Month: December 2025

Manga’s First Century coming soon outside North America

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A book cover with three comics images horizontal, a boy and Betty Boop, a girl and boy looking scared, and an adult man being harassed by an old-fashioned telephone.

First things first: the rest-of-world publication date for Manga’s First Century is now 13 January 2026. Which means that you still have time to preorder your copy from your favorite bookstore, including from Bookshop UK (which has the ebook available!), or request that your library purchase a copy. I’ve updated the book page with a few more links.

Back in North America, thank you to everyone who has already purchased a copy! As always, if you are able to leave a positive review of the book online, especially Amazon and Goodreads, these help the book be more readily “seen” by various shopping algorithms.

Finally, there’s been some more press about the book lately. I did a Q&A for the UC Press blog about the book and the availability of some of the manga I talk about in it in English, and Manga’s First Century was also reviewed (favorably!) in Buzz magazine Wales.

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.

CasaCon 2025

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Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at ULB in Brussels last week. Next up, on December 14 at 1pm Pacific, I’ll be speaking at CasaCon 2025 on “Framing Fans in Manga History: Manga’s First Century.”

CasaCon is free to join and all online, taking place on Discord! You can register to join the con now and check out all the other great programming on the website. I look forward to seeing you there!