TAPAS

web comics & NOVELS publisher

Tapas is an online comic and novels platform home to a creator community that has published 79,000 stories. Their catalog, ranging from Korean manhwa to Western webcomics, has a large BL collection, including mature titles. We’re sure you’re going to find a story just for you on Tapas!

FujoCon thanks Tapas for their ongoing support of the con and BL Garden DFW.

You can read these “bite-sized stories on the go” on their site tapas.io

FUTEKIYA

BL MANGA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

futekiya Library is a convenient, affordable, and straightforward online manga subscription service for officially licensed Boysʼ Love manga. Every time you read through futekiya Library, you support creators and the manga industry. With frequent updates, the futekiya Library has quickly grown into the place to read the hottest BL manga from Japan, and is home to many of the annual Yabai List manga.

Read manga from their incredible library at futekiya.com

SUBLIME

BL MANGA DISTRIBUTOR

SuBLime is the largest publisher of a yaoi/boys’ love manga in North America. This bold global publishing initiative presents English-speaking fans everywhere with a broad selection of high-quality titles, including fan favorites like World’s Greatest First Love and Ten Count as well as hot new manga like Therapy Game and Jealousy.

Find out more about at sublimemanga.com!

FUNIMATION

ANIME DISTRIBUTOR

For over 25 years, Funimation has been the market leader for anime in English (both subbed and dubbed), serving a passionate fan community whenever, and wherever, they want it. They deliver the best that anime has to offer across their home video releases, streaming app, conventions, and shop. Fujoshi can watch anime ranging from BL and sports anime to male idols, men in suits, and otome.

You should be watching: funimation.com

RIGHTSTUF & NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT

ANIME DISTRIBUTOR & ONLINE RETAILER

RightStufAnime.com is the largest online anime specialty retailer in the US and Canada, offering more than 24,000 unique products from across the North American anime industry. Through their Nozomi Entertainment division, RightStuf has brought many fan-favorite BL titles to US fans: Gravitation, Antique Bakery, and Junjou Romantica.

Shop everything from the classics to the latest and greatest BL anime and manga: www.rightstufanime.com

JAST BLUE

bl visual novels DISTRIBUTOR

JAST BLUE is the BL imprint of the visual novel publisher JAST USA, and is dedicated to localizing some of Japan's most stellar BL titles. So far they have released English-language versions of the Nitro+CHiRAL classics sweet pool and Togainu no Chi - Lost Blood. Find out more at their website.

JAST BLUE will be bringing translator Molly Lee. She is a professional Japanese-English translator and outspoken advocate of otome and BL localization. Her works include the cult classic sweet pool as well as the fan-favorite BL light novel Yes, No, or Maybe.

renta!

digital manga distributor

Renta! is the home of digital romance manga, including an ever-growing catalogue of Japan's best Boys' Love series. With the option to rent books and chapters for 48 hours at a discounted price, Renta! strives to keep your hunger for BL affordable. Whether you’re after something cute and sweet or something hot and heavy, you’re sure to find it here!

Find manga you love at their site.

ERTAL GAMES

BL visual novel developer

Ertal Games is a one-person indie developer who is fond of manga, anime, literature and hot 2D boys. Their finished BL visual novels include A Hand in the Darkness, Chasing the Stars, Blood and Lust, and My Burning Heart. They are currently developing the new visual novels, Lurkers and Night and Day. Ertal Game’s work is English and Spanish-friendly.

Shop their games and find out more about their work at ertalgames.com

TWO AND A HALF STUDIOS

BL Visual novel developer

Two and a Half Studios is an Australian based Visual Novel development team dedicated to creating story rich BL games in primarily fantasy worlds. They are currently working on (and close to completion) with their first title, The Divine Speaker, and have announced their upcoming title, a danmei-inspired game called Beyond the Abyss.

You can find more info on their website, https://www.twoandahalfstudios.com/.

THE FIVE WITS WIGS

Cosplay & wigs retailer

The Five Wits are friendly cosplayers selling seriously great heat-resistant cosplay and costume wigs. They’re nerd-owned, and have been selling geeky fun products since 2003. The Five Wits Wigs have graciously donated prizes for our cosplay contest!

You can find out more about them and shop their products on their site, or follow them on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

AYU YAMANE

bl mangaka

Ayu Yamane is a yaoi / BL doujin comic artist living in Kanagawa prefecture (next to Tokyo) in Japan. Yamane-san loves cats, birds, and age-different couple’s stories. Ayu Yamane will be participating in our Artist Alley as well as participating in a panel courtesy of futekiya. Find out more about Ayu Yamane by checking out their official website.

You can read their manga on futekiya.

Follow their art on Twitter | Instagram | DeviantArt

HANA

bl mangaka

“ＢＬ漫画描きです。エロが軽いものからディープなものまで自由気ままになんでも描きます。いつか生まれ変わりモノのＢＬを描いてみたいと最近思ってます＾＾

I'm a BL manga artist. Erotic-wise, I draw anything I like from light to deep. I've been recently thinking about it wanting to draw a BL work on reincarnation someday.^^”

You can follow Hana on Twitter as well as read their works on Futekiya. Hana will be participating in our Artist Alley courtesy of futekiya.

KOBUCHI

bl mangaka

“BLが好きで日本で同人活動しています。日本人です。創作メインですが二次も描きます。宜しくお願いします。I’m from Japan. I like BL and I'm working as an independent creator in Japan. I mainly create original works, but I also draw fan works. Looking forward to meeting you all!”

You can follow Kobuchi on Twitter as well as read their works on Futekiya. Kobuchi will be participating in our Artist Alley courtesy of futekiya.

