Gothic & Lolita Bible

First published in 2001 by Index Communications, the Gothic & Lolita Bible is a spin-off of the Japanese fashion magazine ''. The Japanese musician Mana originally proposed the creation of the Gothic & Lolita Bible'' and along with Kana, a Japanese singer-songwriter, helped to promote the magazine and the Lolita fashion by dressing in the fashion while performing. The idea of publishing the Gothic & Lolita Bible in North America was first suggested in 2003. It contained articles from past issues, which the editors chose based on available material, and original content. ==Reception==

Gothic & Lolita Bible ranked tenth in About.com's 2008 reader poll for the best manga magazine or magazine and book hybrids and was ranked by About.com's Deb Aoki as 2008's eleventh most anticipated manga. It received positive reviews from English-language critics. Active Anime's Sandra Scholes wrote: "Superb, this is an essential buy for any Lolita's bookshelf!" While noting it as "dated" content and not "a serious scholarly journal", Danielle Van Gorder of Mania Entertainment praised the magazine as a "gorgeous glossy mook that should satisfy both the casual fan of lolita fashion as well as the most discriminating sweet lolita princess." Writing for Coolstreak Cartoons, Leroy Douresseaux commented on the "lovely photographs" of the Gothic and Lolita models and called it "a photographic art mook from "The Twilight Zone" via A Clockwork Orange, Dangerous Liaisons, Mad Max, etc." In March 2017, Gothic & Lolita Bible announced they would be going on hiatus May 24, 2017 after 16 years of publication. ==Issues==

Japanese language edition There were a total of 63 regular issues and 5 special issues. • Many times there are differences between the release date from the publisher's website and the publication date printed on the issue itself. Dates marked with a * are dates printed on the back cover of the issue. English language edition ==References==