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DEL REY MANGA NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2009
Keeping one's New Year's resolutions often demands such disagreeable sacrifices; it involves too much "early-to-rise-early-to-bed" and "apple-a-day" virtue. I'm going to keep mine the easy way: I'll do it by reading more manga. Check it out!
Resolutions for 2009
- Renew old friendships: Life these days is so fast-paced and stressful, we sometimes don't take the time we need to nurture our most important relationships. That's why I've resolved to revisit the good old days with my old friend, Negi Springfield and his adorable students, in the super-cool Negima reboot, Negima!? Neo.
- Cook a meal for my friends: Kitchen Princess has loads of great recipes—check out the fancy tea party recipes in Volume 8!—and inspiring lessons on cooking and love!
- Learn more about classic cinema: I'll start with Akira Kurosawa's immortal Seven Samurai—and then read Samurai 7, an awesome manga re-telling of one of the greatest films of all time.
- Master the power of negative thinking: Sure, lots of people resolve to be more optimistic and "look on the bright side of life." Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking, has a different take—on the value of sarcasm, misanthropy, pessimism, and a stylish sense of ennui.
NEW YORK COMIC CON—FEBRUARY 6th-9th!
Past the vast and trackless wastes of Mordor; somewhere north of Winterfell and The Wall in Westeros; beyond the kingdom of the bears in Svalbard, and far from ; and deep in this, the most desolate of winters in New York City—shines one golden beacon: New York Comic Con. Turn left at the lamp-post in Narnia, go straight past the Fortress of Solitude, and never mind the black slush on Tenth Avenue that once was snow: You're almost there, at the Javits Center, for one of the best conventions of the year.
That's right, Del Rey Manga loves its fans so much we'll trek through subzero temperatures and the dreaded "wintry mix" to be there at the Del Rey Manga booth, ready to greet you with the usual heartwarming mix of awesome giveaways and humorous conversation. We hope to see you there!
Del Rey Manga will be set up at booth #1940 & 1941 so stop by if you're at the show. And while you're there, we're expecting you at our panel! Join the Del Rey Manga Happy Fun Time Hullabaloo on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. in room 1A06 for all the news, announcements, and general jocularity you've come to expect from Del Rey Manga—the best dressed bunch in all manga!
Plus, for the prose-lovers among you, we're hosting plenty of events and signings for with your favorite science-fiction and fantasy authors from Del Rey and Spectra. Check out the full list here.
IN THE FLESH BY KOREN SHADMI—LAUNCH PARTY!
Some people fall in love, get married, and thrive in happy relationships—and then there's everybody else. From radical new taletn Koren Shadmi comes a wickedly literate, darkly poetic collection of stories in comics form that exposes with nightmarish clarity the sorrows of love and desire.
On February 6th, this amazing graphic novel by a radical new talent makes its debut.
Please join us at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn, NY on February 13th for Koren Shamdi's book party!
LIBRARIANS LOVE FLIGHT—ONE OF YALSA'S GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS 2009!
We here at Del Rey Manga know that librarians are the comics world's true superheroes. Their devoted support for sequential art is creating future generations of happy comics addicts! This year, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) honored Flight Volume 5, from our sister imprint Villard, by naming it one of their Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009! See the complete list here and update your reading list. And to learn more about the Flight series—gorgeous anthologies of genius work by today's most brilliant young artists—check out the Flight website.
THE WARRIORS—Free Preview!
The seventies has produced more than its fair share of cult classics—and maybe the greatest of them all is Walter Hill's furiously awesome The Warriors. The Warriors is now a comic book series—and you can read a free 10-page preview here.
SAYONARA, ZETSUBOU-SENSEI CONTEST
Ever since the ascendance of our new president, everyone has been running around brandishing, wholly unironically, such once-abandoned terms as "hope" and "change." However, one individual (no, not yours truly, your melancholy and misanthropic manga correspondent), has been completely resistant to this epidemic of hope-a-mania: Zetsubou-sensei, a.k.a. Teacher Despair.
