Yaoi Suki (no permalink) has the first news out of Yaoi-Con: 801 Media has licensed Affair, by Shiuko Kano. And make of this what you will:
Additionally, there was rumor that there was another license involving SOMEONE who was at the launch party, and who a big fuss was made over *coughcoughcoughTOKOKAWAIWASTHEREcoughcoughcough*
Special treat for Saturday: Queenie Chan takes a break from penciling volume 3 of The Dreaming to share a beautifully drawn short story with her readers.
Comipress translates an interview with Negima manga-ka Ken Akamatsu. Akamatsu talks about his love of Sailor Moon (“Until I knew it, I was just an ordinary person”), his characters and stories (most of the characters in Negima were created by his assistants) and his work ethic—he works faster than most artists so he can take more breaks.
ChunHyang72 continues her scary manga reviews with a look at manga featuring ghosts and demons.
Naruto is coming to a mall near you. There will be a Ninja Academy, Chakra Challenge, and lots of swag. As if Naruto needs any more promotion. I wish Death Note would come to a mall near me—I’d show up for that.
Meanwhile, Completely Futile reports on the closing of a Japanese bookstore in Illinois. I’m bummed, as my sister lives nearby and I took the kids there once; they bought their first phonebook manga there.
Pop Culture Gadabout reviews Naruto and finds it surprisingly appealing. (Via Precocious Curmudgeon.)
