Titan To Publish Cowboy Bebop Comic By Dan Watters & Lamar Mathurin
Excited for Cowboy Bebop starring John Cho to hit Netflix this November? Then get ready to be even more excited because Titan has inked a deal with Amazon for some new books based on the Netflix version of the series, including a four issue comic series by Dan Watters and Lamar Mathurin. The deal also includes the right to publish any other fiction and nonfiction based on the series.
Residents Rally To Save Bulgwang Bookstore
When Bulgwang Bookstore, a bookstore in northwestern Seoul, posted a closing notice, residents were quick to take action. Within a day, a petition collected 500 signatures to submit to a local district office demanding that the government help revitalize the area and save the bookshop, which has been in business since 1996. At the time of its opening, it was the only bookstore in the neighborhood, making it a beacon for literacy. The petition swelled to over 1,500 signatures, and now the Korean literary community is showing their support as well.
‘It Was Like I’d Never Done It Before’: How Sally Rooney Wrote Again
Sally Rooney, the author behind the mega-bestsellers Normal People and Conversations with Friends, has a new novel coming out called Beautiful World, Where Are You. In it, she deconstructs her complicated feelings surrounding her fame and the pressure she felt after the success of her first two books and their adaptations. Here, she goes into detail about how difficult she found it to write another novel and how she questioned every element.