Cecily von Ziegesar’s forthcoming GOSSIP GIRL, PSYCHO KILLER (Poppy, 10/3/2011, 978-0-316-18509-7) is a gruesome and hilarious take on her iconic novel GOSSIP GIRL wherein the infamous socialites are reimagined as serial killers. To promote the release of the novel this October, artist HyeKyung Baek — who adapted and illustrated the GOSSIP GIRL: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY manga series — has created a special 22-page digital comic book preview of the book for fans. You can get it now in the Yen Press App on itunes! Visit the itunes store to download.

Yen Press is thrilled to announce that it is working on a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Rice’s classic Interview with the Vampire! With art and adaptation by Ashley Marie Witter, Interview with the Vampire: Claudia’s Story will recount the events of the original novel through the eyes of the young vampire cursed with her fathers’ dark gift. This single volume graphic adaptation is slated for a Fall 2012 release, and you can find out more by checking out Publisher’s Weekly’s account of the project here: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/48028-rice-s-interview-with-the-vampire-goes-graphic.html

Straighten your glassicals and ready your parasols. Miss Alexia Tarabotti is making her debut in this month’s YEN PLUS! You may be a werewolf, but that is simply no cause for rude behavior, and being a vampire is hardly an excuse for a disheveled cravat. Gail Carriger’s Soulless is set in an alternate Victorian London in which vampires and werewolves have been accepted into high society. Alexia Tarabotti is neither vampire nor werewolf nor any other sort of supernatural. She is preternatural: soulless. This makes her a particular threat to the immortal set, who don’t fancy the soul sucker’s mortalizing touch one bit, and Alexia’s life of tea and biscuits is constantly being interrupted by all sorts of trouble. Artist Rem has beautifully captured the characters of Gail Carriger’s bestselling “Parasol Protectorate” series: from Lord Maccon, head of the Bureau of Unnatural Registry and Alpha of the local werewolf pack, to Lord Akeldama, a flamboyant vampire with a flair for fashion and for uncovering the secrets of London’s supernatural set! We hope you enjoy the latest addition to YEN PLUS! Please let us know what you think!

This month is also the last of our five-part preview of the Highschool of the Dead Color Omnibus! If you haven’t feasted your eyes upon the lovely girls and horrific undead of Daisuke Sato and Shouji Sato’s hit series, remastered here in full color, now is your last chance to sneak a peek before the color omnibus comes out in November of this year! The color omnibus will collect the first four volumes of the manga into a single oversized hardcover edition. It’s going to be massive! Massively awesome!

Be sure to check out all of your favorite series in this month’s YEN PLUS! Yotsuba&!, Maximum Ride, K-ON!, and the final chapter of the main story of Gossip Girl! Thanks for reading!

Panel: Friday, July 22 @ 6:30 in Room 8
Come in Black Butler, Soul Eater, or Soulless cosplay!!!

BOOTH #1116

It’s hard to believe that in just over a week, the Yen Press team will be packing up and heading out to San Diego for Comic-Con International! Be sure to visit us in BOOTH #1116 to meet the crew and snag some free stuff! (We’re listed under Hachette Book Group in the guide.)

And! Be sure to mark your schedules for the Yen Press panel at 6:30 on Friday night in Room 8. What better way to end your day than with new series announcements, Q&A, and, of course, more giveaways! For those of you who like to cosplay, come to the panel in Black Butler, Soul Eater, or Soulless costume for your chance to win an extra-special present!

We hope to see you there!

The new YEN PLUS is up, and summer is ON! This month’s issue is packed with all the action, drama, and fun of your favorite YEN series! Now, Jack Frost wasn’t about to let those Highschool of the Dead girls hog all the bloody guts and glory on the B side, so Jack is back with his own brand of butt-kicking on side A! We’ve missed that little terror!
Take a moment to admire this month’s cover, featuring cover art from Volume 2 of DANIEL X the manga (in stores next month!) before you dive into all-new chapters of Daniel X, Witch & Wizard, K-ON!, Yotsuba&!, and the rest of the YEN PLUS lineup!

