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Leek and Sushi NOW BACK IN STOCK

Update: Hurray, Leek and Sushi are back and looking better than ever! They look forward to meeting you at the Bristol Small Press Expo, or the MCM Expo in London!
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I have to admit something embarrassing. I have run out of Leek and Sushi’s, and I’m having some slight difficulty sourcing more. You can still order [...]

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Free Comic Book Day in Reading

On 2nd of May, Reading Central Library and Red Garden Manga are doing a Free Comic Book Manga Day thing!
Free Comic Book Day is an ancient tradition where comic book publishers give their goods away in free samples. And Red Garden Manga thought it would be a good time to have a manga-centric party.
The event [...]

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Come to the THING

The UK Web and Mini Comix Thing is a bit of a special event for me. It’s the first event I ever went to, and although I’ve missed some, I’m always happy to return.
It’s a wonderfully laid back event full of weird and crazy stuff you don’t find anywhere else, so if you’re down the [...]

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Bonus Events Get!

I thought the winter was supposed to be the quiet season, with not much comicky events going on. Turns out I’m very wrong. There are two exciting events Itch will be at in the next two weeks.
Saturday 21 February: Midlands MCM Expo.
This is by the same people who do the London MCM Expos, but smaller [...]

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Extreme Weather = Extreme Downer

I am SO sorry I didn’t make it to the award ceremony for Manga Jiman. I hadn’t won anything myself, but I was really looking forward to meeting the people who did, and talk to the contributors to Leek and Sushi, and hand them the books!
I dragged a bag full of books all the way [...]

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Leek and Sushi's Manga Show!

Itch has a new book out, already?
Yes!
And it’s 204 pages?
Uh-huh!
Yours truly, editor/publisher Willie Hewes is proud Leek & Sushi’s Manga Show: 150 Years of Friendship! It’s a nice fat anthology collecting short manga by some most excellent artists.
Please visit the book’s page for full details and information on how to get your own copy.
The manga [...]

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Happy New Year!

Hurrah! ITCH is officially 1 year old!
I’d do a little celebratory sketch but I’m too busy on the next ITCH book. And, to be honest, ITCH didn’t really get going until well into 2008, so it feels far too early to celebrate.
That said, this time last year all I had was a vague plan about [...]

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Final Blossom Launch Party

ITCH is proud to present its second graphic novel this November. Final Blossom is a story about a sacred forest in danger, and a hunter looking for a monster. It was written and drawn by Karen Yumi Lusted, who is also sometimes known as Kairi-Moon.
To celebrate the launch of her first book she will be [...]

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