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Iris Print / Yaoi Press / Broccoli - Extended |
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Saturday, 28 October 2006 |
This is IT-- the final Yaoi Con post! It's the extended discussion of the Iris/Yaoi Press/Broccoli panels. You can also get some additional info on Iris here.
Title Announcements:
Yaoi Press:
Claim by Le Peruggine (licensed)
The Lily and the Rose by Dany & Dany
Treasure Volume 2 by Studio Kawaii
Iris Print:
Only Words by Tina Anderson
Paintings of You by Chris Delk and Mia Paluzzi
Home on the Range by C.B. Potts and Vitor Negreiro
An unnamed fairy tale/fantasy anthology
Broccoli:
No titles announced yet, but they are having a contest to name their new yaoi imprint.
As usual, our Yaoi Con discussion thread is here.
Iris Print:
The Iris panel was run by editor Kellie Lynch, who opened by reminding the audience that Iris is about "boys love," NOT yaoi-- that is, they are not looking to simply imitate the stuff that comes from Japan.
Kellie introduced the books that they currently have out, Connections, Strong and Sudden Thaw, and When Worlds Collide. She says the company hopes to produce more books next year and also mentioned that future anthologies will probably be more cohesively themed than Connections.
She then showed us art from the upcoming Paintings of You, about a popular artist who is utterly dispassionate about his work, and the man he meets who sees right through him and calls him on it. It looks interesting-- the art, by Chris Delk, is very playful, and the story (by Mia Paluzzi) is pretty appealing too.
More art was shown, this time from Tina Anderson and Caroline Monaco's Only Words, a considerably darker tale set in World War II Poland involving a priest and a Hitler Youth member.
Both titles should be available in the spring.
Also discussed was the graphic novel Home on the Range, written by C.B. Potts and illustrated by Vitor Negriego. We got to see some sketches of the human aid worker, the photographer, and the sherrif who feature in the story, and they hope to have this one out by next Yaoi Con (probably will be released in late September).
Kellie then talked about the upcoming unnamed short story anthology, which is fairy tale / fantasy themed. She hopes for a summer 2007 release. For information on submitting, click here.
The remaining was Q&A, much of which came from what appeared to be aspiring writers and artists. Kellie says that Iris is pretty open about what they're willing to do as long as it involves male/male romance. They are, for example, open to pure smut books, and they are also open to more all-ages books.
For writers: they are happy to look at works that have been previously published, as long as you own the rights to have it published by them. They're always looking, especially for graphic novels and for series, and they could use more illustrators.
Additionally, Iris hopes to finish negotiating with distributors and be regularly distributed by the end of the year.
Yaoi Press:
I'm going to say from the get-go that some of the contents of this panel were apparently colored by a mishap in the dealer's room, so take that for what you will. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page, under all the videos on Sunday...a biased account, but it's an eyewitness. We do not offer any opinions on it at this time. ;P)
The first thing that Yamila Abraham of Yaoi Press announced is Treasure volume 2, by Studio Kawaii, coming out in August.
Next up is the title "The Lily and the Rose," being created by Italian creators Dany&Dany. It is being created specifically for Yaoi Press, unlike the two Dany&Dany titles that YP licensed.
Also licensed is another Italian yaoi called Caim, by Le Peruggine. It's four volumes long originally, but the English-language version will be condensed into 3 volumes, and will have dust jackets.
YP also has the Spanish language rights in the US, and Yamila said that she's interested in potentially translating yaoi for the Hispanic market. However, no specific plans were mentioned.
Yamila also mentioned that YP is negotiating a Japanese title. I didn't write down if this was a license or a title being made specifically for YP, so I'm not sure which at this point...and it's not like she could tell us much about it anyway ;)
YP claimed to be the biggest OEL publisher in the US, and that they were especially growing in terms of licenses from other countries like Italy, Thailand, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain.
Studio Kawaii is a pair of twin sisters from Spain, incidentally. They were at the panel as guests, as was Yishan Li, who is apparently ridiculously fast at turning pages around.
YP's schedule for 2007 is full, but if you're interested in submitting for 2008, look into it around June '07.
Apparently TokyoPop keeps stealing staffers from YP, and Yamila doesn't want to expand the company too much-- she doesn't want to delegate and she wants to be able to read everything that the company pulls out.
She also mentioned being "possessive" of her artists and writers a few times.
They are also handling some licenses TO foreign countries, such as Italian rights to Saihoshi and Stallion, German rights to Stallion, possibly French rights.
Other things that were discussed: a video game, for which no real info could be given yet, a young-adult line (including titles like Zesty and Surge), and the fact that Winter Demon volume 2's art will be done by either Laura "Zel" Carboni or Le Peruggine (volume 1 was done by Studio Kosaru).
Broccoli:
The Broccoli panel started with a brief company overview. They publish manga, they have a DVD division, they make merchandise, etc.
We were shown proof sheets of the upcoming artbook for Juvenile Orion. The artbook is going to be published originally in The US and is being produced for The US market. This manga title is more popular over here.
The panel went onto topics that didn't seem remotely BL, like the World of Disgaea artbook, so we left a bit early. This appears to have been a mistake as we come home to an article from Publisher's Weekly that says "Broccoli Books reaffirmed plans to begin publishing yaoi and may launch a yaoi imprint."
Umm... oops? That will teach us to slip out from panels to actually get some lunch in. They have no licenses to announce yet. Which is good, 'cause we'd feel real dumb if we missed licensing announcements. The new imprint doesn't even have a name yet. How many new companies and imprints is this in just the past 12 months?
We eagerly await more news from Broccoli. They talked about how careful their translations and QC processes are so I am very excited to see yaoi from them. Hopefully, we will actually remember to pay attention to them in the future.
And it looks like Broccoli Books is running a sweet contest to name their new imprint. Two years of free BL? Nice! Go here with your best ideas. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 October 2006 )
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