Crowdfunding News There are a number of crowdfunding campaigns I wanted to highlight before they wrap up. I know I mentioned this before, but it bears repeating, Hope Nicholson’s The Secret Lives of Geek Girls is all of everything all at once. The contributor list makes my eyes water, in a good way. ^_^ Sparkler Monthly […]
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Yuri Network News (百合ネットワークニュース) – July 4, 2015
Yuri Manga A lot of rebooting, reworking and re-releasing is going on in the Yuri manga world right now. With the dissolution of Hirari and Tsubomi magazines, Ichijinsha has picked up a number of older titles for Kindle-only releases. This means that they are not available to buyers based outside Japan, but it’s darn interesting […]
Yuri Manga: Strawberry Shake (ストロベリーシェイク)
It was the beginning of 2004. The magazine was called Yuri Shimai. The comic was an actual comedy, with physical gags blown way out of proportion. There was an idiot and a doofus and they fell in love, but didn’t realize it. The comedy was manzai-style, with blood and tears and extreme over-reactions to silly jokes. It was […]
Yuri Network News (百合ネットワークニュース) – May 16, 2015
Yuri Manga Hayashiya Shizuru-sensei’s new release of Strawberry Shake. (ストロベリーシェイク) hits the streets this coming week from Young Jump Comics!!!!!1111 Also with a May 18 release date is Love Desu. Short Story Collection (ラブデス。~短期集中連載集~) by Kuzushiro. I love this series and can’t wait to get this. ^_^ Ohzawa Yayoi’s charmingly named 2DK, GPen, Mezamashidokei. (2DK、Gペン、目覚まし時計。) is awaiting […]
Yuri Manga: Renai Manga (レンアイマンガ)
One last book for “low expectations” week but, in this case, to show that having low expectations isn’t always the same as expecting something to be bad. In 2011, I reviewed a book called Renai Manga, by Kodama Naoko, that had been published by Tsubomi Comics. I gave it “a warm fuzzy, comfortable 8” as […]
