According to Heidi, (and the press release she posted) IDW will be dipping its toes into the manga waters with the release of Kazuo Umezu’s Reptilia:
Reptilia, which first frightened Japanese audiences in serial form but now appears as a full-length collection from IDW, tells the story of a hunter who sets out into an infamous swamp, only to perish three days later. As decades pass, his granddaughter Yoko knows little of what happened to him-until terror strikes her village on the anniversary of his death, and she must face the same threat that took his life years before. The graphic novel features an all-new cover from acclaimed illustrator and concept designer Ashley Wood, artist on IDW’s hit B&W horror series Doomed.
As readers of Drifting Classroom know, more Umezu is always reason to celebrate. Let’s hope this does well enough to encourage more Umezu projects.
Update: You can see a preview of the book here.
