Yaoi, yaoi, yuri, more yaoi

Gia interviews Thuy Duong, the president of the new manga kid on the blog, Yaoi Generation. And she has a quick summary of Yaoi-Con for those who don’t have a lot of time to spend reading the news. The Boys Next Door blog posts the list of new licenses and release dates as well.

If you would rather listen to con reports than read them, check out Japanator’s NYAF podcast.

At About.com, Deb Aoki has more about Digital’s plans to publish doujinshi online at their eManga site.

Erica Friedman rounds up the week’s yuri news at Okazu. And Rob O’Nale interviews Erica at Rob’s Comics Structuralist.

ComiPress interviews Spencer Douglass of Hong Kong’s Fluid Friction Comics.

Lori Henderson looks at two different e-book readers at Manga Xanadu, while Simon Jones has some thoughts on what it takes to succeed (NSFW) at the Icarus Blog.

Contributor Chloe Ferguson introduces herself and lists her top five series at Manga Recon.

Mangapunk invites you to create a monster for their Halloween contest.

Global manga publisher eigoMANGA will be distributing through Ingram Periodicals.

News from Japan: Jump Square magazine is planning a Prince of Tennis tribute manga to be called The Prince of Afterschool. And CoFesta, the Japan International Contents Festival, is going on from now through the 28th.

Reviews: Same Hat takes note of a number of reviews of Tokyo Zombie, including this one in the Daily Yomiuri. And yes, that is impressive. Marine Neira has moved her manga reviews over to her LJ; new this week are vol. 8 of Baby and Me and vols. 11 and 12 of Tail of the Moon. Kiki Van De Camp looks at vol. 3 of Sand Chronicles at Animanga Nation. Lissa Pattillo reviews vol. 4 of Love Is Like a Hurricane and vol. 6 of Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Serviceman at Kuriousity. Leroy Douresseaux checks out vol. 2 of Vampire Kisses: Blood Relatives at The Comic Book Bin. Mangamaniac Julie reviews Just Around the Corner at MangaCast and Make Love & Peace at the Manga Maniac Cafe. Michelle Smith reads vol. 4 of Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind and vols. 1 and 2 of Fairy Tail at Soliloquy in Blue. Erica Friedman takes a look at vol. 6 of Yuri Hime S at Okazu. EvilOmar covers an interesting array of titles in this week’s Midweek Manga Reviews at About Heroes. Connie looks at vol. 1 of Blank Slate, vol. 25 of GetBackers, vol. 1 of Afro Samurai, and vol. 2 of Your and My Secret. Sesho checks out vols. 2, 3, and 4 of Eden: It’s an Endless World and vol. 2 of Arm of Kannon at Sesho’s Anime and Manga Reviews. At Manic About Manga, Kris posts reviews of vol. 1 of Mister Mistress, Make Love and Peace, vol. 1 of Kiss Blue, vol. 2 of Hero Heel, Wild Butterfly, Pretty Poison, vol. 4 of I Shall Never Return, vol. 1 of Future Lovers, vol. 3 of Yakuza In Love, and Real Love. Whew! Over at Manga Widget, Alex Hoffman checks out vol. 1 of Kaze no Hana. Dan Polley reads vol. 9 of Air Gear at Comics Village. Chloe Ferguson gives her take on Too Long at Manga Recon. Excellent quote:

Choosing to read Too Long is a lot like watching a series of student made films: short, overly pretentious, occasionally decent and far too weighed down for their short runtimes.

Bad Jew posts a short, perceptive, and funny bad review of vol. 1 of Mixed Vegetables at Sleep Is For the Weak. Oyceter has a short take on vol. 1 of High School Debut at Sakura of DOOM. Travers C. reads the Goth manga at TaCk’s Pop Culture. Cynthia reviews Two of Hearts and vol. 3 of Yakuza In Love at Boys Next Door. Dave Ferraro reads Blank Slate at Comics-and-More. New reviews at Active Anime: Davey C. Jones on vol. 9 of Hoshin Engi, Margaret Viera on vol. 19 of One Piece, and Holly Ellingwood on vol. 3 of Rosario + Vampire.