Tokyopop Press Release.
Published February 14th, 2008
Good old Brigid at the mighty MANGA BLOG has posted up a bit of PR about Tokyopop’s upcoming Princess Ai anthology. And now I see the same PR in a few spots. I’ve been keeping schtum so far, but I guess if the PR is out, I can post it here ^_^
So - here’s what Tokyopop have released:
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Los Angeles, CA (February 12, 2008)― TOKYOPOP, the leader of the global manga revolution, is thrilled to announce the release of Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side. Part of the growing Princess Ai universe of properties, co-created by D.J. Milky and Courtney Love, Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side is a collection of untrue stories, rumors, gossip and bald-faced lies about Princess Ai and her cast of characters. Brought to you by a group of TOKYOPOP’s top manga creators, these 12 all-new spurious stories take a totally twisted view of Princess Ai and her friends!
Who would dare print innuendo and blatant lies about international rock diva Princess Ai? TOKYOPOP would! And who would TOKYOPOP enlist to create such trashy rumors? A group of our hottest global manga creators, including Misaho Kujiradou (Princess Ai trilogy), Steve Buccellato (Battle of the Bands), Ashly Raiti and Irene Flores (Mark of the Succubus), Hans Steinbach (A Midnight Opera), Armand Villavert (Zapt!), Sara Winningham (Pride & Prejudice), Emma Vieceli (Rising Stars of Manga UK), Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch (Van Von Hunter), Erica Reis (Sea Princess Azuri), T Campbell and Amy Mebberson (Divalicious), Che Gilson, Brett Uher and Mara Aum (Dark Moon Diary), Pauro Izaki (Princess Ai of Ai-Land comic strips) and Kim Mi-Kyung (11th Cat for Ice Kunion).
According to TOKYOPOP Editor-in-Chief Rob Tokar, “Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side is another manga first for TOKYOPOP, but considering that Princess Ai has always been a groundbreaking project, ‘unique’ should be expected! Since Ai is an outspoken, outrageous, controversial celebrity (with wings!), it wasn’t hard to find incredible stories from people who love her, hate her and love to hate her.”
Verif-Ai the rumors when TOKYOPOP’s much-anticipated Princess Ai: Rumors from the Other Side arrives in stores nationwide in March 2008!
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I drew a very short story written by the lovely Sarah Winningham. It’s a pity Tokyopop spelled my name wrong in the release, but I guess I can’t blame them…curse my confusing name. hahah. I’ve adjusted in in the text above. ^_^
Anyways, any Ai fans out there should enjoy the collection. I love anthologies in general so can’t wait to see it. ^_^
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But have you seen this years nominations for the Eagle Awards?!? They’re only ccepting nominations for another two weeks, although it doesn’t look like anyone even knows about it.
But it’s not nearly as confusing as booking a table for Expo… I sent a cheque off a fortnight ago & haven’t heard anything. I don’t think I’ve missed the cutoff & it doesn’t look like there are nearly enough Exposants as it is.
Plus the whole manga/comic thing hasn’t been clarified.