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Yuricon & ALC Publishing at MangaNEXT

October 5th, 2007

Yuricon & ALC Publishing, in the usual form of me and my minion(s), will be making an appearance tomorrow, Saturday October 6 at MangaNEXT in Secaucus, NJ.

I and brilliant fanfic writer Adam Jones will be discussing Fanfiction at the unholy hour of 10AM in the Fanfiction Panel.

After that, we will be relaxing in the Artist’s Alley, where will not only have Yuri Monogatari 5 for sale, but also a nice selection of original and parody doujinshi, including some very awesome work by UKOZ, Sakuraike and Office Mono, Tadeno Eriko’s circle. All five artists are featured in Yuri Monogatari 5 and all are genuinely exceptional. (Or I wouldn’t have their doujinshi for sale, would I? lol)

At 5PM, join us for the Yuri Panel, where we will be discussing some of the good, bad and ugly (but mostly the good) Yuri manga available in English and Japanese!

MangaNEXT is the only manga-focused event in the US and it’s run by a terrific group of folks, so drop by and support them (and us!) See you there!





Events: Yurisai Report

October 1st, 2007

Before I finish up Ciao Sorella today, I want to get a quick Yurisai report up for everyone.

It was really fun. That was what I kept hearing from everyone – attendees, vendors, staff, guests. Everyone had a relaxing, fun day, full of good conversation and good Yuri.

I was particularly pleased when one of the Media Blaster guys expressed the belief that thei was the best crowd he’d ever seen for behavior – people were nice, they were not belligerent, everyone did their best to be friendly, etc. etc. I appreciate that more than you can possibly believe.

My staff was awesome. Everyone, you were so terriffic that I can’t possibly thank a few of you because it wouldn’t be fair to everyone else. But, I really do have to thank Sean and Serge, because they did so much, so well – they shouldered the burden of the programming, which is the backbone of a con. I also have to note that a *lot* of the attendees ended up volunteering, which I thought was kind of fun – a few had no choice (friends, what would we do without them?) but a bunch more sure did, and joined us anyway.

The Library looked completely cool all set up, I think. All that Yuri. :-) It’s going to take me days to get it back on the shelves here.

And the Stamp Rally kept people involved in the panels, workshops and video, which was great. I thought that was a cool idea and it seemed to work.

Here’s the one thing I want to say. I think I’m the luckiest con chair in the world -because when I look around at my staff what I see are people who are my dear friends, people I consider family. And that is an amazing feeling. My thanks to every single of you for all your hard work!

Also, thanks to Rica and Althea for being fabulous, each in their own way.

Otsukaresama!





Events:Yurisai Schedule Online

September 25th, 2007

Thanks to Eric’s timely reminder (thank you!) the Yurisai Schedule is now available online. There’s no link to it yet from the Yuricon website – but you can access the Yurisai Schedule directly. Links to it from several pages on the site will go up when I get home.

You may notice that the panels are rather longer than usual – this is not meant to imply that the panels will be longer than usual. LOL

What we’ve done is built in some ease-in and ease-out time for the panels, time for more informal, unstructured discussion to happen, as it always does. Basically, we ddn’t want us all to have to be frenetic about panels starting on time. ~_-

And while we will absolutely be encouraging folks to participate fully in all the kinds of activities we have, (with prizes at the end of the day for people who have managed to – literally – fill their dance card,) we really hope that everyone just has a chance to do a little of everything. Mostly, we hope that everyone has a chance to kick back and chat with other folks who are fans, too. :-)

The goal at Yurisai is to have a relaxing, fun day, with lots of Yuri to enjoy.

So, enjoy!





Last Few Days to Pre-Order and Pre-Reg!

September 2nd, 2007

Just some quickie reminders:

Pre-registration for Yuricon’s 2007 “Yurisai” event closes on September 7.

And Pre-Orders for Yuri Monogatari 5 on the Yuricon Shop will close on September 8. You can still pre-order YM5 on Amazon and Amazon JP through September.





The Countdown to Yuricon’s 2007 "Yurisai" is On!

August 27th, 2007

Quick post today because my brain is exploding.

There are just about ten (10!) days left for Pre-registration to Yuricon’s 2007 “Yurisai” event.

I just boxed up all the manga I’ll be bringing for the Yuri Library…it’s a lot of manga…and even more doujinshi. Some of it has never before been seen in America, some of it will be stuff that you will never see again. (That’s not meant to sound as ominous as it does….lol)

And time is also counting down on the Yurisai” Poster and Fanfiction Contests. Our theme is, quite naturally, “Fairs and Festivals”. We know that you’ll have a great time out our Festival of Lilies, and we want to see your artwork and stories showing our mascots Yuriko and Midori enjoying fairs and festivals too. Ferris Wheels or goldfish scooping, running with the bulls or watching fireworks over a lake – you decide the festival and show or tell us all about it. Check out the submission deadlines on the Yurisai home page.

Get those entries in before the September 7 deadline and we’ll see you at the “Yurisai in 33 days!