I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

Keeping up w/new books - is what I do! New from Routledge - with chapters specifically on "Japanese Manga, Younger Audiences and Translation", and "Manga scanlation". E-book edition should also be available - soon! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

I just wanted to share this beauty of a photo my housemate got of my cat mid sneeze😂

Truth!

@catsofyore.bsky.social Yes! This is very incomplete but amplifying would help fill in gaps 😊 Teamwork makes the dream work! go.bsky.app/DWLAEKC

oigan cabros no le hagan RT a weas viejas ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

This morning's quick reminder: generative AI is a natural resource-guzzling plagiarism machine that exploits creatives to enrich tech bros. Do not use it to create art or writing. Do not conduct "fun" experiments with it to show us how awful it is. There is no ethical use for AI. Let it die.

Quick draw of what you're wearing, 5 minutes max (I took 8 mins lol;;;) it's summer in here...☀️

I have a headache. Should I... a) drink coffee tho it's 4pm b) drink a sugary drink with aloe c) drink water from my bottle with the straw that I haven't washed in a week

it’s still not back

Bsky is giving me back old Twitter. Who is going to be the brave genius to give us back desktop GTalk? I loved the tiny windows and how it didn't waste data with any gimmicks. It was perfect pleeEEEaseeee

A Chilean artist won 2nd place for the International Manga Award in Japan! ❤️ "Cicatrices" by Brandon Arias is a seinen-inspired comic published by VEGA (the manga branch of the Belgian publisher dupuis). www.emol.com/noticias/Ten....

Do you want more cats in your feed but hate image scrapers? Here is my starter pack that is all cat accounts run by real people, posting content that is non-stolen, non-AI images of their own cats or cat artwork with ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN

A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.

✏️

the tiktok ban is backfiring SO GOOD

I cannot wrap my head around the MLA's decision to reject the *vote* to divest, citing financial concerns. They're perfectly aware that the overwhelming majority of members will vote to divest. This leadership decided that the existence of the MLA takes priority over democracy and human rights.

I feel this in my bones, as I think about how long and tedious it will be to get reimbursed for #MLA25 expenses.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The remarks by the current president of the #MLA reveal just how morally bankrupt, cowardly, and unimaginative the organization is. Embarrassingly so. Cancelled my membership.

The Pop Culture Classroom teaching guide to Deena Mohamed's ( @itsdeenasaur.bsky.social )Shubeik Lubeik, last year's Excellence in Graphic Literature Book of the Year, includes, among many classroom ideas, a section on incorporating graphic medicine into lessons with the text! #GraphicMedicine

After traveling for 21 hours to return from the #MLA25, I arrived home. Exhausted, physically and mentally. I hope I'll attend again in Toronto next year because boycott won't be necessary because our leadership will get it together and end their passive complicity with genocide.

By Steve Jones in 2022.

2025 MLA has been wonderful but I'm also exhausted and ready to go to bed at 5pm

Come join our panel on WOMEN in COMICS at 7:00 p.m.! #mla25

*Not* a rhetorical question. One thing I definitely WANT to do is get a review of the recent Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime into a peer-reviewed journal. Thoughts on journals I should consider?

Happy new year fellow comics scholars! and see you soon at the #MLA25 !!

aw man, I was excited about traveling to the U.S. this week but then I remembered it's full of antivaxxers and covid is still a thing over there 🙄

31 new job ads in East Asian Studies for 2024-2025! See the details of this week's postings below or visit the filter database to search by category/keyword. 🌏📊 Now 694 entries. prcurtis.com/projects/job...

We're now seeing more publications on Demon Slayer! New and #openaccess! "This research note will focus on the characteristics of oni and their portrayal in Kimetsu no yaiba to demonstrate the ongoing evolution of oni and emphasize their continued relevance today." doi.org/10.69307/jap...

I believe @kevinmkruse.bsky.social has written that the act of writing a first draft is how the author thinks through a problem. When you let the machine do it for you, then you're skipping too much of the learning and problem solving process.

Listening to the Marmalade Boy soundtrack and OMG each song sparks telenovela drama vibes

I'm starting to see politics and art on Bluesky. Nature is healing. This is becoming 2010 Twitter again and I'm here for it.

🚨BOYCOTT STARBUCKS🚨 Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store between Dec. 20 -Dec. 24 while the workers are on strike! Here’s how to support: x.com/sbworkersuni...

#MLA25 #academia #comicsstudies Come to our special session on Women in the early history of comics! We'll have the brilliant @qianawhitted.bsky.social as moderator, and a fabulous roster of presenters 🥳

It's finally out! Read "Fashion Illustration History: Repairing the Links from Ukiyo-e to Shōjo Manga" in FASHION THEORY (Gutiérrez & McDuffie, 2024) This project translates a brilliant article by Nagasawa Sachiko on the lineage of fashion illustration in Japan! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New in the journal Fashion Theory - an important essay originally published in Japanese in 1997, with a preface/introduction by the translators! doi.org/10.1080/1362...

Just a reminder that I wrote a book on the history of the Yuri genre which was then published by the wonderful publisher @journeypress.bsky.social, which you should definitely buy and support us both! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga www.yuricon.com/product/bys/

Looking for undergraduate or master students with intermediate Japanese reading ability! Call for applications: III Global Internship Program at UC Chile Apply by Dec 9 www.camilagutierrezcv.com/globalresear...

Ah, to be wearing off-white pants, sit cross-legged, and drop a spoonful of chocolate ice cream right in the middle. I look like I pooped myself.

Hagio Moto’s Marginal and BL manga as feminist fabulation 1985's Marginal examines gendered oppression by examining a one-gender world where patriarchal violence has simply rebuilt itself along different lines. www.animefeminist.com/hagio-motos-...

It's finally out! Read "Fashion Illustration History: Repairing the Links from Ukiyo-e to Shōjo Manga" in FASHION THEORY (Gutiérrez & McDuffie, 2024) This project translates a brilliant article by Nagasawa Sachiko on the lineage of fashion illustration in Japan! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I know BlueSky is on to something because all the worst people you know are raging against it

Don’t stop talking about Palestine. Don’t stop organizing. Don’t stop fighting.

☕️ Si ya votaste, pasa por tu café del día gratis en los Starbucks que estén abiertos hoy! 👁️ Los vocales de mesa tendrán todo el día de mañana para ir por el cafecito gratissss.

I made a starter pack of people who will make your timeline a lot better. If you're not following anyone here, you should be! go.bsky.app/DyFd9F4

how do people still have the energy to believe in ai yazawa's shenanigans?

Job opportunity for those interested in editing and Asian Studies! (Applicants should be eligible to work in the U.S. ) www.asianstudies.org/call-for-app...