Megatokyo Announcement!

Wow, I feel like a reporter being handed a breaking news announcement! (Except for the fact this was announced yesterday; oh well.) Elicia called me up at work and told me to go to Megatokyo's site right then and check Piro's blog. I did and found the huge bombshell that was announced yesterday at the Comic-Con:

DC Comics has acquired the rights to print Megatokyo!

From what I can tell, Fred still owns his characters and all that stuff, but DC will get money from the publishing of his work. A very good deal, considering this isn't usually the way American comic publishers like DC or Marvel operate with their own creators. Kudos to Fred and Megatokyo!

I've posted his site's announcement below:


:: Megatokyo joins CMX ::

Sunday - February 26, 2006
[Piro] - 19:12:00

Recently i've alluded to the fact that i've been busy with some things i couldn't yet talk about. Now that the official announcement has been made at New York Comic Con, i can:
"DC Comic's Manga imprint CMX Acquires publishing rights to Fred Gallagher's Acclaimed Megatokyo Series"

Starting with Volume 4, Megatokyo will be moving to DC comic's manga imprint CMX. In fact, i'm already working on Volume 4, which is slated for release in June.

I'm very excited about joining the CMX family as the first Original English Language manga in the lineup. In talking with the DC / CMX folks, I got a strong sense of commonality between what I wanted to do and where they wanted to go with manga. I feel they have an excellent understanding of what it takes to create the kind of work I want to produce and know that they are going to be very supportive of my efforts.

Megatokyo volume 4 will contain Chapter 5 and 6, of which Chapter 6 is some of my best work to date. The primary extra material in this book will be a revised and expanded version of the short story "Circuity" - the online version of which i feel is way to compressed. At 224 pages, this will be the thickest Megatokyo volume to date.

I did a few quick interviews over the weekend, and the one at the Pulse is already up. It should answer many of your questions. :)

I'm very excited about this opportunity to work with DC / CMX, and i'm looking forward to finally releasing what i believe will be the best Megatokyo volume to date.