I have no solution for this besides continuing to not shut up about doujinshi so hopefully more people make em and highlighting shops that do cater to doujinshi/individual consumer printing

Thinking on the mixam printing situation but we truly lack high quality, small run, low turnaround book printers in NA that do everything in house. I only know of one off the top of my head. when I say small run I'm talking under 30 books

anyways. time to switch to Keness for printing comics from here on out, i suppose. god damn www.keness.com

heads up for those printing with Mixam

the illustrious IRIS JAY@irisjaycomics.bsky.social · 7d ago

really incredibly funny how Mixam's new "inappropriate content levels" feature is essentially just... three totally perfunctory levels and then a fourth that slaps a thick-ass upcharge on ALL pornography. Okay

New doujinshi events are popping up left and right!! My oomf is involved in running this one go check it out NOWWWW

fai@faiell.bsky.social · last wk.

one week left to apply. this is an excellent chance to try your hand at doujinshi - happening next to an established anime con (ALA) with a low, non-prohibitive table cost ($30), and rules around doujin-exclusivity! link: forms.gle/hhrb9Ffzs6bY1P… website: mmm.yaoi.city

this too is doujinshi culture

fai@faiell.bsky.social · last wk.

yesterday was the heated rivalry fic swap event. it was a really nice time, about 15 people came with their handmade fic zines and we all shared with each other. we chatted abt hollanov, fandom, and read fic together

👋 hi all, i have updated the doujinshi guide! - Added section for fanfiction authors - Added review for MCE Printing - Updated sections to account for doujinshi events in North America - Added a section regarding legality of fanwork doujinshi enjoy! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

saba sabaton@sabato-n.bsky.social · 7mo ago

i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it. this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I've created a mailing list for doujinshi fans in North America. I'll be using it to spread information about new & future doujin events across the US and Canada. If you're interested in participating or attending more doujin events around your local area, please sign up! faiell.kit.com/doujin

if you watched the success of manga ichiba this weekend and feel inspired to bring doujin culture to your locale, shoot me a DM! We're gathering folks interested in running doujinshi events in NA and we'd love to hear from you!! ✍️

saba sabaton@sabato-n.bsky.social · 3mo ago

if you live in NA and you either: - organize zine fests - organize art markets and ALSO are interested in doujinshi/anime culture... I'd like to hear from you! Please shoot me a DM!

So I haven't been posting a lot of updates here, and that's because I've had my head down working on my comic for SPX in September! But I want to talk a little bit about the tools I'm using for it ✨

By all accounts, Manga Ichiba was a huge success this year! Let's hope it paves the way for more US based doujin events!!

Just learned about MCE Printing, a print shop specializing in doujinshi! They offer B5 and A5 printing among many others and I'm very excited to try them out!!! mceprinting.com

MCE Printing | Premium Doujinshi, Manga & Commercial Printer

Kirkland's trusted commercial print shop and a premier national printer for custom doujinshi, manga, light novels, saddle stitch books, and art prints.

mceprinting.com

I wrote a Pictsquare exhibition guide! Let me know if there's anything else I should answer. trecomics.com/pictsquarefaq

A small Pictsquare FAQ

trecomics.com

Finally digitized and uploaded a doc about manga I recorded off of PBS in the 80s. youtu.be/__PRZA8KjS4?...

Manga documentary 1982

YouTube video by Chris Hill - hillsy

youtu.be

If have a zine or other project in need of submissions, or you're looking to submit to a zine or other project, I'm trying to create a telegram feed that aggregates it all

Labov@superimposer.net · last yr.

t.me/+CYwqSjDA9GZ... let's get this moving

NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy.

Comiket has actually been trying to share their winning formula in english for years, see how things could be better for yourself Presentation from 2007 (!) about their core values and history: www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/WhatI... Absurdly detailed mission statement: www.comiket.co.jp/info-c/Ideal...

Recent purchase for the archive: "アニマニアックス MANIAXへの道". This is a doujinshi made by Japanese fans of Animaniacs, and includes an episode/character guide as well as general information on the show. This was published before the series aired in Japan.

i turned the doujinshi guide into a doujinshi

saba sabaton@sabato-n.bsky.social · 7mo ago

i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it. this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#CITRUSCON HAS BEGUN! if you're attending the virtual con, head to the discord server's artist alley section and find my thread for exclusive discounts, products, freebies, and more!! the shop has been updated with TONS of new merch, so go take a look!! shop.rottengirlgang.com

Citrus Con, the free online BL/yaoi/queer media convention, is starting now! There's a lot of great programming upcoming, including a panel that's an introduction to DIY zines/doujinshi at 10:30pm ET! www.citruscon.com/schedule-tim...

Schedule - Time Table — Citrus Con

citruscon.com

THIS WEEKEND!! join us at #CITRUSCON, the FREE, ONLINE BL CONVENTION! anyone around the world can attend as long as they grab a FREE virtual ticket at www.citruscon.com/attend ! we'll have exclusive items & a shop discount code in their discord, so don't delay, grab your ticket to #YAOI today!! 🍋🍋‍🟩🏳️‍🌈

We are now on Mastodon at fed.brid.gy/bsky/doujin-... !

Bridgy Fed

Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.

fed.brid.gy

✨ first flyer posted up ✨

someone found this awesome project planning tool and i want to share it... you plot in your start and end dates, set your project's steps and your available hours, and then it'll generate a calendar for you. it's designed for doujins but you can use it for any creative project. qovo.jp/dojin-techo

I got followed by an AI-generated yaoi porn account this morning. Instant block. Fuck you. If the yaoi smut isn't being created by an insane perverted fujoshi or fudanshi putting every ounce of their love and freak fetishes into it by hand then I don't fucking want it

Got a bunch of doujinshi in the mail today. Thanks for treating my package right, DHL!

If you are interested in connecting with fellow doujin freaks, please feel free to join my discord, also called Doujin Freaks: discord.gg/Bc5NknsR4B

Step one of doujin project is mostly complete (survey). Now I will gather venue information to see where and when I could host stuff. The first thing that occurs to me is Library but it would have to be an all-ages event for that (iirc).

Hi, please consider filling out or sharing my doujin event survey 👋 I really appreciate all the support I've received!

moon@moonhotel.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Update: I have made a Google Forms survey about doujin events, online and offline! Please feel free to RT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... This will help me solidify plans to set up doujin events in my area!