A great pleasure to participate in this iivestream with my favorite comics youtubers!

It’s SPOOKY season! Here is a video showing off my favorite manga from publishers, @viz.com, @darkhorse.com, @sevenseasentertainment.com, @fantagraphics.bsky.social, & @livingtheline.bsky.social! Watch the video here: youtu.be/KTrBISaNUTo?...

In my latest Saturday newsletter update, I review My Gorilla Family, published by @livingtheline.bsky.social, a collection of horror stories from 70s mangaka Iijima Ichiro. samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-10...

The absolutely stunning HARPY by EPHK is now in the capable hands of our Canadian printer! Clever, challenging and visually unlike anything i've ever read, HARPY is a 300 page epic that spans the globe both within the dystopian story and in its many influences.

Very excited to see Koga Shinichi's Mansect appear on the New York Public Library @nypl.bsky.social Best of 2025 list! Mansect, a feel-good coming of age story of prolonged adolescent metamorphosis, now back in print and ready to rock your pupa off.

The newest classic horror manga release from Smudge (@livingtheline.bsky.social), My Gorilla Family by Iijima Ichiro, just got here and it sure looks wild. Think these releases are some of the best things happening in the space these days.

This is the best summary we've read so far of the up to date Diamond legal debacle, of which we are a litigant. Thanks to Comics Best, Bleeding Cool, Graphic Policy, TCJ and iCv2 for the continued coverage of these important events. www.comicsbeat.com/the-day-in-d...

You have ten more days to get your LCS to order Iijima Ichiro's My Gorilla Family from the Lunar catalog! Small pubs have been hit hard by the Diamond legal battle, but you can do your part by ensuring that the latest (and weirdest) Smudge horror manga, gets into comic shops by ... 1/3

This is my latest review for @comicsjournal.bsky.social of Face Meat by Bonten Taro translated by Ryan Holmberg for @livingtheline.bsky.social www.tcj.com/reviews/face...

I know this wont sell like crazy but hot damn books like this is why ENG mango fans have never had it so good. Please enjoy it while you can and support small pubs. Yeah we print weird stuff but that’s REALLY what makes mango so special

Wow. Never thought I'd see anything of Iijima printed in English.

Legit gobsmacked that this is being translated haaaa wtf

Currently on press in Quebec! 50 years on from initial publication in Black Punch, Iijima Ichiro continues to shock, appall, and satiate... You'll find out for yourself soon! My Gorilla Family is almost here.

Well, here's fun: @comicsjournal.bsky.social has a new review up of MANSECT, the creepy, bizarre 1975 horror manga by Shinichi Koga. The review is by seanmccarthyart.bsky.social, a smart and knowledgeable guy who really knows his stuff when it comes to Japanese comics!

James Romberger's For Real tell a harrowing real life war time story from Jack Kirby's life. It is bookeneded with an essay exploring the ways the war experience influenced Jack Kirby's comics. Check out a new video review by @livingtheline.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=rry...

UFO MUSHROOM INVASION and MANSECT are absolute must-reads! Get 'em now, while you can!

Looking for some fun manga to read? Ask for them at your local bookstore or library.

Mansect by Koga Shinichi and UFO Mushroom Invasion by Shirakawa Marina, are now back in print and in stock at Living the Line hq! The bulk of the two printings are now on the way to our new distributor, who will be announced soon. In the meanwhile, reach out for bulk orders!

Today I’m reviewing The Pit by Erik Kriek from @livingtheline.bsky.social youtu.be/LscBRK5v9pU?... #erikkriek #comics #comicbooks #indie #livingtheline #comicart #cartoonist #europeancomics #thecomicbookreport

Many thanks to Carson Grubaugh of @livingtheline.bsky.social for his thoughtful critique of our most recent comic, Absolute Simultaneity! #altcomics #dystopiancomics youtu.be/2SGyx1oZ-T0?...

"Visual delight all throughout." Incredible video review of Emil Friis Ernst's @efernst.bsky.social Womb Rider on the @livingtheline.bsky.social channel. Watch the video here: youtu.be/cYotTR1jqqo...

Phenomenal review by Sean McCarthy for @comicsjournal.bsky.social of Koga Shinichi's Mansect, the third release of the @livingtheline.bsky.social imprint, Smudge, which recently released the vintage horror mangas: Her Frankenstein and UFO Mushroom Invasion! #manga www.tcj.com/reviews/mans...

Latest Newsletter: Humans, Apes & Riders: Jungle Launch Events, The Jungle and Womb Rider are here, My Gorilla Family, Image Gallery, and so much more! Thread. @tomneelyartist.bsky.social @keenanmkeller.bsky.social @efernst.bsky.social @livingtheline.bsky.social

Preorder: My Gorilla Family! @livingtheline.bsky.social uncivilizedbooks.com/my-gorilla-...

