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Japanese “Boys’ Love” comics gain popularity in the States.
- A weekend with girls who like boys who like boys:
I spent the last weekend checking out YAOI-Con, which Publishers Weekly says showed that the genre is more than a niche. I had fun, though the two-plus hour commute from the East Bay to the convention hotel in San Mateo limited the time I spent there. There was plenty of cosplay (I can't remember when I last saw so many wigs at a single gathering) including one guy who dressed as a 300 Spartan. (And, yes, he should be seen in public dressed like that.) Unfortunately, it turns out that BL Twist, the anthology magazine from a San Francisco publisher won't be happening after all. Still, I left with a pile of Yamada Yugi books, which should make for some nice escapist reading.
- I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that Fruits Baskets pitch meeting:
Variety asks if it's Tokyopop's turn to be licensing properties to movie studios and includes a list of the publishers top properties. Too bad none of Toykopop's gay-themed properties, like the quirky romance Off*beat, isn't on the list.  - Free to be virtual me:
Overall, the Sims video games have been praised for allowing players a lot of freedom to create a character that's whatever the player wants them to be. Now, the Wii version, My Sims allows even greater freedom by dropping gender restrictions on a character's appearance.
- Harken back to the days when Wonder Woman wanted to be Emma Peel:
DC announced that a collection of Diana Prince: Wonder Woman comics, the run from the relevant era when Diana gave up her powers and the Amazons left for another dimension. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed this sells well enough to justify a second volume that, hopefully, includes Samuel R. Delany's contribution to the era.
- Link of the week:
Want to show off your Dumbledore Pride? Someone's already selling t-shirts for the occasion.
Submitted by on Fri, 2007-11-02 14:02.
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