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Coming this month, the shocking conclusion in Atsushi Kaneko’s SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL. 3! Get your pre-orders in wherever there are books!
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Coming this month, the shocking conclusion in Atsushi Kaneko’s SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL. 3! Get your pre-orders in wherever there are books!
Psyched to see that the Italian edition of VEIL by Kotteri took home a major prize at Lucca in Italy this past weekend: Best Series!
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Psyched to see that the Italian edition of VEIL by Kotteri took home a major prize at Lucca in Italy this past weekend: Best Series!
Love Village Vanguard Exciting Book Store. For reasons...
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Love Village Vanguard Exciting Book Store. For reasons...
One of Taiwan's Comics of the Year is "SPARKLE AT THE FUCKING END" by Hacocho. It's about two teenagers who find a superstar turned into a zombie during the apocalypse, and decide to keep him and film him on social media for likes. So, y'know. Taiwan is making some neat comics.
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One of Taiwan's Comics of the Year is "SPARKLE AT THE FUCKING END" by Hacocho. It's about two teenagers who find a superstar turned into a zombie during the apocalypse, and decide to keep him and film him on social media for likes. So, y'know. Taiwan is making some neat comics.
Previously unseen sketches by Atsushi Kaneko for SEARCH AND DESTROY? Don't mind if we do...
August 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Previously unseen sketches by Atsushi Kaneko for SEARCH AND DESTROY? Don't mind if we do...
Did you know that the incredible @peachmomoko.bsky.social contributed a pin-up and afterword to SEARCH AND DESTROY VOLUME 2, by Atsushi Kaneko? We'll reveal both in the next posting at MSX, mangasplaining.substack.com.
August 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Did you know that the incredible @peachmomoko.bsky.social contributed a pin-up and afterword to SEARCH AND DESTROY VOLUME 2, by Atsushi Kaneko? We'll reveal both in the next posting at MSX, mangasplaining.substack.com.
The final print edition of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, VOLUME 3, is coming on September 3rd. Just over a week away! Pre-order your copy now from wherever you get your manga...
August 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The final print edition of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, VOLUME 3, is coming on September 3rd. Just over a week away! Pre-order your copy now from wherever you get your manga...
NOW LIVE: The Final Chapter of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, based on DORORO by Osamu Tezuka. Read it now at mangasplaining.substack.com. #msx #manga
August 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NOW LIVE: The Final Chapter of Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY, based on DORORO by Osamu Tezuka. Read it now at mangasplaining.substack.com. #msx #manga
Having an art-filled day in Tokyo. Will write up the exhibitions on the newsletter soon. :)
August 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Having an art-filled day in Tokyo. Will write up the exhibitions on the newsletter soon. :)
Search and Destroy is pretty darned good. Climax this week, final chapter soon. Print version in September from @fantagraphics.bsky.social
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July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Search and Destroy is pretty darned good. Climax this week, final chapter soon. Print version in September from @fantagraphics.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/mangaspl...
open.substack.com/pub/mangaspl...
Chip's got a new issue of ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS this week, and it might just be all about MANGA, with some very special guest appearances! substack.com/home/post/p-...
June 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Chip's got a new issue of ZDARSKY COMIC NEWS this week, and it might just be all about MANGA, with some very special guest appearances! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Official announcement later today, but:
- VEIL volume 1 & 2 have sold out(!)
- A reprint has already been ordered by UDON
- arriving in August
- Copies are still available at retail, support your local shops
- We know some stores never shipped, working on it
- No idea what's going on with B&N.
- VEIL volume 1 & 2 have sold out(!)
- A reprint has already been ordered by UDON
- arriving in August
- Copies are still available at retail, support your local shops
- We know some stores never shipped, working on it
- No idea what's going on with B&N.
June 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Official announcement later today, but:
- VEIL volume 1 & 2 have sold out(!)
- A reprint has already been ordered by UDON
- arriving in August
- Copies are still available at retail, support your local shops
- We know some stores never shipped, working on it
- No idea what's going on with B&N.
- VEIL volume 1 & 2 have sold out(!)
- A reprint has already been ordered by UDON
- arriving in August
- Copies are still available at retail, support your local shops
- We know some stores never shipped, working on it
- No idea what's going on with B&N.
We're super proud to have serialized this on Mangasplaining Extra, and worked with Kaneko-sensei, translator Ben Applegate, letterer Phil Christie, and a bunch of other awesome people to help put it together. Please check it out at a comic shop near you!
June 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We're super proud to have serialized this on Mangasplaining Extra, and worked with Kaneko-sensei, translator Ben Applegate, letterer Phil Christie, and a bunch of other awesome people to help put it together. Please check it out at a comic shop near you!
