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Eisner Award WINNER!!

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A Will Eisner Award statuette with the plaque bearing the category and work title, placed in front of a copy of Manga's First Century with the gold "Will Eisner Award" winner sticker placed on the cover.

I’m proud and delighted to say that Manga’s First Century won the 2026 Eisner Award for Best Academic/Scholarly Work on Friday night! I was able to attend the ceremony at SDCC and had an excellent time. Aside from the people I thanked in my speech, thank you as well to the people who saw the leaked results online before the ceremony and didn’t tell me about them. (The first I heard of the leak was when I sat down at my banquet table for the ceremony, and I didn’t look before the results for my category were announced.)

Full results are available on the Eisner Awards website. Congratulations again to all the winners and nominees, it was another excellent year for comics!

And as always, if you enjoyed Manga’s First Century, it really helps the book’s visibility if you can leave a rating or a short review on Amazon/Goodreads/Storygraph.

Manga’s First Century available worldwide!

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Cover of Manga’s First Century with the gold “Will Eisner Winner” sticker.

Manga’s First Century is now available worldwide! If you haven’t gotten yours yet, you can order a copy at any bookstore, large or small. While supplies last, signed copies are available from Books with Pictures Portland.

Thank you to everyone who’s already bought a copy. As always, a great way to support me and the book is to leave a rating or a review online–more ratings and reviews helps the book be more visible to the algorithm and thus to more readers who might enjoy it. And it’s always a great time to request that your local library purchase a copy.

Events

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World Fantasy 2026, Oakland, CA – 22-25 October 2026

Casa Con, online – 11-13 December 2026

Worldcon 2027, Montréal, Canada – 2-6 September 2027

I’ll keep this page updated as more events are scheduled.

Want me to come to your area? Talk to an organization or an event that can invite me!

World Fantasy 2026

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The World Fantasy Convention takes place in Oakland this year from October 22-25, and I’ll be there! In addition to having copies of Manga’s First Century for sale in the dealers room, I’ll be moderating the following panel:

Prose to Panels: The Mechanics of Graphic Novel Adaptation

Graphic novels have soared in popularity among readers of all ages. This panel explores the craft of translating traditional prose into sequential art, and how to balance visual and textual storytelling, script effectively for artists, and craft multi-modal narratives that capture a new audience for the book.

Panelists: Bill Campbell, Tim Fielder, Verzell James, John Jennings

Moderator: Andrea Horbinski

I’ll also be at the traditional Mass Autographing Session in the Grand Ballroom on Friday night, from 8-10pm. As ever, if you get your copy of Manga’s First Century signed, I’ll give you a shiny gold Eisner Award winner sticker to put on the cover.

Memberships are still available and the guest list is pretty great. I hope to see you there!

Worldcon 2026!

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I’l be in Anaheim this weekend for LACon V! I’m on programming, I’m co-presenting the Sidewise Awards, and I’ll be helping out at the M.A. Carrick table in the dealers’ room. I’ll have limited copies of Manga’s First Century for sale there. And, if you bring your copy of Manga’s First Century for me to sign, I’ll give you a very shiny Eisner winner sticker to go on it. See you soon!

See the QR code in the image for a text version of the schedule.

Event at Books with Pictures

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I’ll be at Books with Pictures in Portland, Oregon on Sunday, May 31 for a book event! Books with Pictures is a great store and I’m thrilled to be doing an event there. It’s at 3:30pm in the garden (Instagram post with details). I hope to see you there!

Also, if you’ve read Manga’s First Century, it would be great if you could leave a review on the Amazon page. More reviews really do help the book’s visibility in the almighty algorithm. Thank you!

Eisner Award nominee + JAMS@Anime Expo

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Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards logo on a background of the San Diego Comic Con logo.

I’m thrilled to say that Manga’s First Century is a 2026 Eisner Award Nominee, in the Best Academic/Scholarly Work category. Thank you so much to the judges, and to my editor Enrique Ochoa-Kaup. Congratulations to all the nominees!

While I won’t be at SDCC, I will be at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. Specifically, I’ll be at the JAMS@AX Academic Symposium, speaking on July 2, 2026, as part of the “Representations of History, and History in Anime” panel. I’m very much looking forward to being back at AX, and I hope to see you there!