Fiction

Fiction | Nothing More Than Emptiness

The world was different when they left the tunnel. Jessica was the first to notice.

Translation

In Translation | "Afternoon in the Sunroom" by Fumiko Okada

A stunning one-shot from one of the great forgotten mangaka.

Movies

Talking movies | Look Back

When reviewing a movie means reviewing yourself

Translation

In Translation | "House" by Masako Watanabe

Lost for 50 years, a shoujo horror legend's adaptation of the cult classic film

Games

Talking games | The NSFW History of Strip Mahjong Games

A story of sex, politics, and the games that once ruled arcades

Translation

In Translation | "Play" by Monkey Punch

A lost comic from the creator of Lupin the Third, now available in English!

TV

Talking TV | TXQ Fiction: "Looking for Kikue Ishinaga"

What happens when the best minds of faux-documentary and found footage horror set their sights on TV

Movies

Talking video | TV WAR

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the first Jumbotron, and the end of the world

Fiction Featured

Fiction | Ambergris

When I woke up, my husband had the face of our dead daughter.

Games

Talking games | Dragon Quest

A cozy illusion. A comfy lie.

Games

Talking games | YS IX: Monstrum Nox

When a game tries to escape the prison of itself

Books

Talking books | Qualia the Purple

Gay anime girls make me question reality (aka another Friday for Baxter).

Translation

In Translation | "The Glass Marble" by Fumiko Okada

One of manga's great artists, in English for the first time.

Translation

In Translation | "Keep This a Secret From the Laughing Kookaburra" by Masako Yashiro

An interior manga from a forgotten master.

Newsletter

In Translation | COM Gag + Psychedelic Manga Collection

Including never reprinted rarities from Hiroshi Hirata, Kazuo Umezz, and Go Nagai.

Newsletter

In Translation | "The White Shadow" by Reiko Motoyama

Readable for the first time in 50 years, a daring wordless manga by a young shoujo artist.

Fiction

Fiction | All's in the Blood

The day the mountain moved, Tyler Dawson’s blood turned to diesel.

Games

Talking games | Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

Dreams of a digital sky.

Movies Featured

Talking movies | Shadow of Fire

Examining the boom of post-war movies with Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest.

Art

Talking art | Pop Step: A Hisashi Eguchi Exhibition

Taking a stroll through the career of one of the great pop artists.