Yearly Archives: 2006

Angry kids, new books, more on Yaoi-Con

Best read of the day: At Sporadic Sequential, John Jakala has come up with a new concept: the Reconsideration Review (TM), in which he takes a second look at a book he had previously written off. He’s looking for suggestions, … Continue reading

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PW does Yaoi-Con, and more

At Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Ian Brill and Kai-Ming Cha wrap up Yaoi-Con with a nice article that hits the high points and brings in some tidbits from the panels. Meanwhile, Calvin Reid interviews Jason DeAngelis of Seven Seas about … Continue reading

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Girls in manga, girls with girls in manga

Tomorrow’s my deadline day for paying work, so I don’t have time to go into this right now, but check out the links Pata has dug up at Irresponsible Pictures. One is about maid cafes, the other is a critique … Continue reading

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Monday quickies

If you liked… In this week’s Flipped column, David Welsh takes a look at Ohikkoshi, from Dark Horse, a collection of self-contained stories that may indeed apeal to indie fans. Sweatdrop Studios has two anthologies with a twist: The two … Continue reading

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Yaoi-Con updates: Special coals to Newcastle edition

This is an interesting twist: Anime on DVD reports (no permalink) that DMP announced they would have Japanese manga-ka draw yaoi manga to be released initially in the U.S., with Japanese publishers having the option to license it. That’s how … Continue reading

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Sunday morning links

Ed Chavez is roaming the halls at Yaoi-Con; despite recording over the DramaQueen panel, he has managed to get some news bites and promises audio soon. Also, he got a copy of RUSH and recommends that we all do likewise. … Continue reading

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