Fantagraphics has announced it will debut a manga line this coming September. The first two volumes to be released in partnership with Japanese publisher Shogakukan are Moto Hagio’s A Drunken Dream and Other Stories and Shimura Takako’s Wandering Son. Hagio is considered one of the founders of shōnen-ai – young male gay romance manga, albeit for young girls. Takako’s Wandering Son explores notions of gender identity through Shichi, a boy who wants to be a girl and Yoshino, a girl who wants to be a boy.
This looks exciting! Fantagraphics press release can be read here. Manga-phile Chris Butcher has interesting comments on the news.
Via both Robot 6 and Bleeding Cool .