The Highwayman Came Waltzing as a Manga
Written on Dec.29, 2011
Some time ago my publisher sold the rights to The Highwayman Came Waltzing to a Japanese Manga Publisher. I’d not seen a copy until I stumbled across it online the other day. I thought you might have fun seeing it in manga form. I’d really like to look inside to see how they translated it into drawings, but so far, I’m having trouble ordering a copy from Japan.
The story is set in Regency England. It’s about a group of impoverished women who play Robin hood to the suffering families on their selfish Uncle’s estate. Hard to imagine that in comic form.
Click this link to view it on the Japanese version of Amazon.
December 30th, 2011 at 5:59 pm
That’s hilarious. I looked on Amazon and all the regency romances have blond/blonde hair. Do the Japanese really like those?
December 30th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
I don’t know. But, yeah, lots of light colored hair. My heroine in the picture has kind of peachy pink hair. In the original novella she’s a brunette.
January 11th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
That is so cool!! I love it. I have a friend who is dating a young man from Japan and she is learning how to speak it. I’ll see if she can help.
January 12th, 2012 at 12:15 am
Oh, that would be awesome!