I don’t know how many of you have been following TOKYOPOP’s OEL manga Return to Labyrinth, a sequel to the 1986 Jim Henson Muppet/David Bowie flick (I picked up the first volume and thought it was just okay, especially the art). But I just heard on the Muppet News Flash that TOKYOPOP is now working on an anthology of short stories set in the Labyrinth world.

Now, this is a project I’m much more interested in (I’m wary of sequels, as a general rule). It’ll be a series of one-volume manga, each of which focuses on another character or element of the world. One will even feature the backstory of how Jareth became the Goblin King (created by Jake Forbes, who is writing Return to Labyrinth). Some stories will be prequels, some will be sequels, and some will take place as side stories within the original Labyrinth timeline. I assume it’ll have a collection of different creators, both writers and artists. So this I’m kinda looking forward to.

Posted by gia in Manga, News, Western News • Comments (1)