Deb Aoki

Toshiro Mifune sits dressed in Samurai garb, smoking a cigarette.

Warmup drawing for today-- Toshiro Mifune

SAN FRANCISCO - Saturday, Oct 25 is the last day for the Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha Manga Art Heritage Jojo's Bizarre Adventure print/art exhibit at Minnesota Street Projects Gallery - make plans to see this super cool show
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At Minnesota Street Project Galleries in San Francisco to check out the Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha Manga Art Heritage exhibit of lenticular prints and lithographs featuring key characters and scenes from “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure”

If you ever wondered why there aren’t many cartoons anymore this is it.

Lightbox overlay on a green heron drawing. October 24-25 2025, Lightboxexpo.com

Lightbox is this weekend! I’ll be at table 112 with The Washi Station and @rileysdesk.bsky.social ~

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

Boomer lady protesters. Two are dressed as hippies. One is dressed as a monarch butterfly and holds a sign reading THE ONLY ORANGE MONARCH I WANT.

My family in Pittsburgh rules. (My aunt in the butterfly costume works in horticulture and has strong feelings about pollinators.)

At Minnesota Street Project Galleries in San Francisco to check out the Hirohiko Araki / Shueisha Manga Art Heritage exhibit of lenticular prints and lithographs featuring key characters and scenes from “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure”

With the school year back in full effect, manga are circulating heavily on Comics Plus with readers of all ages. From new readers to avid fans, we’re spotlighting recommendations for Teens and Adults, but our “Your Manga Starter Collection” list has something for everyone.

#ReadAllTheComics

Happy Endings English edition starting to pop up!!! Here with the lovely folks @okcomics.bsky.social

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Howard to launch artist residency with gift from nonprofit that is closing The $500,000 endowment from CulturalDC will bring artists from underrepresented groups to campus for a semester at a time.

Howard University launches an artist residency

I’ll take a dive into it later today

Eric Kim | Patreon creating Comics & Illustrations

I just started a patreon! I don't know what I'm going to do with it, but you can join here as soon as I figure it out www.patreon.com/c/inkskratch

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

Samantha sent me some incredible news - we've reached 200 preorders for Anime Herald Magazine #1! 💖 Thank you so much.

Help support indie anime journalism by ordering your copy today

Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔

I RSVP’d late, so i just got this today — but the @Crunchyroll manga launch box is insane.

It came with a Lenovo Tab M8 mini tablet, a heated mug, & a plush blanket, which my cats cant wait to deposit their fur on. 😃
Crunchyroll Manga is live now:
crunchyroll.com/premium/manga/

Erased, Vol. 1 by Kei Sanbe is one of several titles in our Book Club Reader’s Guide, a free resource you can use to launch a comics or manga book club at your library or school.

#ReadAllTheComics #LibComix #BookClub #Manga #ComicSky

Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement Terri Lesley was fired amid an uproar over books ​with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters.

Congratulations to Terri and Iris!!!
#BannedBooksWeek

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The Daily Heller: Is a Rip-off the Sincerest Form of Thievery? – PRINT Magazine In '9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off,' illustrator Raymond Biesinger explores just that.

Illustrator Raymond Biesinger has experienced a range of good and bad deeds from honest and not-so-trustworthy clients and non-clients. But the one act of misanthropy that bugs him the most is being ripped off.
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YES! Especially because it's *so* hard to do deeper journalism solo due to the timelines it takes, and also because working as a collective group gives journalists more resiliency when things go wrong.

Its really funny to see AI enthusiasts interact with actual creatives and learn just how much AI is despised.

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

Very honored to be interviewed by @brkagurabachi.bsky.social about my work on manga projects like @mangasplaining.bsky.social, american manga awards with @animenyc.bsky.social & finding manga for kids with Scholastic Graphix kagurabachi.com.br/interviews/d... + charming illios by Yowhza & BMO

Little Rocket Lab is out today, check it out! (I did some freelance work on the game for some various art and icons, including the town map!)

Hit me up if you have any questions about this gig! I’m still a part of CB/KCB but am focusing on other projects for a bit.

This is a great opportunity to take charge and shape the direction of a fast-growing and dynamic part of this Eisner Award-winning comix news site.

If you are at #nycc and would like to meet up to discuss the position, I would also love that! DM me here and we'll find time. I'm most open Friday and Sunday.

Nice to see the shoutout to Takeru Hokazono’s recent visit to @animenyc.bsky.social + @japansociety.org booth display mentioned in today’s full-page @nytimes.com international edition ad for kagurabachi / mangaplus!

Matt Alt & Hiroko Yoda

A neat profile on Manga Awards host/judge & author @mattalt.bsky.social during @animenyc.bsky.social with some impressions of the Kagurabachi / Manga Plus panel with Takeru Hokazono

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The rather marvellous @pjbond.offregister.press, @williampotter.com and @sxbond.bsky.social, indulging us mere mortals with a sliver of their luminescence, at @okcomics.bsky.social, yesterday.

Art of Manga Manga — Japanese comics and graphic novels — have become a global phenomenon. Art of Manga showcases the world of manga from the 1970s to today.

if you're in the Bay Area and end up going to the Art of Manga exhibition at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, please enjoy the self-guided audio tour. I recorded the narration for it, and a lot of people gave interesting comments & context on some titans of comics.
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I cannot express how wild this quote is. This is a top tech analyst at a well-regarded firm saying that there is not enough capital to actually pay for all the stuff that NVIDIA and OpenAI has promised. It is so important that everybody realizes that *there is not enough money to do this*