Also today, the second volume of the Eisner-nominated SEARCH AND DESTROY by Atsushi Kaneko arrives in stores from @fantagraphics.bsky.social ! We included a special surprise that we haven't mentioned anywhere, we'll talk about it tomorrow to give y'all a chance to discover it on your own. :)
June 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Also today, the second volume of the Eisner-nominated SEARCH AND DESTROY by Atsushi Kaneko arrives in stores from @fantagraphics.bsky.social ! We included a special surprise that we haven't mentioned anywhere, we'll talk about it tomorrow to give y'all a chance to discover it on your own. :)
Looks like VEIL Volume 1 by Kotteri! is out today. Hope you pre-ordered. :) More to say later but shout out to the team of translator Jocelyne Allen, letterer Kevin Druelle (Oshino Studios), and editor Andrew Woodrow-Butcher of Mangasplaining Extra.
June 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looks like VEIL Volume 1 by Kotteri! is out today. Hope you pre-ordered. :) More to say later but shout out to the team of translator Jocelyne Allen, letterer Kevin Druelle (Oshino Studios), and editor Andrew Woodrow-Butcher of Mangasplaining Extra.
The massive 50-page "Search and Destroy Chapter 15" by Atsushi Kaneko, based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka, is now available at mangasplaining.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The massive 50-page "Search and Destroy Chapter 15" by Atsushi Kaneko, based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka, is now available at mangasplaining.substack.com
Six! Six Mangasplaining Extra Books! Ah Ha Ha Ha Haaah!
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Six! Six Mangasplaining Extra Books! Ah Ha Ha Ha Haaah!
It looks like the next two Mangasplaining Extra books are due on June 3, 2025: VEIL V1 by Kotteri from UDON, and SEARCH AND DESTROY V2 by Atsushi Kaneko from Fantagraphics...! (Veil 2 coming in a few months)
May 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It looks like the next two Mangasplaining Extra books are due on June 3, 2025: VEIL V1 by Kotteri from UDON, and SEARCH AND DESTROY V2 by Atsushi Kaneko from Fantagraphics...! (Veil 2 coming in a few months)
Sincere thanks to the creative team, to the hard-working folks @fantagraphics.bsky.social, to @superfanpr.bsky.social, to Tezuka Pro, Frederic, Stephane, and Deb, David, Chip, and Andrew. This is the first Eisner nomination for a project I've been involved with, and I'm absolutely chuffed. -CWB
May 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sincere thanks to the creative team, to the hard-working folks @fantagraphics.bsky.social, to @superfanpr.bsky.social, to Tezuka Pro, Frederic, Stephane, and Deb, David, Chip, and Andrew. This is the first Eisner nomination for a project I've been involved with, and I'm absolutely chuffed. -CWB
Kaneko-sensei, aided in English by @benapplegate.com's incredible translation and Phil Christie's gorgeous letters, has created something truly special with SEARCH AND DESTROY, and like the best SF stories it has something very relevant to say about the world we live in.
May 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Kaneko-sensei, aided in English by @benapplegate.com's incredible translation and Phil Christie's gorgeous letters, has created something truly special with SEARCH AND DESTROY, and like the best SF stories it has something very relevant to say about the world we live in.
Enormously proud to announce that Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 1 (based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka) has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the manga category. We're proud to have worked with @fantagraphics.bsky.social to bring this title to North American fans.
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Enormously proud to announce that Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 1 (based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka) has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the manga category. We're proud to have worked with @fantagraphics.bsky.social to bring this title to North American fans.
NEW PODCAST! Dive into Kaiju No.8 with Mangasplaining, the manga that's part Giant Monster, part Superhero Secret Identity, and part... office comedy? Listen at Mangasplaining.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
May 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
NEW PODCAST! Dive into Kaiju No.8 with Mangasplaining, the manga that's part Giant Monster, part Superhero Secret Identity, and part... office comedy? Listen at Mangasplaining.com or wherever you get your podcasts!
Search and Destroy is about a young woman who has nearly everything taken from her, and uses her unquenchable rage to seek revenge against the people and systems that nearly killed her. It's incredibly prescient and an amazing read with incredible art. We're really proud to be publishing it. :)
May 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Search and Destroy is about a young woman who has nearly everything taken from her, and uses her unquenchable rage to seek revenge against the people and systems that nearly killed her. It's incredibly prescient and an amazing read with incredible art. We're really proud to be publishing it. :)
Been meaning to mention that I think A Kingdom of Quartz by Bomhat (Kodansha) is one of the prettiest manga in English right now. Just stunning work.
May 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Been meaning to mention that I think A Kingdom of Quartz by Bomhat (Kodansha) is one of the prettiest manga in English right now. Just stunning work.
UDON let us know that VEIL by Kotteri, the next Mangasplaining Extra book, is at the distributors and on time for a June release! Hooray! Pre-order: t.co/QRAOWifmRz
May 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
UDON let us know that VEIL by Kotteri, the next Mangasplaining Extra book, is at the distributors and on time for a June release! Hooray! Pre-order: t.co/QRAOWifmRz