Erica’s Autumn Appearance Schedule
New York Comic Con – October 4-7, 2018 New York, NY. I’ll will be working as press, so no panels, but if you catch up, do say hi! Newark Museum Second Sundays — Manga Mania – October 14, 2018, Newark...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Model-chan to Jimi Mane-san, Volume 1 (モデルちゃんと地味マネさん)
Model-chan to Jimi Mane-san, Volume 1(モデルちゃんと地味マネさん) by Taneko, is a collected volume from Comic Yuri Hime‘s Pixiv site. The story is a simple one – top fashion model Yuria has a reputation for being...
View ArticleLGBTQ: Catcher in the Rhyme, Volume 2 (キャッチャー・イン・ザ・ライム)
In Volume 1 of Noboru Segawa’s series about a rap battle club at an all girl’s school, we focused solely on painfully shy Satsuki. In Catcher in the Rhyme, Volume 2 (キャッチャー・イン・ザ・ライム), we spend time...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 22, 2018
Yuri Manga Exciting news for Yuri fans this week! Seven Seas has licensed two new Yuri titles. First up, EVE x EVE by Nagashiro Rouge, as part of their manga for mature audiences line – as I pointed...
View ArticleOtona no Hattatsu Shougai Kamoshirenai!? Manga / おとなの発達障害かもしれない! ?
In 2017, Morishima Akiko-sensei published a comic essay in which she speaks at length about having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Otona no Hattatsu Shougai Kamoshirenai!?...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Goodbye Dystopia, Volume 1 (グッバイ・ディストピア)
I love Goodbye Dystopia (グッバイ・ディストピア) by Hisona. Lovelovelove. Of the manga running in Comic Yuri Hime magazine that I adore, this is by far and away one of the best. It begins with a girl waking up...
View ArticleOkazu Patron Holiday Party Yuri Panel Extravagaza!
Happy New Year! Well, okay, we’re about 3 months early for that, but I want to share with you a limited-time offer we’re running for the Okazu Patreon. If you become a patron or an are currently...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – September 29 2018
Light week this week, I think we need some distraction from the real world…. Yuri Anime Couple of news items on the upcoming Bloom Into You anime – ANN reports that Sentai Filmworks has licensed it,...
View ArticleOkazu Guide to Queer New York Comic Con Panels
This month is going to be nuts for me! First up at this coming weekend is New York Comic Con and this year Anime Expo is running the “Anime Fest” portion of the event. I am, very honestly, skeptical...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Comic Yuri Hime November 2018(コミック百合姫2018年11月号)
One of the things I have enjoyed mostabout the recent cover story is the normality of it all. These two girls are clearly typical(ish) schoolgirl-types – throughout this past year, we have seen them...
View ArticleDNA Doesn’t Tell Us Manga, Volume 1 Guest Review by Day
It’s Guest Review Wednesday again and we sure have a Guest Review for you today! Welcome back Day who know hos their own category, where you can find all their reviews. The stage is yours Day…take it...
View ArticleOkazu at NYCC
I’ll be pounding the (overcrowded, hot) aisles and panel rooms of New York Comic Con this weekend. And, for once, I won’t be there just for Okazu. I’ll be working with the exceptionally talented and...
View ArticleNew York Comic Con 2018 Report
New York Comic Con 2018 was, in all honesty, the best NYCC I have attended. It was also grueling. I feel every single second of my years today. ^_^ This year I did something I have never done before –...
View ArticleLive-Action: Shoujo Kakumei Utena ~Shirokibara no Tsubomi Musical (少女革命ウテナ...
In Spring 2018, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Shoujo Kakumei Utena franchise, a stage play musical was performed in Tokyo. Now the Shoujo Kakumei Utena ~Shirokibara no Tsubomi Musical...
View ArticleGhost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Anthology (English)
This past weekend at NYCC I had the very sincere pleasure of sitting in on the Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Anthology panel featuring Alex de Campi, David Lopez, Genevieve Valentine,...
View ArticleRoid, Volume 1 (ロイド)
In Volume 1 of Roid (ロイド), by Shiroshi, we meet Futagami Yui, a genius android developer, dedicated member of her school robotic club. Due to an attack by a malfunctioning android when she was young,...
View ArticleYuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – October 13, 2018
Yuri Manga Ultra Jump’s Yuri Anthology Yuritora Jump (ユリトラジャンプ~ウルトラジャンプ百合アンソロジー~) is out this week in Japan, and can be ordered by those with Japanese IP access on Kindle. English-language edition of...
View ArticleManga Mania at the Newark Museum Today
Join me today at the Newark Museum for Manga Mania and the Kimono Refashioned Exhibit! I’ll be presenting a short lecture on Osamu Tezuka, Manga, Fashion and Kimono at 2:30 and 4:00 in the...
View ArticleYuri Manga: Shiori o Sagasu Page-tachi, Volume 1 (しおりを探すページたち)
In Kumosuzume’s Shiori o Sagasu Page-tachi, Volume 1, Chitose is a nice kid. She’s not bad in school, and she likes to read. She loves the library, in part because she’s got a thing for the nice older...
View ArticleJook Joint Comic, #1 (English)
The one thing I still love best about cons is the chance to walk through the artist alley and discover original works, speak with artists, and get to see the stuff you might not find in the Dealer’s...
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