See you Sunday, Oct 4 at Litquake Small Press Book Fair, downtown San Francisco. Come visit the Last Gasp booth and check out our newest books! Located at Yerba Buena Gardens, Next to the Metreon. Free and open to the public. 10/4, 11a-4p, Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard St, SF

You Can Be Anything You Want, Says Fictional Character https://theonion.com/you-can-be-anything-you-want-says-fictional-character-1819566934/

Great news - Junko Mizuno will be a featured guest at Cape & Cowl Con! Junko will be signing Pure Trance and other books at the LAST GASP booth.  Hope to see you there Sun, Aug 30 at Faction Brewing in Alameda. Cape & Cowl Con is a FREE event so come check it out!

See you at San Diego — Last Gasp booth #1715 will have our newest release, Ultra Heaven 3, recent manga titles, limited edition art books, rare and vintage underground comix, gifts, and a 2026 Comic-Con Exclusive Pin while supplies last. #sdcc #comiccon #lastgasp

Two Last Gasp titles have been nominated for the 2026 American Manga Awards — Best One-Shot Manga: The Strange Tale of Panorama Island & Best New Edition of Classic Manga: Ultra Heaven vol. 2 #americanmangaawards #lastgasp #manga

Ultra Heaven volume 3 pre-orders are open! Part three of Keiichi Koike epic psychedelic voyage lastgasp.com/products/ult...

Book #30 of 2026 completed: 'Won't Back Down’ (2023, @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social) edited by the late Trina Robbins. Some four dozen comics creators from the U.S. and abroad contributed to this pro-choice anthology; a fitting finale to Robbins' career and legacy. #comics

March Manga! Take 50% off all in-stock manga when you order 3 or more. Order while stock lasts! Ends March 31 lastgasp.com/collections/...

Last Gasp Manga

Manga titles published in English by Last Gasp of San Francisco, including Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa, titles by Keiichi Koike, Junko Mizuno, Suehiro Maruo, and more.

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In other manga news, Ultra Heaven volume 3 will begin printing in the next few weeks and should be available this spring/early summer. The translation for The Caterpillar by Suehiro Maruo is finished, and we will begin production soon. It should be available in the fall.

Sample pages from new edition of Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa — new ed will be presented in the original format, with new high-resolution art, completely re-lettered, including some color pages never seen in English before. afterword by Raina Telgemeier. Out this summer

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-...

Remembering Star Fruit Books publisher Matt Haasch, 1990-2025 - The Comics Journal

Zack Davisson pays homage to the late Haasch, who died of cancer on Sept. 6.

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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...

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

Litquake's Small Press Book Fair | Litquake

Our book fair is back, with a whole new lineup of the Bay Area's best small presses and journals!

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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.

AMA Voter Registration - Anime NYC

Register to Vote in the 2025 American Manga Awards New voter registration closes: Monday, July 21 (5:00 pm ET) Voting ends: Thursday, July 24 (5:00 pm ET) Manga publishing professionals are invited...

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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/...

2025 American Manga Award Nominees Announced

Anime NYC and Japan Society have announced the 35 nominees for the second annual American Manga Awards, set to take place on August 21.

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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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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

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The Thrilling Tale of How Robert Smalls Seized a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom

He risked his life to liberate his family and became a legend in the process

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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

Here's two of them, found at Archive (and two bonus) in a meh-quality screenshot.

Spain Rodriguez. Man, I miss having this guy in the world.