Good news for yaoi fans: The website for Drama Queen’s global BL anthology, Rush, is up. (Via Love Manga.)
Why do artists hate having their work stolen? Telophase counts the ways on her Tokyopop blog. This is very timely not only because of what goes on on the Tokyopop site, but also because of the Mangaquake incident last week, in which an artist discovered his work on the cover of a small-press magazine.
Simon Jones at Icarus Publishing (warning: top banner NSFW) has some thoughts on the recent ComiPress article about yaoi fans influencing (Japanese) Shonen Jump.
At the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Wilma Jandoc looks at three franchises that have been made into manga: Harlequin romances, Nancy Drew, and Star Trek.
At Comics-and-more, Manga Monday revolves around a title that’s new to me, Alien Nine. And at The Star of Malaysia, reviewer Cheeky Monkey takes on The Enchanter.
The link to Wilma Jandoc’s article wasn’t working, but I was able to find it through a Google search: American fiction franchises adopt manga influences. I didn’t realize that Harlequin was using magenta ink for the interior artwork and dialogue… ugh and double ugh. I hope they’re not substituting hearts for dots over the i’s…
Thanks ChunHyang72. I fixed the link.