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The online graphic novel distributor Netcomics.com announced on Wednesday that it will remove "all series from Aurora Publishing, including those under Deux Press and Luv Luv Press imprints," after midnight PDT on April 14. The listed phone numbers of Aurora Publishing, Inc., the American arm of Ohzora Publishing Co., are no longer in service in Torrance, California.

MILWAUKIE, OR – AUGUST 27, 2009 -- In a partnership that will echo through the cosmos, Lucasfilm, THQ Wireless, and Dark Horse Comics will release Star Wars™ comics to the iPhone mobile platform for the first time ever!

The selection of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Vol. 1 – Shipyards of Doom, Star Wars: Empire Vol. 1 – Betrayal and Star Wars: Legacy Vol. 1 – Broken represents three of the most important time periods in the history of the Star Wars galaxy. The three collections will span the time between the Clone Wars era, the Classic era and the distant future.

Star Wars: Empire Vol. 1 – Betrayal is set just weeks before the events of the original film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and follows a faction of disgruntled Imperial Officers attempting to overthrow Emperor Palpatine. But the plot is complicated by the emergence of the bounty hunter Boba Fett and by the loyalty of Darth Vader to his dark master. Betrayal will be released in four chapters, written by Scott Allie and drawn by Brian Horton.

Star Wars: Legacy Vol. 1 – Broken takes place more than a century after the events of Star Wars:

If you're like me and you buy your manga in comic shops you may have to look elsewhere for most of Yen Press's July releases, or ask the store to order them from someone other than Diamond Comics Distributors. Apparently Diamond Comics has cancelled a number of the manga and manhwa solicited in the May Previews.

Brigid of Manga Blog emailed Kurt Hassler and he had this to say:

So far as the Yen titles on this list are concerned, these are not publisher cancelations. These are Previews cancelations which simply means that Diamond for whatever reason has opted not to make these titles available through their service. The books are all still very much being published, and retailers have the option of ordering them directly through Hachette Book Group or through any number of other wholesalers like Ingram or Baker & Taylor.

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