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ばったん @battan8.bsky.social · 1d

❤️‍🔥memento mori❤️‍🔥

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 1d

It's definitely worth your time!

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 1d

I said earlier that I felt like this might be something I'd recommend to 91 Days fans and, now that I've finished it, I think that holds true. Obviously a similar setting, but there's also a melancholy running through too, the choices that characters make. Really nice book

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 1d

I really love the character art in this, the body language, all of it

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 1d

Now that I've finished reading, it turned out to be not as heartwrenching as 91 Days, which is absolutely fine bc it isn't trying to be, but there's definitely still some shared vibes going on, do recommend

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the best kind of problem to have!

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 2d

It definitely seems like something you’d like!

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 2d

The publisher mentions Banana Fish fans in their promo copy, but I’d really like to sell it to people who are into 91 Days

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 2d

I preordered it on the strength of its cover, which is really damn great, but I am into the story now
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

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 2d

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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TheOASG @theoasg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Cosmopolitan has revealed that Ai Yazawa illustrated a Vivienne Westwood edition cover for NANA 25th Anniversary Edition Volume 1; it will be available exclusively at BAM! in the US October 21, Waterstones in the UK November 20, and at Vivienne Westwood […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

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Renta!BL @rentayaoi.bsky.social · 3d

‼️ CAMPAIGN ‼️

Purchase a chapter of the series by Oct. 24 (JST) and get a SPECIAL ILLUSTRATION from Sonoo Michiru-sensei, JUST for Renta! readers! ❤️

Click here for deets, and a little sneak peak of the AMAZING illustration you can snag!! 🤩👇
www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1...

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 3d

I am so jealous, enjoy!

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ばったん @battan8.bsky.social · 5d

表紙の没ラフ

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 6d

Why not pre-order my cinematic translation baby?? It's a thing you can do!

Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 6d

Reminder: The Credits Roll Into the Sea will begin its English release in March! Pre-order Volume 1: https://bit.ly/4oU520x

After turning 65 & losing her husband, Umiko visits a cinema for the first time in years—and realizes that she’d like to make a film of her own.

By John Tarachine

Cover of The Credits Roll Into the Sea Volume 1 by John Tarachine

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AniPlaylist @aniplaylist.bsky.social · 6d

🆕 Let's Go Karaoke! & Captivated, By You [Original Soundtracks] by Takuro Iga, are now available on Spotify and Apple Music

📱 Links to both soundtracks are listed in the AniPlaylist app

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futekiya (Manga Planet BL Branch) @futekiya.bsky.social · 6d

📣👀 Pre-Ordering Begins for Manga Planet’s Boys’ Love Title Psychedelia

The print edition for Psychedelia by Hidebu Takahashi is now open to pre-orders in the US on Kinokuniya USA's online store!

Those attending New York Comic Con will be able to grab a copy before they hit stores!

#BLmanga

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 7d

If they aren't seeing who's working with who (and if a jpn publisher is working with anyone at all), it makes it much harder to see why a title is with one eng publisher and not another or why no one's licensed this title from a jpn publisher that doesn't have any established relationships overseas

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 7d

It seems like a lot of people are oddly resistant to looking at relationships between jpn publishers and eng publishers, even though it makes it much easier to understand why eng publishers might not get a particular license

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 7d

The Japanese publisher hadn't licensed anything to an English publisher in years before that, iirc, but obviously a digital license to someone else was what was stopping every other English publisher from getting it 🙄

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 7d

Given that multiple titles have now been licensed for print by other publishers, some people really do have peculiar ideas about license exclusivity there. I remember someone being spitting mad that they had kept Blue Sky Complex from being licensed in print

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 8d

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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jess @daisicles.bsky.social · 8d

I'm sorry to hear this. I have been able to read some amazing manga thanks to futekiya's digital platform, titles that don't seem terribly feasible for print, but I look forward to seeing what comes in print

futekiya (Manga Planet BL Branch) @futekiya.bsky.social · 8d

Closure of Manga Planet’s Digital Platform on March 31st, 2026

Due to various circumstances like recent restrictions from payment processors and the changing online landscape, we plan to close Manga Planet’s digital service at the end of March 2026.
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ばったん @battan8.bsky.social · 8d

スキャンした、でかい

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