Archive for the Yuri Monogatari Category


Yuri Manga: Yuri Monogatari 5 (behind the scenes)

June 7th, 2007

I was going to ignore Okazu completely today in lieu of getting some work done, but I decided to make a quicky post instead.

I am in the last stage of the first stage of production on ALC Publishing’s newest 100% Yuri anthology, Yuri Monogatari 5. Cleanup and lettering is done and layout is nearing completion. This weekend, barring disaster, the book goes out to the editors for a first pass. When the corrections come back, I will make changes, then send the completed manuscript to the Senior Editor for another go-over. Then I get it back, take one last looksee, find the typo that somehow got by 4 people (and there is always one – and two more that get by 4 because I don’t catch them either) and then off to the printer for a proof. And then I start eating Rolaids like a snack food. :-)

I can’t show you (yet) sneak peeks for this volume, but let me give you hints on what is to come – over 200 pages of 100% Yuri, drawn by artists and writers from Europe, Japan, and North America.

We have 6 stories by Japanese artists for this volume: Rica Takashima returns once again with the continuing adventures of Rica and Miho and we welcome back Eriko Tadeno, creator of our collection WORKS, with a story about the everyday adventures of two women in love. This year we’re also thrilled to bring you four stories by two of my favorite doujinshi circles, UKOZ and Sakuraike. These vary from apparent endings to barely beginnings, with the trials and tribulations of a Yuri manga artist somewhere in the middle. I have no doubt that you’ll love all of them as much as I do. :-)

We also have stories of love, of loss, of battling rats and fighting vampires, and love young and old.

It’s going to be a great book. We’re trying our very best to have it out for Otakon (where we’ll have a table in the Dealer’s Room and a Yuri Panel on Saturday, more details to come)…well, let’s just say, we’re trying!

I’m going to spend the next few days cracking on the final pages, which means no new posts. Then I am taking a day or two off, because I need a break. *Then* I promise to come back with reviews of the most recent Yuri Hime and more great Yuri anime and manga!

In the meantime, let me throw you at this blog for good art-related reading. If you are planning on becoming a cartoonist or illustrator, why not learn from a professional? John Steventon is someone I learned about because I now work with his wife. But even my brief glance at his blog taught me a bunch. Read it. Tell him Erica sent you. :-)

 





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!.