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The companystates that Friedman will help for its upcoming year, during which it plans to release over 40 alternative, shojo, josei, LGBTQ+, and classic manga.
In addition to writing for ANN, Friedman has published articles and reports about yuri for Eureka, Animerica, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Dark Horse, Del Rey, Forbes, Slate, Huffington Post, Hooded Utilitarian, Anime Heraldm and The Mary Sue. She wrote By Your Side: The First 100years of Yuri Anime and Manga and contributed to DK's Manga A Visual History. She has alsolectured at events, film festivals, and universities, incluiding the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, MIT, University of Illinois, Harvard University, Kanagawa University, and Keio University. She holds a Masters Degree in Library Science and a B.A. in Comparative Literature. She has covered yuri on herblog Okazu since 2002. Friedman has served as the Founder and President of Yuricon and ALCPublishing.
The Manga Mavericks website and podcast established the Manga Mavericks Books publishing division in April 2025 to license, localize, and distribute worksworldwide from indie creators in Japan.
Manga Mavericks Books entered a distribution deal with Pathway Book Service and with Gazelle Book Services Ltd for Europe lastFebruary. Pathway is handling comprehensive book fulfillment, warehousing, and retail distribution for Manga Mavericks Books.
Disclosure: Erica Friedman writes for Anime News Network.