Aoi Futaba and Kurenai Mitsuba, the creators of Level C and A King’s Lesson (as well as doujinshi co-creators) are the newest two guests to be confirmed for Yaoi Jamboree this June in Phoenix.

The con will also feature a charity auction to benefit 1Voice, an LGBT community center in Phoenix. They’re also handing out free passes to the convention at Phoenix Pride, a Phoenix-based gay pride event.

Phoenix Pride is obviously not an anime convention. Many (probably most) people in the gay community aren’t familiar with yaoi. We want Yaoi Jamboree to be a welcoming environment for gay, bi, yaoi fan-girls, and the ‘y-curious.’

Cool beans, especially on the charity auction.

No, seriously! In addition to Yaoi Press’ western BL creators le Peruggine (a pair from Italy, creators of Cain), Digital Manga Publishing is bringing Princess Princess’s Mikiyo Tsuda (who is also known as Taishi Zaou, creator of a dozen or so hot manga and doujinshi) and Eiki Eiki, the creator of The Art of Loving Dear Myself, and World’s End.

The two have collaborated on several works, including the yaoi manga Color and, interestingly, a collection of yuri short stories called Haru Natsu Aki Fuyu (I’ve seen some of it; it’s hot).

The Jamboree takes place in Arizona June 20-22nd (it’s the same weekend as AnimeNEXT, so I can’t attend. Damnit. *taishi zaou squeeeeeee*).

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