Yuri Manga
Yet another new Yuri manga from Takemiya Jin is on the way. Fujourina Atashi-tachi (不条理なあたし達) will hit shelves at the end of March. Yahoo!
Kurogane Kenn’s Teacher-student romance Hoshikawa Ginza Yon-choume (星川銀座四丁目 上), from Hirari magazine is getting a new edition. The first volume will be available at the beginning of March.
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Yuri Anime
NTR – Nestuzou Trap is still being sold as a Yuri anime slated for later this year. ANN has details if you’re interested.
ANN has a fun little visit with the oldest active Utena fansite on the internet to celebrate 20 years of Revolutionary Girl Utena. Wow. I guess hitting 20 years of writing about anime and manga, as well. Wow.
Brittany Vincent of Anime Now! takes a look at the lesbian scene in Scum’s Wish.
LGBTQ Comics
Becky Hawkins and Barry Deutsch have teamed up for the 1940’s PoC lesbian superhero comic we’ve all been waiting for, Superbutch! Really, read this one.
Amulet Book is adapting the Lumberjanes comic into a series of illustrated novels, woot!
YNN Correspondent Eric P has written in with most delightful news! The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part 1, the long-awaited graphic novel continuation of the Legend of Korra series will be out in June. And, for once, pun intended. Here is the official description of the book:
Relishing their newfound feelings for each other, Korra and Asami leave the Spirit World . . . but find nothing in Republic City but political hijinks and human vs. spirit conflict!
So, no punches pulled there. ^_^
LGBTQ Comics/Manga Fundraisers
Please help me help the Queers & Comics Conference to bring in LGBTQ comics creators to this amazing and important event. Contribute to the Q&C Conference Travel Fund. I’m asking you to please give this effort a few bucks. There are 2 dozen or so queer artists who need help to get to this event. You’ll have a chance to receive excellent rewards from artists (including a super spiffy Korra x Asami stained glass print poster!) As always, I’m not asking you to do something I won’t, I got myself the Manko Riot t-shirt.^_^ And if you cannot contribute, please share the link widely. Tell as many groups, and lists and pages as you can.
I’ve also donated again to Rica Takashima’s Aliens in New York Project in which she puts on interactive events with her peek-a-boo boards, showcasing the full range of diversity in New York City.
All of the articles, podcasts and people I am following now on resistance issues all agree that you cannot be pulled in a million directions. For sanity’s sake, you have to find something to care about. It dawned on me that as much as I support women’s rights, civil rights and LGBTQ rights and will not stop trying to defend them everywhere I can…the thing I care about is queer comics. I care about our freedom of expression to an obsessive point and I value people on the margins voices above those who speak from power. And I hope, that if you also value queer voices, you’ll help support queer creators, including us here at Okazu. ^_^
YNN Ashley S wants to tell you about this fantstic Kickstarter, Tabula Idem: A Queer Tarot Comic Anthology. The comic anthology has a comic for each of the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck and the reward levels at $35 and over include a full-color printing of the cards.
Other News
The queer and NB folks at Comics Alliance take a look at Comics’ Sexiest Females.
This interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick on her comic book Bitch Planet is well worth reading.
Let’s wrap up today with this lovely new song from the Doubleclicks, “Women Know Math.”
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