I actually enjoyed the novel Gossip Girl (I only read the first). I also thought it was a lot better than the show... And the show is quite good if you want some girliness and to look at pretty people for an hour! But a graphic novel?
New York City-based publisher Yen Press have recently announced that they will be featuring a new monthly manga series based on the popular novels by Cecily von Ziegesar in Yen Plus Magazine.
Rather than adapting the novels or TV series, Yen Press are creating a series of new stories called Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only which will be an "original re-imagination of the girls' senior year focusing on the lives of Blair and Vanessa."
The first installment will be in the January 2011 issue of Yen Plus magazine written and drawn by HyeKyung Baek, creator of another Yen Press / Ice Kunion series - Bring It On!
Firstly, I think Gossip Girl will really suit a manga adaptation. Serena actually looks alot like a manga pin up (Perhaps another Serena?). I actually first become hooked on comics through Sailor Moon! Secondly with Minx's (DC's imprint aimed at teenage girls) being cancelled in 2008, it is obvious publishers need to look at creative and accesible ways to get girls interested in the medium.
I'm intriqued to see if this will be successful!
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