The Quest(or) has Ended

Last night, I learned from a pretty reliable source that the local manga/anime magazine Questor is dead.

Apparently, the staff has already been laid off, and the current issue on shelves is the last one. This pretty much puts paid to the possibility of Questor Extreme Mangamania coming out, and which explains why the editor NEVER got back to me.

Yet again, Kunoichi Boy has been banished to the shadows, to wait in secret to fight another day. Oh well.

It was a slow lingering death for the mag, which sadly was on decline ever since their 'relaunch' after being acquired by ABS-CBN Publishing.
With Questor's death, there may be a vacuum of local manga and anime publications- the popular Culture Crash seems to be on an indefinite hiatus as well, with no word on future issues. Will Questor be replaced by another title? Will another publisher take this opportunity to make a mark in the local comic field?

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.