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What is a fanlisting?
A fanlisting is exactly what the name would imply: it is a listing of fans of any given subject; in this particular case the subject is the doujinshi (fan comics) of the Ibu/Kamio variety. Fanlistings are similar to web cliques, the only difference being that everyone is accepted so long as they have a name, a valid email address and live somewhere on this green earth. :)
A fanlisting is not (usually) affiliated with any of the subjects they represent. There is no mailing list, you will not receive prizes or anything for being a member of this fanlisting.
Doujinshi?
Doujinshi are self-published comics (and occasionally novels/fanfiction) usually, but not always, based on an already established series using already established characters. Quite a few professional mangaka started out as doujinshi artists (alone, or as part of a group) - and some continue to create doujinshi even after their original works are published professionally (see: Maki Murakami, Kodaka Kazuma, Nekota (Yamada D.) Yonezou, Sakura Sakuya, Tennouji Mio, and others).
Ibu/Kamio Doujinshi?
The best kind. ;)