Found: Style School (Small S U.S. editions) vols. 3 & 4
Carl Horn told a roomful of fans (myself included) as recently as this past September (Patrick Jefferson on ANN has the write-up of the DH panel at AWA)
Dark Horse will also continue to distribute the English translation of Style School. Style School is the alternative United States title for the Japanese magazine Small S (commonly referred to as “SS”, a title that Horn notes harbors inappropriate connotations for its U.S. readership). Style School is a special interest publication geared towards amateur and student artists and features “fairly elaborate double page spreads” of illustrations followed by five or six page breakdowns that describe the details of the creative process. The magazine is currently circulated in both Japanese and English to encourage cross-cultural dialogue. Volume #3 will be available on November 19th.
Of course, I forgot all about these until they crept back into online sales charts this week.
Style School 3 from November, op. cit. supra, and
Style School 4 coming out in March.
Dark Horse has previews up of the first three volumes if you wanted to sneak a peek at what’s inside
And Asukashinsha is accepting submissions: per their website, “We are the Japanese manga illustration magazine [SS]. We receive the application of an illustration from all over the world.” If your Japanese is at least as good as their English I’m sure the two of you will be able to work something out.
