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THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND: Now Available! 17 May 2013 | 05:13 am
Guys, oh my god Guysssssss. GUYS! The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo is now on sale and available direct from the publisher, Last Gasp!!! CLICK HERE TO ORDER The book is hefty and...
Toren Smith, RIP (1960 - 2013) 8 Mar 2013 | 03:08 am
I learned the sad news today that Toren Smith has passed away at the young age of 52. Toren was a fascinating guy, the founder of Studio Proteus and arguably one of the most important figures in the ...
DID IT JUST GET HOT IN HERE? 15 Feb 2013 | 11:55 am
Hey guys, so um... I have been waiting to post news about this until it was really real, because of the near-mythical status is has accumulated after many false starts and anticipation over the last f...
HIDESHI HINO & KAZUO UMEZU... JAM COMIC? 26 Jan 2013 | 08:00 am
Just in: delightful news, sent to us from Same Hat reader cat-heaven! Did you know that the NHK has a program called Renman that features professional artists facing off in a jam comic competition?? W...
PICTUREBOX LAUNCHING A HOLMBERG-EDITED MANGA LINE 23 Jan 2013 | 01:18 am
Exciting news comes to us from Comic Reporter's Tom Spurgeon, as we embark upon a 2013 full of strange and unexpected comics. He reports that PictureBox is launching a new manga line featuring old , c...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013! 4 Jan 2013 | 02:49 am
Happy New Year to everyone from your absent editor, Ryan! ("Friends of Same Hat" by our friend Jillian Tamaki) I posted two short posts on the SH Tumblr: here and here, showing off your handsome fac...
GOING TO BROOKLYN FEST THIS WEEKEND 6 Nov 2012 | 12:12 am
I'll be in New York this coming weekend-- flying our Thursday for a getaway trip with my GF for her birthday. I will be stopping by the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival on Saturday, and slinging ...
NEW RISOGRAPH ZINES FROM JAPAN MAKE ME WEAK (WITH JEALOUSY) 1 Nov 2012 | 01:05 am
Yesterday afternoon I was perusing the TACO che blog (as I do when I'm looking for some inspiration) and came across this beautiful Risograph-printed comics zine, 土星 (Dosei - "Saturn"). This is the 4...
QUICK PICS FROM KINOKUNIYA 24 Oct 2012 | 01:26 am
I have a confession (of sorts) to make to the Same Hat community: Until this weekend, I think I hadn't bought/read any new, non-Tezuka manga in the last seven or eight months?! A travesty, right? As ...
MORE MANGA PAGES FROM CTJ 23 Oct 2012 | 09:48 pm
Here's a quick follow-up for folks that haven't dug into my overview post on the great Concerned Theatre Japan, which ran from 1969 to 1973. I separated out the first five pages from each of the thre...