As always, thank you for reading! We hope you enjoy this month’s issue!
For those of you still wondering about the talent search of last fall, please click here to read editor JuYoun Lee’s response.

…October 11, 2011…

For those of you who have been dying to see Bella and Edward reunited across the covers of Twilight: The Graphic Novel, wait no longer. Yen Press is pleased to announce the second installment of the graphic adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight novel will be in stores October 11th of this year! Young Kim’s stunning black and white illustrations with color pages interspersed throughout will take even veteran Twilight fans’ breath away. Look for it this fall!

It’s a full house in this month’s issue of YEN PLUS! Queen B is back on top and she’ll stop at nothing to reclaim her king, Nate! Max (and Max) and the Flock are swooping in with an all-new chapter you won’t want to miss! Plus action-packed chapters of Witch & Wizard, newcomer The Innocent, and full-color Highschool of the Dead! And! If you haven’t hit your local bookstore these past few weeks, be sure to look for the collected editions of Maximum Ride Vol. 4, Highschool of the Dead Vol. 2, and Jack Frost Vol. 6!

As always, let us know what you think of YEN PLUS’s latest in the comments below!

On Saturday May 7 (TOMORROW!!!) comic book shops around the country will be distributing FREE COMICS to everyone who walks through their doors! CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE!

Among the many other super-cool things going on tomorrow, you can pick up your FREE copy of the first chapter of James Patterson’s WITCH & WIZARD manga with art by Svetlana Chmakova of Nightschool fame! Meet Whit and Wisty, teenage siblings who are roused one morning by a squadron of armed police with an arrest warrant. The charges? Whit and Wisty are accused of being a witch and a wizard! The charges seem absurd…until the agitated Wisty inexplicably bursts into flame… As their powers develop, so does their will to fight against the iron-fisted government of The New Order!

We know that “FREE” is everyone’s favorite four-letter “F” word, so make sure you stop by your local comic book shop and check out what’s new in the world of comics!

CLICK HERE FOR SKETCHES FROM THE UPCOMING ADAPTATION OF SOULLESS!
At Comic-Con last year, Yen Press announced that we would be releasing an adaptation of Gail Carriger’s bestselling Soulless novels, a Victorian-era adventure featuring vampires, werewolves, and parasols. Today, we are pleased to give you a glimpse of what is to come! Starting today, Gail Carriger will be posting new character sketches to her blog every other Monday for the next two months! The Soulless manga adaptation is being illustrated by Rem whose work you may recognize from the Vampire Kisses manga. We are thrilled to have Rem working on this project, and we think you will be pleased to see her lovely renditions of Miss Alexia Tarabotti, whose lack of a soul does not damper her love of fine tea and treacle tart; Lord Maccon, head of the Bureau of Unnatural Registry and Alpha of the local werewolf pack; and Lord Akeldama, a flamboyant vampire with a flair for fashion and for uncovering the secrets of London’s supernatural set!
Enjoy!

Springtime is here! Trees are budding, flowers are blooming, and new series are popping up in the pages of YEN PLUS! Please join us in welcoming The Innocent to Side B of this month’s mag, with story by entertainment giant Avi Arad and Junichi Fujisaku and art by YaSung Ko!
After he is wrongly executed for crimes he did not commit, a former detective is given a second chance at life by the Committee. Infused with the power to manipulate the ashes which are all that remain of his mortal form, Johnny (now Ash) is sent to prevent the wrongful deaths of others unjustly accused in life. His “mentor” in this venture, Angel, is less than thrilled to be working with a human, especially one as impure as Ash…and Ash doesn’t seem too keen on following the Committee’s directives either… If you like action and mystery, be sure to check out The Innocent this month in YEN PLUS!
So much new stuff going on here at Yen Press! But don’t worry, there are still great new chapters of all your old favorites in this month’s issue! Witch & Wizard, Yotsuba&!, K-ON!, and let’s not forget those colorful zombies in Highschool of the Dead!
For those of you who entered the New Talent Search, please check out editor JuYoun’s letter for her comments about the Search!
As always, please leave your feedback here! Let us know what you think of the new additions to YEN PLUS!