To celebrate its one year anniversary, BL news site Yaoi Suki has announced its first-ever birthday bash.

A new manga, Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno, has appeared on Last Gasp's website. Other manga published by Last Gasp include Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa.

Source: AoD

From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for March 2007, which provides information on new U.S. releases for May/June 2007.

The new comic release list for February 14 2007 from ComicList, compiled by MangaCast.

Legendary comic creator Wendy Pini ("ElfQuest") will be appearing at manga publisher Go! Comi's panel at New York Comic Con to announce a major new project, which she describes as "darkly exciting and adult oriented." The panel will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 24th. Wendy will be joined by her husband, Richard Pini, for an autograph session at Go! Comi's booth (#564) at 3:00 PM immediately after the panel.

Broccoli Books is looking for a new Freelance Translator. Also, Go! Comi is currently looking for a Director of Site Engineering.

Source: MangaBlog

According to the latest entry on Vertical's blog:

Vertical is holding a panel on the future of manga, Sunday Feb 25 from 3-4pm. All attendees are automatically entered to win the first four volumes of Buddha and Volume 1 of To Terra...

San Francisco, CA, February 13, 2007 ??? VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that several of its popular anime and manga properties have been named finalists in the inaugural American Anime Awards. Comedy, action, science fiction and children???s titles from VIZ Media's repertoire are all represented on this year's ballot.

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San Jose, CA - February, 2007 DrMaster Publications Inc. and DGN Productions Inc. have officially announced the long-rumored art book: The Art of Yasushi Suzuki. The piece is nearly complete and will ship nationwide this May 2007.

This project is total fan appreciation! Graphic artist and game designer - Yasushi Suzuki has meticulously compiled a stunning cache of his own work history. The Art of Yasushi Suzuki will showcase nearly 100 images, some of which were designed specifically for this event, including art from the video games Ikaruga (Sega), and Sin & Punishment (Nintendo), plus cover art from the Japanese language version of George R.R. Martin's New York Times best selling novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire.

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Broccoli Books is proud to announce the following releases for February 2007:

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