It's really real! Look at my Belle Époque of a translation baby!! (It's also my entire TCAF haul bc I was so busy interpreting, I had zero time to go around and fangirl over comics.)

Famous Cool Toronto Book Store @thebeguiling.bsky.social grabbed a few of my comics today, so Toronto folks, if you missed TCAF you can find my stuff there!! 🌟

The shipment of “The Golden Fly” by MINT Manga creator Battan arrived *just in time* at @thebeguiling.bsky.social today for #tcaf2026! Peter is sooo relieved! Still time to support the Kickstarter to get your copy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/beg...

Look what just arrived, fresh off the truck! Peter says, “Get your advance copies of ‘The Golden Fly’ by Battan this weekend at TCAF.” The Kickstarter is fully funded, thank you all so much!!! There’s still plenty of time to back and claim other Beguiling published books!

Shoutout to @thebeguiling.bsky.social for being a sponsor and partner for @torontocomics.bsky.social! Here they are selling at Libraries and Education Day! www.torontocomics.com/schedule/lib...

Debuting at TCAF this weekend is something all the shoujosei fans have been asking for for years! Mars, rereleased! Working together with @kodanshamanga for an early release (just for us), the 30th anniversary edition comes in a beautiful shiny red hardcover.

big ups to The Beguiling for getting funding for a translation of a new @battan8.bsky.social doujin up before I even knew the doujin existed in Japanese!

Remember when I said we had a very special doujinshi to celebrate Battan's appearance at TCAF? Here it is, in all its glory! And you can get a copy even if you can't come all the way to Toronto and celebrate comics with us in person!!

The English edition of Kinbae will be published! This is a story about a high-class courtesan in 19th-century France, inspired by Nana by Émile Zola.

geez come on, our modest goal has already been smashed!! you are all incredible ✌️❤️

We're thrilled to announce BDP Press, our in-house publisher, is bringing Battan's THE GOLDEN FLY (Kinbae) to English audiences! Help us bring it to the finish line here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/beg... We'll have limited advance copies at TCAF this weekend! @battan8.bsky.social

An annual tradition! Join us for a cozy, community-driven Queer Mixer, right around the corner from @thebeguiling.bsky.social. It's a space for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and allies to connect, vibe, and celebrate the queer voices shaping comics. Saturday, June 6, 6-8 pm Cafe Pamenar, 307 Augusta Ave 19+

THAT’S THAT. @animenorthcompass.bsky.social IS OVER. THANK YOU EVERYONE

still 4 minutes if you wanna come buy some manga or talk about Jandek

30 MINUTES. enough time for last minute shopping, or to travel back in time and watch a sitcom with commercial breaks. either or. ANIME NORTH

the internet has ground to a trickle again, like a dam built across the information superhighway. i am old & used America Online so I am prepared. I wrote stories about Hyrule on the Nintendo of America forums. Now I type freeform thoughts one after the other. And sell manga. The floor closes at 5!

there’s just over three hours left to shop with us at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social 2026!! It feels unreal to be here already so come help us see out the weekend in style and help all of our lower backs by taking the books home with YOU

HERE AND THERE AND US is beautiful- one of the staff faves from our BL section!!

BL! You want it, we got it, come and get it! Check out our BL section and all our amazing selection including BRIDE OF IGNAT from LOVE LOVE/ @tokyopop.bsky.social and KOH-BOKU from @futekiya.bsky.social !!

we thought we had sold out of DANDADAN 19- but we found more!! Come and get a copy at our booth today at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social exclusively ahead of its June 9 release!!

our DANMEI section is loaded up with the best of the best including tons of amazing titles from @rosmei.bsky.social , VIA LACTEA and more! PLUS: Via Lactea gave us these amazing goodie bags! come get some gooos, get a bag, get all the goods!

DAY THREE of @animenorthcompass.bsky.social ! Have you checked out our amazing selection of yuri manga yet? Come grab copies of LOVE BULLET & THE GUY SHE WAS INTERESTED IN WASN’T A GUY AT ALL plus many many more!! Thanks to @yenpress.com for the beautiful posters!!

cell service limps on; 34 minutes remain on day two. COME SOON

cell service is spotty; people are many; books sales are plentiful

there are too many people using cellular data at anime north right now to update social media regularly. please know we are here for you. we endure.

update: it’s not the morning anymore

HENTAILAND is a big highlight of our @animenorthcompass.bsky.social booth- we’re loaded up with books from @j18publishing.bsky.social , @fakku.net , @irodoricomics.com and more!! PLUS a huge selection of doujinshi straight from Japan!

