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cartoonist/illustrator/wants to meet your cat. assistant editor at ABRAMS ComicArts. she/they, opinions are my own. https://kotalinejones.com/

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kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · Nov 15

A lot of you are here now, so quick reintroduction from me! I'm in editorial at Abrams ComicArts, I teach manga history at SVA, and I illustrate and draw comics in whatever free time is left over. I love medieval history, chatting about comics, fire emblem, and cats in no particular order. ✌️✨

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Rosemary V-O @hirosemary.bsky.social · 3h

Cover for the newly announced series The Crying Doll, the latest collaboration between Mariko Tamaki and myself, coming from Vertigo in 2026!! 🪆🩸

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 1d

Anaïs Flogny debuts with a striking blend of queer romance and hard-nosed crime drama. Fans of crime and romance will enjoy this lavender-hued riff on 'Goodfellas'. buff.ly/mcKiTQE

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 1d

I’m reading it right now during NYCC—fantastic book!!

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Andrea Horbinski @horbinski.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly thrilled with this review from Kirkus. It's always great when you feel that the reviewer really got what you were trying to do (and thinks you succeeded!).

"Deeply considered and information rich, a useful, fascinating work of comics history."

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

MANGA'S FIRST CENTURY | Kirkus Reviews

Digging into a popular medium’s roots.

www.kirkusreviews.com

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 1d

We sold out of SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES at NYCC but I got a pic. 😊 Plenty more amazing comics at Booth #3429!!

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 1d

Happy 60th Anniversary, Flying Ace!

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz, originally published October 10, 1965

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New York Working Families Party @nywfp.bsky.social · 1d

HANDS OFF TISH JAMES.

TODAY. 5:30. FOLEY SQUARE.

www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

Solidarity Rally
Hands Off Tish James
Friday 10/10
Foley Square at 5:30

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Alex Segura @alexsegura.bsky.social · 1d

Just announced at NYCC: I’m writing a KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic with artist @davidhahn.bsky.social in partnership with @nycschools.bsky.social #civicsforall comics program, covering and explaining student rights when it comes to immigration enforcement.

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 1d

I’d love to meet up if you have time today!!

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 4d

I started reading Anaïs Flogny’s Smoke Gets in Your Eyes last night before bed, which was a grave mistake bc I wanted to skip work today so I could finish it, but here we are

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kitt @donkitt.bsky.social · 8d

jules is very good too. scrangly.

Photo of a panel. A bloodied man with wide eyes. Seriously, I'm sorry it so grainy I promise I will buy a lamp

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kitt @donkitt.bsky.social · 8d

this guy...agh, my weakness for men who are put together and meticulous and in control on the surface but concealing a core of burning rage and desperate insecurity just beneath the surface

Photo of a page. A blond-haired man (Adam) correctly recognizes that the phone is the enemy and goes on the offensive

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kitt @donkitt.bsky.social · 8d

i wish i was good enough at taking pictures to show how good the colors are

A photo of a page. Striking orange tones predominate

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kitt @donkitt.bsky.social · 8d

the way intimacy is portrayed in this book has me weak at the knees

Photo of a page from Smoke Gets In Your Eyes. A man walks his hand across the table to grasp another man's hand

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kitt @donkitt.bsky.social · 8d

yes...yes!!

Photo of a copy of the comic Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Anaïs Flogny

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Chan Chau @aluhnim.bsky.social · 3d

Kind of a sensitive ask, but are there any English->Viet translators out there who could translate a personal note? (About queerness?)

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Vanessa Satone @vsatone.bsky.social · 4d

I got my preorder of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes a couple days ago, and I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but it looks amazing.

Cover for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. A man is sitting in a chair smoking a cigarette, while another man stands behind him with his hand barely touching his shoulder

A comic page of a man combing his hair and buttoning up his suit

Two comic pages of two men dancing and embracing

A drawing of two men sitting on a couch. One man is gently caressing the other’s face

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 4d

THE BEAT AND K-COMICSBEAT ARE HIRING:

We are looking for a new person to fill the job of Managing Editor for KComicsbeat.com and manga/anime editor for The Beat. Knowledge of webtoon, manga and publishing business required. There is some pay as a PT position.

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Anaïs Flogny @hakunette.bsky.social · 4d

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES is out in the US today!! 💕
Also say hi to one of the marvelous person who helped this book release in english, and make it this pretty!!

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 4d

Today my first acquisition is out in the world! One million thanks to @hakunette.bsky.social for trusting the Abrams ComicArts team with SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES—and if you or someone you know wants to read a tragic gay mafia romance comic that will leave you in shambles, please pick up the book!

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Bex Glendining @lgions.bsky.social · 4d

On Starlit Shores, a YA urban fantasy graphic novel, follows Alex as she returns to her home town of Indigo Harbor after her grandmothers death and soon discovers that all is not what it seems. Who is Elizabeth and what was her relation to Alex's grandmother?

more here - bio.site/lgions

cover for on starlit shores

panel from on starlit shores. birdseye view. alex stands in her grandmas bedroom as she tries to muster up the courage to start clearing out her room

panel. alex holds a glowing bottle that explodes with light

alex and grim sit on some steps. alex is eating a donut. grim is looking at something else
text -
alex: looks like you've made a 'friend'
grim: shut up and eat your food.

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 4d

You can check it out in our website here: www.abramsbooks.com/product/smok...

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

A gripping and lushly illustrated tale of love and lies set between 1930s Chicago and New York's criminal underworld, perfect for fans of manga like Banana Fish and readers of graphic novels like Laur...

www.abramsbooks.com

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 4d

Today my first acquisition is out in the world! One million thanks to @hakunette.bsky.social for trusting the Abrams ComicArts team with SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES—and if you or someone you know wants to read a tragic gay mafia romance comic that will leave you in shambles, please pick up the book!

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 4d

Chris Ryall and Jacob Phillips discuss Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel, the companion to the Francis Ford Coppola film, in this new interview.

Chris Ryall And Jacob Phillips Go Back To The Club For ‘Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel’

Chris Ryall and Jacob Phillips discuss Megalopolis: An Original Graphic Novel, the companion to the Francis Ford Coppola film, in this new interview.

comicbookclublive.com

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Manga Tak | Weekly Podcast @mangatakpod.bsky.social · 5d

This week on Manga Tak, I’m joined by Pippa and Georgie to chat the excellent They Were 11! by Moto Hagio (published by @denpabooks.bsky.social )

This groundbreaking sci-fi Shojo is one not to be missed! Get it here or wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

Copy of They Were 11! Taken on a white, slightly spacey looking backdrop with black circles

The men arrive and discover they’ve gained an extra crew member!

Tada assumes Frol is a woman and they’re not please about it!

The crew discover they’ve left a safe orbit and they’re on a collision course with the planet Onyx!

kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 5d

Not on a Monday