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I didn't read much manga, but Ultra Heaven v2 is my favorite manga I read this year. I want to thank @debaoki.bsky.social for putting me onto Ultra Heaven and @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social for publishing it.
The Last Gasp Online Store is an easy way to do your holiday gift shopping. Fast, free shipping on a wide range of books, comics, toys and vintage ephemera. mailchi.mp/lastgasp/hol...
On a remote and mysterious island, one man builds a playground of hedonistic excess. His world is filled with splendor — waterfalls, palaces, and gardens — a grand back-drop for decadent bacchanalia and dark secrets.
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
by Suehiro Maruo
Now available in paperback
REMEMBERING STAR FRUIT BOOKS PUBLISHER MATT HAASCH, 1990-2025
by Zach Davisson
www.tcj.com/remembering-...
Getting ready for San Francisco’s SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR — today at Yerba Buena Gardens, 11-4
Tons of local publishers, new books, live entertainment. See you there — Sunday, Sept 28
Original art from S. Clay Wilson, Spain, Robert Williams and more underground cartoonists — live auction: comics.ha.com/c/search/res...
Very sad to hear this. Condolences to his loved ones.
See you there!
PRE-FESTIVAL AMUSE-BOUCHE PT IV: Small Press Book Fair🤩
We're so excited to revive the Small Press Book Fair at Yerba Buena Gardens. Come browse the best in local literature set to a day of poetry readings from Litquake Out Loud. FREE!
📅Sep 28, 11–4
➡️Participating vendors: bit.ly/44P1jJN
You’re correct—Barefoot Gen is behind schedule. We will announce the adjusted release dates for all our forthcoming titles in the next couple of days. Thanks for your patience.
The highly-anticipated sequel to Keiichi Koike's psychedelic sci-fi graphic novel — now available for pre-order from Last Gasp!
Praise for
ULTRA HEAVEN VOL 1:
"Must-Read Manga"
- Publishers Weekly
"I will be back for more."
- The Comics
Journal
ULTRA HEAVEN VOL 2 - PREORDER NOW
Voter registration for the 2025 American Manga Awards is now open:
animenyc.com/american-man...
Eligible professionals working with English manga publishers can register to vote. US/Canada residency is not required. We invite professionals from all over the world to apply.
Here’s some fast facts about this year’s American Manga Awards entries:
18 companies nominated out of 30 that submitted books
29 books nominated in 7 categories
187 individual titles submitted
375 total entries (in all categories, counting multiple entries in different categories)
Big thanks to our judges, for picking our manga award nominees - @cybercjay.bsky.social, @mattalt.bsky.social, @hirokoyoda.bsky.social, @adityab.net, @airy.bsky.social, @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social, @vlordgtz.bsky.social, @harleygin.bsky.social, @annlynzee.bsky.social @mangalibrarian.bsky.social
The 2025 American Manga Awards nominees & Manga Publishing Hall of Fame announcement is now up on @publisherswkly.bsky.social / @pwcomicsworld.bsky.social
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Get ready for the epic “Art of Manga” exhibit at the @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ! See original genga (manga pages) from Rumiko Takahashi, Hirohiko Araki & more! Use promo code MANGAPARTNER from May 21 through July 1 for $5 off for tix from Sep 27–Oct 24 bit.ly/4k6PBPO
Deb and I are on the advisory committee for this show and it looks amazing.
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A colorful collage of panels from the manga Ultra Heaven. A close-up of a woman's eyes, widened in terror, sweat dripping from her face. A picture of her and a guy (who is slumped-over) in an apartment, with a mountainous landscape superimposed over it. Refuse that was laying around the room is now floating mid-air. There is a mysterious bright star-light orb of light in the middle of the room. In the third picture, the woman is superimposed with a metallic liquid, floating around her.
Right now finishing up Keiichi Koike's "Ultra Heaven" vol 2. It's even more bonkers than volume 1! I recommend picking this series up. The art is incredible and the story goes to some really interesting places, especially in vol 2.
link to buy volume 1: lastgasp.com/products/ultra-heaven
Four artist self-portraits from ARCADE (1975): G (Gilbert) Shelton looks up from his drawing board. Spain (Rodriguez) poses as the Lipton Tea man, complete with (R) R (Robert) Williams is the effete Roman bust declaring "Better My Hand Be Severed Than Be The Craft Of Some Unartly Thing" S (Steve) C (Clay) Wilson stands and looks pot-bellied while smoking in front of a pile of... cans, I hope. Sorry for the crap screenshot.
Here's two of them, found at Archive (and two bonus) in a meh-quality screenshot.
Spain mural in a Buffalo abandoned factory.
Spain Rodriguez. Man, I miss having this guy in the world.
Ultra Heaven Volume 1 by Keiichi Koike, translated by Ajani Oloye (Last Gasp) reviewed by Brian Nicholson www.tcj.com/reviews/ultr...
The picture is a joke, but the problem is serious. On Thursday, the US President enacted a 54% tariff on all products being imported into the USA from China...
We have thousands of books on a trans-Pacific freightliner heading to the USA from China. They'll be here in 3-5 weeks.
This is the reality most every small business is facing right now. An absolute nightmare is basically the *best case* scenario at this point.
It’s April Fools’ Day, did you dress your children or yourselves with backward clothing today? It is also 55 years since Last Gasp’s first comic book. Rolled off John Ploughman’s binder in Hayward, 1970.
Turtel Onli was the creator of the Black Age of Comics, an enthusiastic supporter of other Black creators, and an artist who redefined superheroes in his own way. And he told some great stories! I only met him a few times, but I know how well respected and loved he was. icv2.com/articles/new...
@lastgaspbooks.bsky.social is going to bring out a new, paperback edition of Suehiro Maruo's noir manga The Strange Tale of Panorama Island: icv2.com/articles/new...
