Yearly Archives: 2006

Yaoi-Con update updated

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Yaoi Suki is blogging up a storm at Yaoi-Con. I’ll update this post periodically with licenses, but visit the site as they have lots more. Licenses announced so far (title links are to online stores): DramaQueen Cage of Thornes by … Continue reading →

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Yaoi-Con: Ed’s first update

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Ed Chavez just posted his first podcast from Yaoi-Con.

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The Next Ten—and my Top Ten

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Johanna at Comics Worth Reading gave me a heads-up that she has posted more info from the ICv2 Retailers Guide on how they selected the Top Ten Most Powerful People in Manga. Johanna has some good commentary on their selection … Continue reading →

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Yaoi-Con, Queenie Chan, and more!

Posted on October 21, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

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 … Continue reading →

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Review: Astronaut Elementary

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Astronaut Elementary, volumes 1–3 By David Roman Cryptic Press, not rated $3 per volume About two years ago, both my daughters were really into Nickelodeon magazine, to the point that I had to buy two copies of each issue. When … Continue reading →

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Professors read manga too!

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

Noted academic journal The Kansas City InfoZine has an interesting article about a comics conference at the Library of Congress. Here’s an anecdote from Steve Ridgley, who studies violence in fiction and in particular, the effect of boxing manga on … Continue reading →

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