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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

See you Sunday, Oct 4 at Litquake Small Press Book Fair, downtown San Francisco. Come visit the Last Gasp booth and check out our newest books! Located at Yerba Buena Gardens, Next to the Metreon. Free and open to the public. 10/4, 11a-4p, Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard St, SF

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026

You Can Be Anything You Want, Says Fictional Character theonion.com/you-can-be-anything-yo…

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Great news - Junko Mizuno will be a featured guest at Cape & Cowl Con! Junko will be signing Pure Trance and other books at the LAST GASP booth. Hope to see you there Sun, Aug 30 at Faction Brewing in Alameda. Cape & Cowl Con is a FREE event so come check it out!

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

See you at San Diego — Last Gasp booth #1715 will have our newest release, Ultra Heaven 3, recent manga titles, limited edition art books, rare and vintage underground comix, gifts, and a 2026 Comic-Con Exclusive Pin while supplies last. #sdcc #comiccon #lastgasp

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Two Last Gasp titles have been nominated for the 2026 American Manga Awards — Best One-Shot Manga: The Strange Tale of Panorama Island & Best New Edition of Classic Manga: Ultra Heaven vol. 2 #americanmangaawards #lastgasp #manga

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Ultra Heaven volume 3 pre-orders are open! Part three of Keiichi Koike epic psychedelic voyage lastgasp.com/products/ult...

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Ron Evans @crewylou.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Book #30 of 2026 completed: 'Won't Back Down’ (2023, @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social) edited by the late Trina Robbins. Some four dozen comics creators from the U.S. and abroad contributed to this pro-choice anthology; a fitting finale to Robbins' career and legacy. #comics

cover of the graphic anthology 'Won't Back Down’ (2023, Last Gasp) edited by Trina Robbins; art by Ken Steacy, Twyla Dean Weixl, and Willa Rolfe

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

In other manga news, Ultra Heaven volume 3 will begin printing in the next few weeks and should be available this spring/early summer. The translation for The Caterpillar by Suehiro Maruo is finished, and we will begin production soon. It should be available in the fall.

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Sample pages from new edition of Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa — new ed will be presented in the original format, with new high-resolution art, completely re-lettered, including some color pages never seen in English before. afterword by Raina Telgemeier. Out this summer

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Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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Jim @jimh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I didn't read much manga, but Ultra Heaven v2 is my favorite manga I read this year. I want to thank @debaoki.bsky.social for putting me onto Ultra Heaven and @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social for publishing it.

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Last Gasp Online Store is an easy way to do your holiday gift shopping. Fast, free shipping on a wide range of books, comics, toys and vintage ephemera. mailchi.mp/lastgasp/hol...

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

On a remote and mysterious island, one man builds a playground of hedonistic excess. His world is filled with splendor — waterfalls, palaces, and gardens — a grand back-drop for decadent bacchanalia and dark secrets. The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo Now available in paperback

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Getting ready for San Francisco’s SMALL PRESS BOOK FAIR — today at Yerba Buena Gardens, 11-4 Tons of local publishers, new books, live entertainment. See you there — Sunday, Sept 28

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Original art from S. Clay Wilson, Spain, Robert Williams and more underground cartoonists — live auction: comics.ha.com/c/search/res...

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Litquake @litquake.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

PRE-FESTIVAL AMUSE-BOUCHE PT IV: Small Press Book Fair🤩 We're so excited to revive the Small Press Book Fair at Yerba Buena Gardens. Come browse the best in local literature set to a day of poetry readings from Litquake Out Loud. FREE! 📅Sep 28, 11–4 ➡️Participating vendors: bit.ly/44P1jJN

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Litquake's Small Press Book Fair | Litquake

Our book fair is back, with a whole new lineup of the Bay Area's best small presses and journals!

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The highly-anticipated sequel to Keiichi Koike's psychedelic sci-fi graphic novel — now available for pre-order from Last Gasp! Praise for ULTRA HEAVEN VOL 1: "Must-Read Manga" - Publishers Weekly "I will be back for more." - The Comics Journal ULTRA HEAVEN VOL 2 - PREORDER NOW

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Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Voter registration for the 2025 American Manga Awards is now open: animenyc.com/american-man... Eligible professionals working with English manga publishers can register to vote. US/Canada residency is not required. We invite professionals from all over the world to apply.

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AMA Voter Registration - Anime NYC

Register to Vote in the 2025 American Manga Awards New voter registration closes: Monday, July 21 (5:00 pm ET) Voting ends: Thursday, July 24 (5:00 pm ET) Manga publishing professionals are invited...

