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!

For those of you agonizing over Yen Press’s New Talent Search, the wait is over.
Our editorial staff sent email notices to those artists who caught our attention this morning, but we thank all of you for sharing your work with us!
If you were not contacted, we hope that creating a short story was a fun experience! Remember that this search has no “winners”—this was an opportunity for us to evaluate and promote young talent. We will not be providing individual feedback for your submissions, but here are a few general things to think about as you continue to develop your skills:
-Practice, practice, practice human anatomy. You can never practice it enough.
-Remember that your storytelling ability is as important as your artistic ability.
-Pay attention to how panel layout, “camera angle,” and text all work together to tell the story in the manga you like to read. What makes a certain scene so compelling? Is it that close-up? Is it the white background? Is it the use of tone? Learn from their work.
If you put the work and effort into it and remain critical of yourself, seeking ways to improve, you just might catch our eye next time around.
Next time?
Yes, next time!
We at Yen Press are eager to help budding artists reach their full potential, and therefore we have decided to make the Yen Press Talent Search an annual event! While we are not announcing the specifics of next year’s guidelines at this time, keep an eye out for the details in YEN PLUS magazine.

Thanks again to everyone who participated!

The zombie apocalypse has begun…and YEN PLUS has been infected! This month, the pages of YEN PLUS are crawling with flesh-hungry undead in the first chapter of Highschool of the Dead! And not just any flesh-hungry undead! These zombies are in FULL COLOR!!! Yen Press is pleased to announce that we will be releasing the full color editions of Daisuke Sato and Shouji Sato’s Highschool of the Dead, just released in Japan on February 25! And you can enjoy the first chapter of Highschool of the Dead‘s five-chapter YEN PLUS run right this very moment! Hurry! Before it’s too late……

If blood and gore isn’t your thing, don’t worry! We have all-new chapters of your YEN PLUS favorites, including new chapters of Gossip Girl! The drama is really heating up now that little J’s exposed B’s secret, but B’s about to return the favor…
There are also new pages from the third volume of K-ON! (look for Volume 2 this month!), Maximum Ride, Witch & Wizard, Yotsuba&!… So check out this month’s YEN PLUS now!

As always, we appreciate your comments and feedback below!

We know that a lot of you are agonizing over the New Talent Search, and though we’d hoped to have gone through all of your short stories by now……
We’re really truly sorry, but we’re going to have to ask you to wait just a bit longer. You put a lot of hard work into your submissions, and we hope you understand that we want go through and read your stories carefully rather than rushing through.
Please bear with us, and thank you for sharing your work with our editors!

There are plenty of fish in the sea. Hopefully you’ve snagged your one true love and are looking forward to a wonderful Valentine’s Day! And by your one true love, I mean YEN PLUS magazine! Captain Aron and his crew of pirates(?) lead off a fleet of brand-new chapters from your favorite YEN series. Plus, we have a special short story from Gossip Girl artist HyeKyung Baek! (GG will be back next month!)

As always, we love to hear what you think! Please share your feedback here and enjoy this month’s issue of YEN PLUS magazine!!!