Excellent duelling reviews of Mansect by Koga Shinichi up on The Comics Journal today, by Leonard Pierce and Sean McCarthy, respectively! Currently nominated for an American Manga Award for Best New Edition of Classic Manga 2025. www.tcj.com/reviews/mans...

Another awesome pickup from our weekend tabling at @cakechicago.bsky.social was Face Meat! A fabulously trashy and violent collection of fourteen of Bonten Taro's stories released by the folks @livingtheline.bsky.social #gekiga #BontenTaro livingtheline.company.site/products/FAC...

Check out my FAVORITE comics that I’ve read in 2025… SO FAR! Ft. Comics from @xaimeh.bsky.social, @livingtheline.bsky.social, @fantagraphics.bsky.social, @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social, @comicstitan.bsky.social and more! Watch the video here: youtu.be/kvYDlj6aW2o?...

The struggle is real. #wip #makingcomics #bandedessinee

If you’re a comics/graphic novels/manga librarian, this includes you! Basically, if your day-to-day involves reading, cataloging, and processing a lot of manga, you can vote!

Manga Goes to School is now available! Emily Ratica, @smwordsmith.bsky.social, @bespokelib.bsky.social, @st741.bsky.social, and I are so excited for you to get this resource in your hands!

Being a judge for the American Manga Awards has made me realize that I really do read a lot of manga, but also that there a couple of spots where I can widen my coverage.

Omg yay! I recommend Her Frankenstein from Living the Line personally, and I’m always happy to hear that people have checked out Moto Hagio

Moto Hagio is very near and dear to me, and I really hope many people check out her work! I was actually alluding to discovering work from publishers such as @livingtheline.bsky.social, who I’m very excited to see more from in the future.

Thrilled to see MANSECT by Koga Shinichi nominated for Best New Edition of a Classic Manga, + Ryan Holmberg nominated for Best Translation for Bonten Taro's FACE MEAT! Privileged to be among such company, + to have all our eligible titles nominated. More to follow soon! Huge congrats to all nominees

We've liked all Erik Kriek's previous books, and The Pit continues a winning streak. Atmospheric horror dealing with loss and isolation. @livingtheline.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/the-pit/

"...readers who don’t mind a bit of trash with their treasure will have a blast.' Thanks to Publishers Weekly for a fun and insightful review of @bonten_gekiga_kai Face Meat, translated by @mangaberg with an essay by @hiroshi_kunisawa ! Out in bookstores this week!

Book mail day continues and the hits keep coming! The TPB of @jennacha.bsky.social and @lonnienadler.bsky.social ‘s amazing series THE SICKNESS is finally out! You don’t wanna miss this one

It was a leap, a lunge, that’s led to a twist and a plunge

TCAF 2025! We're here all weekend at table 178. Say hello to The Sickness crew Lonnie Nadler and Jenna Cha running the table. @lonnienadler.bsky.social @jennacha.bsky.social

Co-sign...literally!

In the news biz this is what I believe they call, lesse... "Totally Bogus". Tho the concern for publishers left in the cold w recent Diamond woes and missed payments is much appreciated. More soon... With @unciv.bsky.social

🔜🇺🇸 @livingtheline.bsky.social publicará 'Shibito o Ayatsuru 'Ma Shoujo' de Norikazu Kawamura, autor de 'Su Frankenstein'. 'The Girl Who Raised The Dead' saldrá a la venta en noviembre.

Ryan Holmberg and @livingtheline.bsky.social are doing God's work with their Smudge imprint

Diamond’s collapse hit indie comics hard! We're lucky that Lunar & Ingram keep our comics flowing. We're helping pals at @livingtheline.bsky.social through the turmoil. Their manga Face Meat by Bonten Taro, trans. by Ryan Holmberg, is a wild horror ride. Grab it now! uncivilizedbooks.com/face-meat/

Mansect- Probably my favorite in the smudge line so far! Love these single volume horror manga classics!

In my estimation, #Smudge is the most exciting thing happening in manga now. And here I argue why! @livingtheline.bsky.social #horrormanga www.comicsbeat.com/horror-beat-...

Smudge is a relatively new line that I'm really digging. These are old and somewhat obscure horror manga by different artists that were never previously localised into English, but are now finally available officially for us. Love what's been released so far and I'm excited to see this continue.

Smudge is 3 for 3 with their classic horror manga releases. MANSECT is fun, gross, weird, and unhinged. Great book!

Ok this cover is probably selling me more than it can deliver but hell yes

Ok so the Smudge line of weird horror manga being put out by @livingtheline.bsky.social is one of my favorite series of books coming out right now. Excited to dig into Face Meat by Boten Taro