Archive for the Yuri Monogatari Category


Events: Rica Takashima and ALC at New York Comic Con

February 23rd, 2007

Rica Takashima, creator of fabulous yuri manga Rica’tte Kanji!?” will be joining me to represent ALC Publishing will be at this Saturday and Sunday, 2/24-25, 2007. (Sort of like the opposite of this past Comiket, when I flew out to Tokyo to join her!)

Rica will be there on Saturday to sign copies of Rica ‘tte Kanji!? and Yuri Monogatari 4 (for which Rica contributed “More Rica ‘tte Kanji!?”). I’ll be there both days, ready and willing to sign copies of Shoujoai ni Bouken and Yuri Monogatari 4 (for which I wrote “Playing House”.)

Rica and I will be joining the likes of Alison Bechdel, Allen Neuwirth, Ivan Velez, Jr. and Abby Denson at the Prism Comics booth in the Artist Alley – Table A134.

I really hope that you’ll join Rica and I to meet and greet some of the G/L/B/T folks working in the comics industry as a whole – and writing for us, in specific! it’s going to be a great time. Don’t miss it!





Events: New York Comic Con Update!

January 18th, 2007

Sorry, have a brutal headache tonight, so no review, but I do have GREAT news to share!

To remind you of the previous announcement:

ALC Publishing, the world’s only all-yuri publisher, is pleased to announce that they will be part of the Prism Comics table at the New York Comic Con being held at Jacob Javits Center in New York City on February 24-25, 2007.

Well, as soon as I posted that, I got an email from Yuri mangaka Rica Takashima who, by means of the serendipity that rules the Yuricon portion of my life, will be in New York City that very weekend! Rica will be one of the featured creators at the Prism Comics table – probably on Saturday, we haven’t yet gotten the specifics on when she will be coming.

So here’s a big chance to get your copy of Yuri Monoagtari 4 and Rica ‘tte Kanji!? autographed by Yuri manga artist, scalliwag and all-around terrific person, Rica Takashima.

As soon as I get names of the other featured artists who will be joining us, you can be sure that I’ll let you know. In the meantime, if you are at all interested in lesbian comics, Yuri manga/doujinshi, or just want to be with a great group of people, be sure to stop by the Prism Comics table!





Events: ALC Publishing at New York Comic Con!

January 16th, 2007

ALC Publishing, the world’s only all-Yuri publisher, is pleased to announce that they will be part of the Prism Comics table at the New York Comic Con being held at Jacob Javits Center in New York City on February 24-25, 2007.

Prism Comics is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) creators in the comics industry.

The folks at Prism are really great, so if you’re planning on being at NYCC, I REALLY hope you’ll drop by the Prism Comics table, pick up 100% yuri from ALC and support the other LGBT comic artists and publishers at the table. This is a great chance to support not only yuri, but many other terrific LGBT artists who are out there doing amazing work.

This event will be the American premiere of Yuri Monogatari 4!

ALC will be there on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24-25. We’ll see you there!





Yuri Manga: Yuri Monogatari to Premiere at Winter Comiket

December 26th, 2006

Yuricon and ALC Publishing are once again proud to announce that they will have a table at the world’s largest comic market, Comiket. We will be premiering our newest 100% yuri title, Yuri Monogatari 4, and for the first time, two of the creators for this issue will be sitting at the Yuricon table. ;-)

You can find Rica Takashima, of Rica ‘tte Kanji!? fame, and myself (who with Kelli Nicely, contributed a story to this issue called “Playing House”) at our table in the West Hall, Row “Yo,” Table 37a. For a fuller list of Yuri Doujinshi circles that will be attending this Comiket, take a look at the Small Call List of Comiket 71 Yuri Doujinshi Circles. The site and the circle’s pages are, yes, in Japanese. Please do not bother being shocked – manga and doujinshi are, after, all Japanese art forms.

I am not sure what kind of computer access I will have while I am in Japan, but if I can, I will certainly post my experiences as I throw as much money as I can at the Japanese economy. Expect the usual mix of bizarre geekiness and extreme paganism. ^_^

I *will* be bringing some good doujinshi home with me to sell at Yuricon’s 2007 “Yurisai” Event, so you too can share in the pleasure of reading really decent Yuri doujinshi by really decent people.

In the meantime, if you can’t join us at Comiket, you can, at least, enjoy “More Rica ‘tte Kanji!?” by Rica Takashima, “Ichigo-hime” by Akiko Morishima and the other great stories in Yuri Monogatari 4 by getting it from the Yuricon Shop, or ordering it at your local comic book, book store or Amazon!.





Yuri Manga Anthology "Yuri Monogatari 4" to Premiere at Comiket

November 30th, 2006

ALC Publishing, the world’s only publisher of 100% yuri will be premiering yuri manga anthology, Yuri Monogatari 4, at the world’s largest comic market, Comiket, in Tokyo on December 31, in West Hall, Row “Yo” Table 37a. This is ALC Publishing’s fifth appearance at Comiket – the only American manga publishing company to have a table at this event.

Yuri Monogatari 4, which is available online at the Yuricon shop and for pre-order on Amazon.com, features stories by Akiko Morishima, Althea Keaton, Kristina Kolhi, and Tomomi Nakasora. And we’re proud to announce the English-language debut of the sequel to Rica Takashima’s best-selling title, “Rica ‘tte Kanji!?,” “More Rica ‘tte Kanji!?” Rica Takashima will be at the “Yuricon” table for autographs.

ALC Publishing was founded in 2003 to create and disseminate high-quality yuri manga to the worldwide English speaking audience. ALC is a division of Yuricon, a celebration of yuri and shoujoai in anime and manga.

For more information on ALC Publishing’s 100% yuri publications or on Yuricon, please visit our website at http://www.anilesbocon.com or email us at [email protected]