Actually, he made it a while ago, but I wanted to heartily second Lyle’s suggestion that Fake is a worthy contender for a GLAAD Media Award. The ongoing portrayal of a relationship of equals is smart, funny, sexy, and heartfelt and never lapses into a sociology lesson. A comic about two adults forging a romance, facing believable obstacles and false starts along the way, shouldn’t be revolutionary, but it still is in this context. As for the mainstream/independent impact issue, I would argue that Tokyopop is just as mainstream as Marvel and DC.
On the subject of men who like men in manga, Johanna has reviewed Legal Drug at Comics Worth Reading. I read this digest over the weekend and had much the same reaction. It seems like “less of the same,” if that makes any sense.
On the subject of ducks who don’t like men in comics, I’ll leave all comment to Dorian.
And, found via Thought Balloons, Beckett Publications gets its shojo working with today’s release of the new magazine, Anime for Girls. I hope they aren’t kidding about that “other major retailers” bit, because I won’t set foot in a Wal-Mart.