoping! Yaoi fans would get a kick out of that, because that would open up the possibility of Shueisha/Shogakukan yaoi manga, which VIZ basically has the rights to by default but will never ever publish.
They have more titles licensed than they’re announcing, but they’re waiting until everything is set 100% in stone for when they can get them out. (For those unaware, they’ve had problems in the past getting books out on time with their BL books.)
Oh, and they’re releasing a giant hardcover 5lb artbook for Audition, too. Oof.