In Memoriam: Matt Haasch “Matt was warm, friendly, and endlessly positive, with an infectious energy.” Azuki’s @evanminto.com honors the memory of the @starfruitbooks.bsky.social founder www.azuki.co/news/2025/09...

Today we'd like to share a cool website, Books from Taiwan. It's a government initiative designed to share compelling works in all formats in genres, but of course, we love the comics stuff the best. Primarily for publishers, but anyone can browse: booksfromtaiwan.moc.gov.tw/books.php?ca...

And it’s also a great excuse to reshare these two wonderful posts from @mangasplaining.bsky.social on Taiyō Matsumoto - mangasplaining.substack.com/p/bonus-inte...

Now available online in english: Naoki Urasawa interviewing Katsuhiro Otomo about his work and his manga "Domu" during one hour. "Manben" is such a great TV program. >> www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

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CXC’s first ever full manga track brings together creators from literally around the globe—Japan, France, and here in the U.S.—for four days of programming, events, and workshops that showcase not just Japanese cartooning, but also the vast influence of manga worldwide.

Previously unseen sketches by Atsushi Kaneko for SEARCH AND DESTROY? Don't mind if we do...

Due to some reg fuckery mangasplainingextra.com stopped working for an undetermined length of time. It is working again! Apologies.

Thanks @mangasplaining.bsky.social crew for the chance to translate this kickass manga and write a bit about what it means to me. A few excerpts are here, or read the whole thing plus an extraordinary afterword to his own work from Kaneko-sensei: mangasplaining.substack.com/p/search-and...

"At those times, touching something that has been charged with someone else’s rage, like a manga, book, movie, music, or other piece of art, demonstrates that there is someone else out there feeling the same rage, and that this feeling welling up inside us is not a mistake." - Atsushi Kaneko

New Post: SEARCH AND DESTROY: Afterwords Pt. 1. Featuring art from Atsushi Kaneko and Peach Momoko! Read it now at Mangasplaining Extra.

Did you know that the incredible @peachmomoko.bsky.social contributed a pin-up and afterword to SEARCH AND DESTROY VOLUME 2, by Atsushi Kaneko? We'll reveal both in the next posting at MSX, mangasplaining.substack.com.

The final print edition of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, VOLUME 3, is coming on September 3rd. Just over a week away! Pre-order your copy now from wherever you get your manga...

This sounds like a really interesting manga!

This is so, so good. Did you listen to our episode on the career of Tsutomu Nihei by the way? That was a fun episode. We gotta do another of those someday... www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-29-t...

Congratulations to the winners of this year's American Manga Awards! Lots of good books there. www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/202...

NOW LIVE: The Final Chapter of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, based on DORORO by Osamu Tezuka. Read it now at mangasplaining.substack.com. #msx #manga

🚀 Scholastic is hiring an Executive Editor Manga and Graphix. Full time, NYC, $93k-110k. Must be fluent in Japanese & 7+ yrs editing manga required. #jobalert #comicjobs #artjob #jobsinpublishing scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Everyone please join us in wishing a hearty Ganbaremasu and Congratulations to @debaoki.bsky.social Deb Aoki for all the cool stuff she's doing at ANIME NYC this weekend, including administering the Manga Awards and this cool interview!

This was one of the Anime Expo interviews we spoke about in our latest podcast episode! Thanks again to MINT Manga and @debaoki.bsky.social for giving Behind the Manga the opportunity! We hope you enjoy the interview! #manga

This month's Comic Book Film Club selection is LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART ON THE RIVER STYX at the Alamo Drafthouse Winchester on 8/24 at 5PM. Co-sponsored by @fourcolorfantasies.bsky.social & featuring a virtual intro by @mangasplaining.bsky.social's @debaoki.bsky.social! Get Your Tickets🔗🧵⬇️

Having an art-filled day in Tokyo. Will write up the exhibitions on the newsletter soon. :)

We have plans for gooddevils.com. me and @nickdragotta.bsky.social want to make it into an art gallery, feat. our friends, family, and even undeniably talented enemigos. Planning more stuff like this chat, where we dig into Fist of the North Star & its influence on us www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWiI...

