Three copies of Billy Bat volume 1 in English.
Totally surreal feeling that I can hold an English copy of Billy Bat in my hands. Even more that I got to work on it with @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and @editortiina.bsky.social. Super grateful to @abramskana.bsky.social for bringing it bringing us on.
Order it!
www.abramsbooks.com/product/bill...
A photo of a pair of earrings displayed hanging on the top edge of some black paperboard. The earring closest to the viewer consists of 3 brass discs attached in a stack by jump rings. They each have a symbol of one of the Guardians of Rayearth from the series Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP. The other earring has another disc with a different version of Windam's symbol, with 3 chains of varying lengths hanging from the bottom. The shortest chain has a square shaped blue crystal bead, the middle chain has a bicone shaped green crystal bead, and the longest one has a round shaped red crystal bead.
Also I am compelled for reasons related to some groups I'm in (le sigh) to occasionally visit FB and today it decided to remind me about these earrings and you know what FB you're right, those were bangers. Made for @editortiina.bsky.social!
THAT is the problem with "better than nothing". MTPE fan TL is worse than nothing. It's actively detrimental to the games supposedly being translated and the community at large.
It makes players associate the game with slop.
It forestalls good-faith translations.
It wastes everyone's time.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
keeping the streak alive
It is my pleasure to get to work with you, Aidan!
I'm so grateful to work with @editortiina.bsky.social, @nmamatas.bsky.social, and @amylynnjack.bsky.social.
Apparently the AI bros are on another round of "Hatsune Miku is AI, checkmate luddites" so this is just a reminder that the singer behind Miku was paid and still earns royalties, and beyond that, Miku is nothing more than a MIDI soundboard with advanced pitch converter options, it is not genAI.
Aw man, second celestial outfit is goals. But I've been so busy 🫠😮💨
Trying to keep words like "nakama" in Japanese, on the other hand, is pure Orientalism.
It is done to exoticize something, and try to pretend it is something different than the very normal and widespread concept the word represents.
It is an attempt to "other" the work.
📖KANA ANNOUNCEMENT!
🌃Get ready to embark on a horror filled, dark and supernatural journey with Jagaan!
📚Volume 1 of Jagaan comes out September, 2026!
#Manga #NewRelease #Horror #Kana #Thriller
Manga Publisher @abramskana.bsky.social set to release Jagaan! in English September 2026!
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#manga
A round logo with "FUCK GEN AI" written on the top and "NEVER SURRENDER" written on the bottom. Inside boot stomping on gen ai enthusiast showing chat gpt on his phone.
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Happy New Year,
Fuck Gen AI,
Never Surrender.
🎇Happy New Year! Check out the amazing books being released in January at Abrams ComicArts and Kana!
🏔️ Leo Rising
🎨 Cat's Eye Omnibus Volume 2
🌃 City Hunter Omnibus Volume 2
These exciting books are coming this January to your local bookstore!
#NewReleases #JanuaryReleases
I can't believe we're already looking at the new year 2026! 🤯 one thing remains true though, I am so excited to share another year with @abramskana.bsky.social and bring our manga announcements out for 2026!
Barnes & Noble preorder sale, so let me give you all a gander at some of my fave upcoming ComicArts titles! :3c
There's a reason why I've been so adamant in not touching the slop generators for anything. The moment you start justifying "just one thing" is the moment you start to find new ways to justify using it.
You lose your ability to stand against it, because suddenly you're invested in keeping it.
🧐 We might be looking for another editor or two to add to our editors’ pool sooner than expected. If you’re interested and a mutual, shoot me a message on here or Discord.
It's buy one get one 40% off for ALL our graphic novels from @abramscomicarts.bsky.social today! I'm going to list some of my favorite gift pick combos from this season—we make some great books! www.abramsbooks.com/imprints/abr...
Do you need a distraction from the doom scroll? Kana Manga just launched a discord server where we post sneak peeks and official announcements: discord.gg/WSFNhTEBJ
people measurably don’t want to pay for AI-generated content. you can’t grow a business off of a product no one will pay for.
you don’t need to be an AI skeptic to understand that using AI like this will kill your business.
If you don't want gen AI in your manga, anime, game, and light novel translations, now is the time to make your voice heard. Write to your favorite publishers and developers and ask if they are incorporating LLMs into their process. And most importantly, tell them you will vote with your dollars.
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASEXUAL? (ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACES") There are many different types of attraction including romantic, aesthetic and sexual. Asexuality refers to someone who experiences very little or no sexual attraction to people of any gender. ACE INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL FEEL... ROMANTIC ATTRACTION Desire for a typically romantic relationship with another person EMOTIONAL ATTRACTION Wanting an emotional connection with another person AESTHETIC ATTRACTION Attraction to someone based on their general appearance SENSUAL ATTRACTION Wanting to touch, hold, or cuddle someone PHYSICAL ATTRACTION Where a person finds another person's physique pleasing PLATONIC ATTRACTION Wanting to be friends with another person
An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY, LIKE ANY IDENTITY, IS COMPLEX. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASEXUAL IDENTITIES WITHIN ASEXUALITY INCLUDING: ASEXUAL SPECTRUM ASEXUAL No sexual attraction is experienced at all. Used as an umbrella term and used as a separate identity DEMISEXUAL May experience sexual attraction, but only once a deep, emotional bond occurs GREY SEXUAL Feels weak sexual attraction and/or attraction so rarely there's no desire to act on it
An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WAYS TO BE AN ALLY TO ASEXUAL FOLKS EDUCATE YOURSELF ON ACE IDENTITIES IF SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU AS ACE, BELIEVE THEM PROVIDE SUPPORT + VALIDATION CELEBRATE +AFFIRM THEIR IDENTITY RESPECT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS CALL OUT ACE-ERASURE + ACEPHOBIA WHERE YOU SEE IT EDUCATE OTHERS DON'T ASK INTRUSIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMEONE'S SEX LIFE DON'T ASSUME EVERYONE NEEDS SEX OR ROMANCE TO BE HAPPY TOGETHER WE CAN EVOLVE THE MEANING OF RELATIONSHIPS + HELP TO REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING ASEXUALITY.
An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MANY OTHER LGBTQIA IDENTITIES WHICH MEANS SOMEONE WHO IS ASEXUAL CAN ALSO BE... HETEROROMANTIC Romantic attraction to people of another gender. PANROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of all genders/regardless of gender. BIROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards men + women. HOMOROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of the same gender. AROMANTIC One who does not experience romantic attraction to people of any gender. PLUS MANY MORE! (SEARCH: "TYPES OF ROMANTIC ORIENTATION")
It’s Asexual Awareness Week
🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025
🩶 Celebrate identities
🤍 Build community
💜 Advocate for acceptance
I’m a proud 🖤A🩶C🤍E💜 with some info to share. Take a look ⤵️ and THANK YOU for your support!
AceWeek.org #Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceAwarenessWeek
Thank you Ben! The team is very proud of how nicely the whole 24 Frames editions came together
Took me a while to be ready to write this, but here's my post about Matt. I still can't fully believe he's gone.
Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
Sometimes the only way I can keep getting up everyday, what with the country and world being how it is right now, is because all I can do is put nice things into the world. And if that's just well localized manga that people enjoy...well, then I can get up tomorrow too.
Matt has setup a GoFundMe to help with rent and debt while he heals so please consider making a donation to help him out: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
If you cannot donate, please share & letting folks know!
the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production
