I am extremely pleased to announce that I will be a guest at AnimeNYC on November 18-20, 2022, at the Javits Convention Center!

This is an important event to me. A few years ago I was in the position of reporting on both New York Comic-Con and AnimeNYC for The Comics Beat and, in doing so, I was able to conclude that, as anime and manga go, NYCC was not a great con. In 2018, NYCC moved their “Animefest” to a location a rather long walk away from the main convention center and in 2019, it was a puzzling melange of Renfaire-style goods and random elements with no cohesion.

That same year, BPE, AnimeNYC was everything New York Comic Con was not able to be. I declared AnimeNYC a decisive winner in the anime con wars in NYC.

I love the con, the staff, the other vendors, and I’ve had a great time every year that I’ve attended. Last year felt especially nice as it was the first event I had been to in several years. As a result of all of this – being a guest at this con feels special. 

I’ll have a table in the Artist Alley next to my pal Zack Davisson, where you’ll be able to get signed copies of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga – or bring your copy by and I’ll sign it.  ^_^ I’ll have stickers and postcards and pins as well. I’m participating in two panels: Writing About Japan, with Zack and Abby Denson and the Manga in Libraries Defending Manga panel.

I hope you’ll drop by, by some stuff and let AnimeNYC know that they should have me back next year. ^_^

See you at AnimeNYC!