A Film About Your Favorite Baby-Sitters Club Character

'The Claudia Kishi Club' explores the legacy of Claudia Kishi.



Here's a fun film project that could use your support. The Claudia Kishi Club, by documentary filmmaker Sue Ding, is a love letter to Claudia Kishi, the iconic Japanese American character from the Baby-Sitters Club book series, who inspired a generation of Asian American women and creators of color.

For many Asian Americans who grew up in the 80s and 90s, Claudia was the first time they saw themselves represented in popular culture. A main character in Ann M. Martin's best-selling series, she was one of the only Asian Americans in popular media when the books debuted in 1986. The Claudi Kishi Club explores the character's legacy as a rare Asian American protagonist, a meaningful role model, and of course, a style icon.

The film will feature interview with fans including YA authors C.B. Lee and Sarah Kuhn; comic artist Yumi Sakugawa; and me, Phil Yu, the founder of this website. They also interview producer Naia Cucukov of Walden Media, who is currently adapting The Baby-Sitters Club for a new live-action TV series.

Here's some more information about the film:

Select Chapters and Excerpts From My Ideal Self-Help Book Written Specifically For Second-Generation Asian-American Women Suffering From Low Self-Esteem/Depression and Who Also Want to Pursue a Career in the Arts

Guest Post by Yumi Sakugawa

Yumi Sakugawa & MariNaomi Book Signing and Sketches

Saturday, January 24 at Kinokuniya in Little Tokyo



If you're in Los Angeles, indie cartoonists MariNaomi and Yumi Sakugawa invite you to a book signing this weekend for their newest comic books, Dragons Breath and Other Stories and Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe. It's happening this Saturday, January 24 at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Little Tokyo.

Here are some more details:

Angry Gift Guide: 'Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe' by Yumi Sakugawa

Your hand-drawn path to inner peace, from the author of 'I Think I Am in Friend-Love With You.'



A gift idea for anyone seeking a little more one-ness in their lives...

Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One with the Universe, the latest collection of comics from Yumi Sakugawa, is your hand-drawn path to inner peace. Read this book and set yourself free on a "visual journey of self-discovery" from the author of I Think I Am in Friend-Love With You.

I Think I Am In Friend-Love Valentine's Day Book Tour 2014

A seven-city celebration of Friend-Love



If you're a fan of comic book artist/illustrator Yumi Sakugawa's I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You, then you're invited to meet the mind behind this marvelous little book during one of several stops on the seven-city I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You Valentine's Day Book Tour. The fun kicks off next Thursday, January 30 at Mission Comics in San Francisco. Here's the list of tour stops:

I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa

"I have confession to make. I think am in friend-love with you."



I became a fan of illustrator/comic book artist Yumi Sakugawa last year when she dropped this awesome comic, "Claudia Kishi: My Asian-American Female Role Model of the '90s," an epic tribute to her favorite fashionable character from The Babysitters Club. So I'm excited to check out her first published book I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You, based on the web comic of the same name, which hits bookstores this week.

Here's an excerpt:

angry reader of the week: yumi sakugawa

Hey, everybody! Gather 'round and meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Yumi Sakugawa -- in illustrated form!