You can read my translation of one of her books over on @mangasplaining.bsky.social at least! And a print edition of that book is coming soon, so there is hope if you are a Torikai fan!

Search and Destroy is almost over. Two fiery selves have emerged shining from the chaos.

Also, stumbled across this cute Taiwanese yuri webtoon, LOVE RUSH, the other day! This site has the first chapter translated into English!

In the U.S.? You can also submit your manga for a chance at a professional portfolio review by a Kodansha manga editor in NYC! www.kodanshahouse.com/event-detail...

Submissions are now open for the SILENT MANGA AUDITION! Submit your wordless manga to this excellent contest for a chance to be published! www.manga-audition.com/sma23-my-dre...

Missing David's melodious voice? Check out his new video conversation with Nick Dragotta about their upcoming anthology collection "GOOD DEVILS" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWiI...

Search and Destroy is pretty darned good. Climax this week, final chapter soon. Print version in September from @fantagraphics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mangaspl...

This week we reach the climax of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, and Hyaku's and Doro's secrets are revealed in this explosive 80 PAGE penultimate chapter! mangasplaining.substack.com/p/manga-sear...

An awesome short manga by Trans-Shoujo Chan who is transgender manga-ka, is currently available for free for a limited time. As a fan of this manga, I hope many people will read it.

Our episode on Tokyo These Days is coming in a few months! We really loved it! <3 Congratulations to Matsumoto-sensei and VIZ for the win.

NEW PODCAST! The Mangasplaining Gang dives in to Satoru Noda's hockey epic DOGSRED! Listen now and read along with the show notes at Mangasplaining.com or MangasplainingExtra.com!

Chip's got a new issue of ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS this week, and it might just be all about MANGA, with some very special guest appearances! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Support your local libraries AND read great books, too!

Hey there! If you're someone working in or around manga, you can register to vote in the American Manga Awards! Our own VEIL and SEARCH AND DESTROY are nominated, but there are a ton of amazing manga nominated this year. :)

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Official announcement later today, but: - VEIL volume 1 & 2 have sold out(!) - A reprint has already been ordered by UDON - arriving in August - Copies are still available at retail, support your local shops - We know some stores never shipped, working on it - No idea what's going on with B&N.

Happy Pride Month! Check out this comic we commissioned with gay manga-ka Kazuhide Ichikawa @ichikawado.bsky.social about making gay doujinshi in Japan! mangasplaining.substack.com/p/free-manga...

Last time I checked, Veil vol 1 by Kotteri from @udonentertainment.bsky.social / @mangasplaining.bsky.social (MSX) was #1 in "new shojo manga" on Amazon and Veil vol. 2 was #6. (it's now at #4). It's out of stock at Amazon now, but they're accepting orders for when it's available from them again.

Just wanted to shout out this excellent two-part article on important mangaka that aren't published in English. @debaoki.bsky.social this is right up your alley! Via Dave Merrill landofobscusion.blogspot.com/2025/06/twel...?

Thank you so much! It was an interesting situation, where we saw how well this letterer worked on the French edition, and we were lucky that they wanted to work with us on the English and bring that same skill! :D

Thank you! We hope you love it! :D

It's a full on revolution in this week's chapter of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka. What a weirdly prescient book, I'm so glad we're publishing it. (For paid subscribers.)

Thank you for reading! Glad you're enjoying it!

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Also today, the second volume of the Eisner-nominated SEARCH AND DESTROY by Atsushi Kaneko arrives in stores from @fantagraphics.bsky.social ! We included a special surprise that we haven't mentioned anywhere, we'll talk about it tomorrow to give y'all a chance to discover it on your own. :)