Pipeline and Sundry: Ekho, Nintendo,and Ythaq-O
Ekho Bounces Back!
A new edition of “Ekho” arrived in French bookstores recently! It’s volume 8. Alessandro Barbucci says on his Instagram that an English release is coming “soon.” I don’t know if that means next week or next month or December. Whatever it is, I look forward to reading it.
In the meantime, I have reviews of the first three volumes up on this site. I need to start filling in some more…
Izneo on Nintendo
It rhymes!
Izneo is available on the Nintendo Switch starting in October! That’s pretty cool. Here’s their promo video on it:
I’m not a big fan of panel-by-panel reading, but (a) I don’t have a Switch, (b) that’s not the only way to read them on a Switch, and (c) this isn’t for me, anyway. I’m the type of comics reader who bought a 12.9″ iPad to read comics on. The Switch app wasn’t made for me. I hope it’s a big success for them, though.
Ythaq Is Still Going
“Ythaq” was one of the books Marvel published in the earlier aughts when it had a Franco-Belgian book line. Three hardcovers came out, then — nothing. Nothing is available in English digitally beyond those initial books, either. I reviewed the first three books, and I did a quick guide to how they’ve been published.
This week, I saw this tweet:
🌑 Les Naufragés d'Ythaq 🌔
Arleston et Adrien Floch ont demandé à Fred Blanchard de les rejoindre sur Ythaq depuis le tome 13, pour renouveler le design des engins et des décors !
Le tome 15 sera en librairie le 26 septembre. pic.twitter.com/1ARJ0uWRwQ— Les Éditions Soleil (@editions_Soleil) September 4, 2018
“Ythaq” is still going, with volume 15 on the way later this month. Artist Fred Blanchard signed on to help out with the design work a couple volumes ago.
We’re now 9 books behind in the series in English, sadly.
Someday….