He's the inimitable anti-hero of Koji Kumeta's bleak and black-hearted satire, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking. Already the subject of an addictively depressing/completely hilarious anime, this manga chronicles the efforts of the suicidally depressed Zetsubou-sensei—the Jean-Paul Sartre, the Franz Kafka, the Jon-Cusack-in-Better-Off-Dead of middle school teachers--to crush the hopes and dreams of his innocent, impressionable young students. It's just the dose of depression you need in the darkest depths of winter.
Go to the head of the class with an advance copy of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei. E-mail us, and if you're selected, you'll win an advance copy of the book. There's just one catch: You have to write in and tell us what you think! (Extra credit for bad teenage poetry and overshare-y LJ ramblings.)
Send your emails to delreymanga@randomhouse.com with SAYONARA in the subject line, including your full name and address in the body of the e-mail (NOTE: your personal information will not be used for any purpose other than this contest). Ten (10) lucky winners will be selected at random and will receive a copy of the book when it is published. All submissions must be received by Wednesday, February 23, 2009.
BEN 10 CONTEST WINNERS
It's a New Year—resolve to be a fitter, happier, more productive you…and to win our next contest. The winners of our Ben 10 contest, however, don't need to change a thing—they'll be too busy enjoying their very own copy of our Ben 10 film comic!
- William Daniel (Toledo, OH)
- Joy Kim (San Jose, CA)
- Sheli Hay (Millersville, PA)
- Jennifer Tan (Loveland, OH)
- Mike Reynolds (Aldie, VA)
- Chris Einhaus (Erlanger, KY)
- Jon Chamberlain (Cape Girardeau, MO)
- Sara Fade (Centereach, NY)
- Sarah DiLorenzo (McAlester, OK)
- Seamus Pitchford (Bucksport, ME)
Tricia Narwani
delreymanga@randomhouse.com
IN STORES IN JANUARY!
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Ikki is now a total rock star in the world of Air Trecks. Everyone knows he's the Next Big Thing…and all the adoration is going to his head. Now Ikki's forgetting how he managed to come so far: with the help of his friends in Team Kogarasumaru.
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Gray's old training companion Reitei Lyon is trying to revive a calamity demon, but doing so will make their former master's sacrifice meaningless! Gray is revealed (metaphorically speaking) in this pivotal volume!
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Whether you wish to protect yourself, your newborn, an unrequited love, or a sick sibling, the Hell Girl can help destroy anyone who threatens you. But the price is dear: Both grudge-holders and those they curse are eternally damned.
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With the appearance of stronger Seeds of Chaos, Kazune decides to see what he can learn in the future. But time travel is not so easy, and if something goes wrong, Karin may never see Kazune again!
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Ageha has always lived in the shadow of her popular twin sister, Hana. But with the help of her eccentric and brilliant guidance counselor, Ryûsei, Ageha is turning her life around. Now she's confident and in control . . . and falling for Ryûsei!
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Shinichi has been hiding his true nature from the world: His body has been colonized by an alien being, and now he's half-human, half-alien. The other alien invaders, led by the cruel and beautiful Tamura, have discovered his secret. Shinichi is a threat to their plan to destroy the human race
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The epic battle between the royals comes to a head as Hime faces down her biggest challenge yet: a town filled with the living dead. Dark secrets will be revealed, and when the culprit is put on trial, there can be only one fitting punishment: death.
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The princess has been betrayed and her body sent to Fai's frozen home world of Seresu. In order to follow Sakura, the wrecked remains of the band of travelers must pay their price to the witch. And once they arrive, Fai will have to confront the one he's been fleeing–and the horrific truth of his past!
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The Nakahara mansion is under construction, and the entire gang is being put up at a fancy five-star hotel. Except, of course, for Sunako and Kyohei, who just can't handle living in the lap of luxury. They opt instead for a tiny apartment, but they can barely afford the rent.
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