Yaoi Press is an independent
yaoi
, also known by its abbreviation , is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters. It is typically created by women for a female audience, distinguishing it from the equivale ...
comic
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicat ...
publisher based in
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
. Founded in 2004 by publisher
Yamila Abraham, the company specializes in
Global BL, or yaoi comics originally published outside of Asia. Yaoi Press publishes original
OEL manga
An original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. The term "international manga", as used by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encompasses al ...
as well as European yaoi in translation, and features both single volume comics and comic series. As of 2020, Yaoi Press had fifty titles on the market. One of Yaoi Press's early publishing strategies in order to improve the reputation of OEL manga among yaoi fans was to headhunt famous artists of Global BL.
In October 2007, Yaoi Press launched a comic book line in order to provide a less expensive option for customers.
Yaoi Press held a fan convention from the 20th to 22nd in 2008 called Yaoi Jamboree, in Phoenix, Arizona. Various manga artists who had previously worked for the company were invited as guests and an art book of submissions by attended were distributed at the convention.
In 2017, Yaoi Press founder Yamila Abraham launched a
visual novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...
company called Y Press Games.
Graphic novels
* ''Punishment''
* ''Royal Pain''
* ''Kingdom of Selfish Love''
* ''Winter Demon''
* ''Surge''
* ''PINNED!''
* ''Exorcisms and Pogo Sticks''
* ''Yaoi Hentai''
* ''The Aluria Chronicles''
* ''Saihôshi the Guardian''
* ''Desire of the Gods''
* ''Spirit Marked''
* ''Enslaved by the Dragon''
* ''Prisoner of the Immortal''
* ''Zesty!''
* ''IDOL''
* ''Wishing for the Moon''
* ''Yaoi: An Anthology of Boys Love''
* ''Stallion''
* ''Treasure''
* ''Dark Prince''
* ''Cain''
* ''The Lily and the Rose''
* ''ANIMA''
* ''Happy Yaoi Yum Yum''
* ''Bastard King (sequel of Dark Prince)''
Comic books
* ''Yaoi Candy''
* ''Offered to a Demon''
Art books
* ''Reflections: The Artwork of KOSEN''
* ''Dark Dreams: A Dany&Dany Yaoi Art Book''
* ''Yaoi Gothic: An Explicit Sketchbook''
Visual novels
* ''My Magical Demon Lover''
* ''To Trust an Incubus''
* ''Cannibal Lottery''
* ''Morningdew Farms''
* ''Gods of Love''
* ''Mister Versatile''
* ''Alpha Hole Prison''
Artists
* Studio Kôsen
* le Perrugine
* M.A Sambre
* Studio Kosaru
* Dany&Dany
* Yamila Abraham
*
Yishan Li
Yishan Li (born 1981) is a Chinese-British comics and manhua illustrator. She is self-taught. Li has worked on popular comic book titles such as '' Hellboy'', ''Batwoman'', and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She describes her own comics as "'girl ...
* Laura Carboni
References
External links
Yaoi Press' Official Website
Yaoi Press' Online Store
Yaoi Press' Anime Convention
* Arrant, Chris (June 6, 2006
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Publishers Weekly
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* Lees, Sharon
"Yaoi Press: Yaoi Publishers Interviews Part 1" ''Akiba Angels''. July 2006.
* Avila, K. {{usurped,
"Yaoi Press: Publisher of Original English-language Yaoi"}. ''Jade Magazine''. September 2005.
* Beautiful Androgyn
"Interview - Yamila Abraham" July 2009.
Companies based in Paradise, Nevada
Comic book publishing companies of the United States
Visual novels
Boys' love