Erica Friedman, president of Yuricon and ALC Publishing and co-founder
of Onna!, the only anime convention showcasing women's roles in anime
and manga,will be speaking at the September 14th meeting of the
Cartoonist Alliance. The meeting will take place at the Museum of
Modern Comics and Cartoon Art at 594 Broadway, Suite 401 in New York
City.
Friedman has been involved in the anime world for a long time, founding
Yuricon, a celebration of yuri in anime and manga and ALC Publishing,
North America's only publisher of 100% yuri publications. In 2005, she
ran Yuricon in Tokyo, and is co-chairing Onna!, a festival of women's
roles in animation in comics, which will take place October 8-10 in
Newark, New Jersey.
In 2004, ALC Publishing printed the first volume of "Shoujoai ni
Bouken" The Adventures of Yuriko", an illustrated novel, penned by
Friedman and illustrated by Kelli Nicely. At the meeting of the
Cartoonist Alliance, she will speaking on her new novel, ALC
Publishing's efforts to bring yuri manga to the west and the upcoming
Onna! event.
The Cartoonist Alliance is open to cartoonists, comics artists,
animators, illustrators. Their meetings are round table, and organized
around a special Featured Guest. Everyone is welcome, but membership in
the Graphic Artists Guild provides discounts and access to the Squib,
the Guild's newsletter.
To learn more about Yuricon, please visit http://www.yuricon.org
or
email yuricon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
more information on the New York Chapter of the Graphic Artists
Guild, go to: http://newyork.gag.org/.
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