NACOLAT

bl mangaka

“BLマンガを描いています。futekiyaさんで電子配信もしていますので、良かったら読んでください！

I draw BL manga. My manga is also available digitally on futekiya, so please read it!”

You can follow Nacolat on Twitter as well as read their works on Futekiya. Nacolat will be participating in our Artist Alley courtesy of futekiya.

TACHIBANA

BL MANGAKA

“創作BLを描いています。よろしくお願いいたします！

I create original BL works. Looking forward to FujoCon!”

You can follow Tachibana on Twitter as well as read their works on Futekiya. Tachibana will be participating in our Artist Alley courtesy of futekiya.

VVBG

webcomic DUO

VVBG (Very Very Bad Girls) is the hugely popular and prolific comic-creator duo behind The God in the Field, Born Sexy Tomorrow, Thick As Thieves, Knight’s Choice and their newest hit work, Sharpe and Rabbit. Archia (the artist) and Michi (the writer) first met in slash fandom 8 summers ago, and the two of them fell in love while weaving beautiful romances together. They haven’t stopped creating since, and will be happily making BL ever after, for many years to come! You can read their comics on Tapas and follow them on Instagram.

ADRIENNE WILDER

author

Adrienne Wilder is an internationally best-selling author of gay contemporary and speculative fiction and artist of all things monster. He writes original stories with powerful characters and emotion as well as a fast-paced plot. While his books have a romantic element, they are not traditional romance, and the stories he paints are done outside the lines of traditional genres.

If you're looking for something different, exciting, and unique, check out his work at https://authoradriennewilder.blogspot.com/

amy tasukada

AUTHOR

Amy Tasukada lives in North Texas with a calico cat called O’Hara. As an only child her day dreams kept her entertained, and at the age of ten she started to put them to paper. Since then her love of writing hasn’t ceased. When she is not penning her next book she can be found drinking tea in a frilly dress.

Find out more about Amy and her m/m romance series The Yakuza’s Path on her website: www.amytasukada.com

KINGKITSU

cosplayer

Kitsu is a trans cosplayer of color who has been cosplaying since late 2012. He loves to show his support to those who are minorities in the cosplay community and cheer them on and try to uplift their spirits when they get discouraged in the cosplay community. He enjoys multiple areas of creativity in creating cosplay including wig styling, armor building, and sewing. He mostly enjoys entertaining people with his content of things to make them smile or laugh.

You can follow him on his Instagram and Facebook.

MAZ MADDOX

author

Maz Maddox is the author of the Stallion Ridge series, Rainbow Award winner, yaoi fanatic and general weirdo. When she's not writing action packed m/m romance, she's plotting shenanigans with her two cats and collecting dinosaur stickers.

Find adventure, gay romance, and wild worlds with the Stallion Ridge series and more at mazmaddox.com

toastie

cosplayer

Toastie is a North Texas cosplayer who enjoys using her craft as a way to build friendships and to channel her inner creativity. She has been cosplaying since 2011 and enjoys using cosplay as a way to share her favorite character interactions with her community, whether they be canon or not. Toastie often likes to cosplay various character types with her partner in crime, VeloursRequiem. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, drinking boba tea and snuggling her cat, Kleenex. You can follow Toastie on her Instagram.

VELOURS REQUIEM

cosplayer

Velours Requiem is a self taught Texas cosplayer who has created over 100 costumes. Her craftsmanship has landed her several awards and even the opportunity to have worked as a promotional model for the BL Webcomic series Teahouse. These days, you can find her working on her fashion brand as well as cosplaying with her partner in crime, HoneyToast. In her spare time she enjoys figure skating, playing mobile phone games, and being ferocious. You can follow Velours on her Instagram.

CRISTAL MARIE

ENTERTAINER & entrepreneur

Cristal Marie is an anime, BL culture, and video game expert by day and an award-winning recording artist by night! Best known for singing the theme song of the NBC/Telemundo telenovela Pecados Ajenos and creating the first anime convention in her native Dominican Republic (CONANIME), Cristal Marie also wrote the silent manga Justicia (Justice), and has always been a lover of all things geek. She recently released her new single “Anime Girl” and is currently working on bringing more visibility to Latinx in geek culture.

DR. kristine michelle santos

BL ACADEMIC

Dr. Kristine Michelle Santos is an Assistant Professor on Japanese Studies and History at Ateneo de Manila University. Her most recent publication "The Bitches of Boys Love: The Pornographic Response of Japan's Rotten Women" examines the depictions of sex in BL manga as it incorporates techniques and tropes from eromanga. She's currently working on her monograph on the history of fujoshi culture and shonen magazines. 

You can follow her @khursten on twitter and visit her website.

DR. THOMAS BAUDINETTE

BL ACADEMIC

Dr Thomas Baudinette is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. A cultural anthropologist of Asian queer popular culture, he has written extensively about Japanese BL manga and its reception among queer consumers in Japan and Mainland China. He wrote the first English academic article on Thai BL dramas and is currently working on his second book tentatively titled Boys Love Media in Thailand. Thomas is also a massive K-pop fan and writes about K-pop idol shipping and the global fandom for BTS.

You can find out more about Thomas and his research on his website.

dr. JAMES WELKER

BL ACADEMIC

James Welker is a professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural Studies at Kanagawa University. His research examines gender and sexuality in postwar and contemporary Japan, with a focus on the lesbian community, radical feminism, and queer media consumption and production, as well as the global spread of Japanese media. He is an active author and editor of several academic books about manga, including Boys Love Manga and Beyond (Mississippi, 2015). You can follow him on his personal twitter his research twitter and read his papers on his academic website.