Today I’m going to ruminate on one of the longest running fantasy mangas.  The title of the work is Berserk and I doubt there’s anyone who has even a moderate level of involvement with the medium who wouldn’t recognize the name instantly. If I were trying to be pithy and smart ass like the majority [...]

I have heard that several people who have attempted to reply to my editor email address via darwinsevolutions.com have been receiving “bounce” messages.   I apologize for the inconvenience. I am uncertain as to what is causing this issue, but please note that you can still use the contact forms here via the blog to get [...]

Screwed up the royalty percentages despite all the head sweat I expended earlier.  I’ve corrected the submission pages and the contracts.  I will also be sending out addendums to the contracts I’ve already issued correcting the percentages. Corrected royalty percentages: 50% author, 20% artist, 30% house.  Royalties accrue after “earn-out” number fixed at release date [...]

Immortal Witch, Pure Hearted Boy, Blood Thirsty Mermaids There is no point in denying that most manga that hits popularity in the States is based on Japanese high school students and various stereotypes thereof.  The classic coming of age tale, in all the various flavors (both tame and tawdry) play out in the crucible of [...]

Well, first off, say goodbye to the old familiar tag line of “A Journal of Speculative Fiction”.  It’s history along with the whole webzine concept.  Instead, Darwin’s Evolutions should best be thought of as an imprint of Evolutions Publishing (which doesn’t have a logo yet.  Sorry.) Moving on, after a significant amount of banging my [...]