Babes with Books

The blog Babes with Books is exactly what it sounds like: pictures of cute girls with books. Because smart girls are hot!

Yuri!

From Publishers Weekly come the news that a domestic publisher is finally bringing Yuri--lesbian-themed manga--to the U.S.: "Seven Seas Launches Yuri Line"

Seven Seas will publish at least seven yuri titles in 2007; some will be one-shots and others part of a series. Much like yaoi, the popular manga genre focused on male/male relationships, there is a wide variety of yuri available in Japan, says DeAngelis. “From mild content dealing with relationships and romance to those with more mature themes,” he explains. DeAngelis says Seven Seas will focus on strong stories, “then the elements portrayed in the art become secondary. We’re dedicated to leaving the material we license uncensored, so we will be releasing a wide range of yuri aimed at different age groups. That said, we have no intention of releasing outright pornographic material.”

Too bad about the no-pornographic-material bit, but otherwise yay!

Gay Comic Character Review

AfterElton has a good overview of the currect state of affairs in gay & lesbian comic book characters: Gay Comics 101

The Straight Dope

A couple of classics I recently came across on The Straight Dope:

1) Women have better orgasms than men.

and if that wasn't bad enough for you guys:

2) Vacuum cleaner wounds to the penis.