retired does not mean its dead, just harder to find so you do not get random traffic. Big thing these days is mangagamer towel/nakkid satoko sprite and new story higurashi hou about a deity like hanyuu that wants to be mean to the circle of friendship going on. Kinda sounds like a carebear episode but its a continuation from higurashi outbreak... er I think. I do not follow Visual novel stuff too much.
I am very interested in you helping me with art. Find a Yokoma you would like to draw. You do not have to draw the whole thing, since each story usually can be broken into two or more punchlines.
http://fav.me/d6307ri is a page someone did from Higurashi Yokoma number 16 aka special