ANIME NORTH OLDTIMER TIP: saturday morning is a good time to shop! the crowds are manageable and we still have most stuff before it sells out! As the day goes it gets intense…Disneyland rules apply to the con for sure. If that doesn’t make sense to you: congratulations on being better than me

floor opens at 10!

WE’RE GOING TO BED. thanks for an amazing day one and we’ll see you tomorrow!!! ✌️❤️

30 minutes left on day one!!

And that's a wrap--thanks for staying up with us 🥰 Let us know in the comments (or swing by our booth this weekend if you're at Anime North) and let us know which release you're most excited for! 🥳

Don't forget, we're kicking off the long weekend with our friends at Anime North with a brand new set of announcements! 🎉 So whether you're joining us in-person or online, stay tuned because new titles are dropping soon 🤭🔥

THE CLUB IS OPEN and by club i mean convention @animenorthcompass.bsky.social

getting closer

out of chaos comes MANGA (in order)

hooboy more amazing stuff at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social !! VIA LACTEA has stocked us up with goody bags with washi tape, stickers, playing cards, mousepads & MORE! Free with purchase of $50+ of Via Lactea books!! 1 per person while supplies last! IT’S DAY ONE OF AN!!

Our friends @yenpress.com are joining us this year to bring amazing books & more to @animenorthcompass.bsky.social ! MORE, you say? Yen will be play-testing the new Delicious In Dungeon board game, Monster Eater! Geez louise!

just in time for @animenorthcompass.bsky.social we're restocked on @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social 's Bizarre World of Fake Video Games from @hollowpress.bsky.social ! We'll have copies of it as well as Vermis I by plastiboo at the show!

one of the coolest things we'll have at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social - @rosmei.bsky.social has supplied us with these amazing Canada-themed Tailhook postcards!! Get one of these FREE with the purchase of any Rosmei books- 1 per person while supplies last!!

Also with us at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social is @kodansha.us ! Come grab the brand-new WITCH HAT ATELIER GRIMOIRE EDITION and a ton of great books and get some amazing giveaways like art cards, bookmarks, Gachiakuta posters, Blue Lock lanyards! The fun doesn't stop until the convention does!

well, who else wll be represented at the Beguiling at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social ? @tokyopop.bsky.social will have a booth with exclusive bookmarks to give away and loaded up with the Team Forma+9 Alien Stage art book featuring the standard AND deluxe editions! HECK YEAH

VIZ will also have a spotlight at @animenorthcompass.bsky.social ! @viz.com will be repping with early release of some new titles (Chainsaw Man 21! Dandadan 19!) plus tote bags, bookmarks and more!!!

We're also joined this year by the fine folks at @abramskana.bsky.social ! They'll be on site selling books including the LONG awaited release of Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki's BILLY BAT in english! Volume one officially comes out June 2, so it's your chance to snag it early!!

Our friends @yenpress.com are joining us this year to bring amazing books & more to @animenorthcompass.bsky.social ! MORE, you say? Yen will be play-testing the new Delicious In Dungeon board game, Monster Eater! Geez louise!

This year for Anime North The Beguiling decided- sure, our Anime North booth is GOOD, great even, but what if it was even BETTER? We’re have some AMAZING partnerships with some of manga & danmei's BEST publishers! We’re gonna tell ya all about ‘em before you come see for yourself this weekend!

Available right now @thebeguiling.bsky.social (and we'll have PLENTY at Anime North next weekend), Kamome Shirahama's WITCH HAT ATELIER: GRIMOIRE Edition from KODANSHA is, perhaps, the most BEAUTIFUL Deluxe/Library edition of a manga to be released to DATE. : | This is my favorite format for manga.

Yes, we will be doing Free Comic Book Day this year! See you tomorrow!!!

Some highlights from our New Manga Shelf ✨