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North America's First Ever BL Magazine
otakubaybay writes: Iris Print Announces BL Twist: North America's Only Boys' Love Magazine
Redlands, CA, May 24, 2006 - Iris Print, publisher of the Lambda Literary Award finalist novel "A Strong and Sudden Thaw", announced today its plans to publish the first North American boys' love magazine, BL Twist.
The bimonthly print magazine will feature articles, reviews, and news related to the boys' love genre (stories of male/male romance, also known as yaoi or slash), but the magazine's main feature is 100+ pages of serialized comics (manga) and fiction in each issue, with each comic appearing in the form of a 20-25 page "episode" per issue. All stories will contain a strong element of male/male romance in every episode, but the magazine's content will remain appropriate for a 16 and up readership.
The magazine is the first of its kind, not only for its subject matter, but also for its focus on Original English-Language (OEL) manga. "This is an exciting time for boys' love," said Kellie Lynch, publisher of BL Twist. "Yaoi manga's explosive popularity in the U.S. has given rise to a wide range of talented Western creators. We're pleased to be able to showcase some of that talent."
A full-length preview issue of BL Twist will be published in October 2007, and will be available at this year's Yaoi-con in San Francisco. Issue 1 of BL Twist will be published in January 2008.
The magazine's web site launched today at www.bltwist.com.
Redlands, CA, May 24, 2006 - Iris Print, publisher of the Lambda Literary Award finalist novel "A Strong and Sudden Thaw", announced today its plans to publish the first North American boys' love magazine, BL Twist.
The bimonthly print magazine will feature articles, reviews, and news related to the boys' love genre (stories of male/male romance, also known as yaoi or slash), but the magazine's main feature is 100+ pages of serialized comics (manga) and fiction in each issue, with each comic appearing in the form of a 20-25 page "episode" per issue. All stories will contain a strong element of male/male romance in every episode, but the magazine's content will remain appropriate for a 16 and up readership.
The magazine is the first of its kind, not only for its subject matter, but also for its focus on Original English-Language (OEL) manga. "This is an exciting time for boys' love," said Kellie Lynch, publisher of BL Twist. "Yaoi manga's explosive popularity in the U.S. has given rise to a wide range of talented Western creators. We're pleased to be able to showcase some of that talent."
A full-length preview issue of BL Twist will be published in October 2007, and will be available at this year's Yaoi-con in San Francisco. Issue 1 of BL Twist will be published in January 2008.
The magazine's web site launched today at www.bltwist.com.
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» ladybrasa on May 31st, 2007, 5:42am
Wow, I don't read yaoi, but this first BL mag sounds intriguing enough to check out!
» ares6 on May 31st, 2007, 3:34pm
holy cr@p! someone's going to get smite for this!
» ladybrasa on May 31st, 2007, 5:47pm
smite ?? smote? smited?
Well, you know, to check out the quality ... I'm curious about OELs in general ... just one issue ...
Well, you know, to check out the quality ... I'm curious about OELs in general ... just one issue ...
» rosechoice on May 31st, 2007, 11:41pm
.....well everything has it's first time, not a bad idea to give it a try.
» ares6 on June 3rd, 2007, 7:35am
Japan has infected us with BL obsession disorder!!