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Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Here’s some fast facts about this year’s American Manga Awards entries: 18 companies nominated out of 30 that submitted books 29 books nominated in 7 categories 187 individual titles submitted 375 total entries (in all categories, counting multiple entries in different categories)

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Deb Aoki @debaoki.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Get ready for the epic “Art of Manga” exhibit at the @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social ! See original genga (manga pages) from Rumiko Takahashi, Hirohiko Araki & more! Use promo code MANGAPARTNER from May 21 through July 1 for $5 off for tix from Sep 27–Oct 24 bit.ly/4k6PBPO

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Deb and I are on the advisory committee for this show and it looks amazing.

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Evan Hayden @electronvolcano.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Right now finishing up Keiichi Koike's "Ultra Heaven" vol 2. It's even more bonkers than volume 1! I recommend picking this series up. The art is incredible and the story goes to some really interesting places, especially in vol 2. link to buy volume 1: lastgasp.com/products/ultra-heaven

A colorful collage of panels from the manga Ultra Heaven. A close-up of a woman's eyes, widened in terror, sweat dripping from her face. A picture of her and a guy (who is slumped-over) in an apartment, with a mountainous landscape superimposed over it. Refuse that was laying around the room is now floating mid-air. There is a mysterious bright star-light orb of light in the middle of the room. In the third picture, the woman is superimposed with a metallic liquid, floating around her.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Here's two of them, found at Archive (and two bonus) in a meh-quality screenshot.

Four artist self-portraits from ARCADE (1975):
G (Gilbert) Shelton looks up from his drawing board.
Spain (Rodriguez) poses as the Lipton Tea man, complete with (R)
R (Robert) Williams is the effete Roman bust declaring "Better My Hand Be Severed Than Be The Craft Of Some Unartly Thing"
S (Steve) C (Clay) Wilson stands and looks pot-bellied while smoking in front of a pile of... cans, I hope.

Sorry for the crap screenshot.

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Spain Rodriguez. Man, I miss having this guy in the world.

Spain mural in a Buffalo abandoned factory.

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Fieldmouse Press @ SPX M2-3A @fieldmouse.press · 06/04/2025

The picture is a joke, but the problem is serious. On Thursday, the US President enacted a 54% tariff on all products being imported into the USA from China... We have thousands of books on a trans-Pacific freightliner heading to the USA from China. They'll be here in 3-5 weeks.

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Glacier Bay Books @glacierbaybooks.com · 06/04/2025

This is the reality most every small business is facing right now. An absolute nightmare is basically the *best case* scenario at this point.

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It’s April Fools’ Day, did you dress your children or yourselves with backward clothing today? It is also 55 years since Last Gasp’s first comic book. Rolled off John Ploughman’s binder in Hayward, 1970.

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Turtel Onli was the creator of the Black Age of Comics, an enthusiastic supporter of other Black creators, and an artist who redefined superheroes in his own way. And he told some great stories! I only met him a few times, but I know how well respected and loved he was. icv2.com/articles/new...

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R.I.P. Turtel Onli

Comics Artist and Creator of the 'Black Age of Comics'

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Brigid Alverson @brigidalverson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

@lastgaspbooks.bsky.social is going to bring out a new, paperback edition of Suehiro Maruo's noir manga The Strange Tale of Panorama Island: icv2.com/articles/new...

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Last Gasp to Publish New Edition of 'The Strange Tale of Panorama Island'

Award-Winning Noir Manga by Suehiro Maruo Returns as Paperback

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Turnaround Books @turnarounduk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

@nytimes.com have named 'Sunday' by Olivier Schrauwen and 'Den Volume 4: Dreams and Alarums' by Richard Corben on their list of the best graphic novels of 2024! Congratulations to everybody at @fantagraphics.bsky.social and @darkhorse.com buff.ly/4g5TX7U

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

10 Must-Read Manga of 2024 — Including ULTRA HEAVEN from Last Gasp Via Publishers Weekly / Shaenon Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social #manga #lastgasp #graphicnovel www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Learn how to better communicate, socialize, and how to be more easily understood. A Beginner's Guide to Self-Acceptance and Interpersonal Relationships Learn more & read a sample: lastgasp.com/products/im-...

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Murray Bowles photographed Bay Area punk for four decades, capturing its infectious energy, wild creativity, and ragged tenderness Hail Murray! The Punk Photography of Murray Bowles, 1982-1995 Introduction by Aaron Cometbus Hardcover ∙ 270 pgs Preorder —> lastgasp.com/products/hai...

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Last Gasp of San Francisco @lastgaspbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Ultra Heaven by Keiichi Koike — volume 1 is coming soon! #manga #scifi #graphicnovels

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