Slash fan-fic featuring male characters from various movies, televisions shows, comics and more has been an internet staple for a long time now, and male gay manga is so popular it’s considered it’s own sub-category. Now, it looks like the lesbian audience will be getting some direct attention. Of course, with the storyline taking place in a Catholic school, uniforms and all, I’m sure the potential for crossover into the horny young male audience is there.

Lesbian-themed comics may be a bit of a rarity today, but that’s something that comic book artist Megan Gedris is aiming to change, and it looks as if she’s in a fantastic position to do so. Prism Comics, a nonprofit organization which advocates for greater inclusion of LGBT characters and creators in the comic book industry, has revealed exclusively to AfterEllen.com that they have awarded a queer press grant to Gedris.
The 20-year-old artist will be awarded the $1,000 grant to publish YU+ME, her lesbian-themed manga series about the adventures of Fiona, a misfit Catholic schoolgirl.
“YU+ME really wowed Prism’s selection committee,” said David Stanley, Prism Comics’ publicist. “For a 20-year-old, Megan is incredibly accomplished, with 1,000 pages of comic art under her belt, a popular website, and a ready-to-publish graphic novel. We were incredibly impressed by the depth of her writing and art, and especially heartened by the fact [that] she aimed this manga-styled work at lesbians, a heretofore neglected audience.”

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