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THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND: Now Available!
Guys, oh my god Guysssssss. GUYS! The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo is now on sale and available direct from the publi...
Toren Smith, RIP (1960 - 2013)
I learned the sad news today that Toren Smith has passed away at the young age of 52. Toren…
DID IT JUST GET HOT IN HERE?
Hey guys, so um... I have been waiting to post news about this until it was really real, because of the near-mythical status is has accumul...
HIDESHI HINO & KAZUO UMEZU... JAM COMIC?
Just in: delightful news, sent to us from Same Hat reader cat-heaven ! Did you know that the NHK has a program called Renman that features ...
PICTUREBOX LAUNCHING A HOLMBERG-EDITED MANGA LINE
Exciting news comes to us from Comic Reporter's Tom Spurgeon, as we embark upon a 2013 full of strange and unexpected comics. He reports th...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!
Happy New Year to everyone from your absent editor, Ryan! ("Friends of Same Hat" by our friend Jillian Tamaki ) …
GOING TO BROOKLYN FEST THIS WEEKEND
I'll be in New York this coming weekend-- flying our Thursday for a getaway trip with my GF for her birthday. I will be stopping by the Broo...
NEW RISOGRAPH ZINES FROM JAPAN MAKE ME WEAK (WITH JEALOUSY)
Yesterday afternoon I was perusing the TACO che blog (as I do when I'm looking for some inspiration) and came across this beautiful Riso...
QUICK PICS FROM KINOKUNIYA
I have a confession (of sorts) to make to the Same Hat community: Until this weekend, I think I hadn't bought/read any new, non-Tezuka mang...
MORE MANGA PAGES FROM CTJ
Here's a quick follow-up for folks that haven't dug into my overview post on the great Concerned Theatre Japan, which ran from 1969 to 1973...
FAVORITE SAME HAT SISTER TUMBLRS?
While SAME HAT (the blog) has been on temporary hiatus, SAME HAT TUMBLR has continued going strong. I have some theories (capital-T "THEORIE...
SUEHIRO MARUO DESKTOP & IPHONE WALLPAPERS
I followed the strange instructions on Suehiro Maruo's semi-recently redesigned official website, Maruo Jigoku , and was rewarded with a lin...
MORE GENPEI AKASEGAWA ART FROM 1971
Hot on the heels of the return post about Concernted Theatre Japan's special manga issue, I'm posting more images of work by Genpei Akasega...
INCREDIBLE FIRST-EVER MANGA TRANSLATED IN 1971
( This post is part of a series I've tagged as " early manga days ", chronicling rare/weird gems from the beginning of manga's now 30+ ye...
SAME HAT T-SHIRT NOW ON SALE!
The Same Hat t-shirt is now on sale! Wear your allegiance to indie/weirdo/horror manga loud and proud with this dorky thing celebrating our ...
HALLOWEEN MANGA MAKE-UP 2011
Holy crap, it's time again! Halloween is upon us and like every year I wanna know... is anyone dressing up as anything horror-manga related?...
THE INAUGURAL SAME HAT SHIRT!
DETAILS : ( click for bigger versions ) This shirt features a design by JONNY NEGRON , and lettering by MICHAEL DEFORGE . I’m…
WHILE THIS BLOG LANGUISHED, THE TUMBLR LIVED!
I'm back on the scene, and working for you to keep Same Hat rolling and interesting. I'm happy to report that while the blog was in temporar...
RIP JERRY FELLOWS
[ My first post back! I've been working on zines and translations and mostly my day job, but have plans to get this jam up and rolling…
ULTIMATE SUEHIRO MARUO TATTOO?
Longtime reader and Suehiro Maruo superfan Suzanne just sent us pics of her RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME tattoos. For her sleeve piece, Suzanne wor...
DANG, LOOK AT THIS MANGA INK!
Over on the Same Hat Tumblr , I restarted an open call for pictures of your manga-related tattoos... These are to add to our growing archive...
LOOKING BACK AT SECRET COMICS JAPAN
Last week I spent a lovely couple of hours re-reading back issues of PULP off my shelves (for research for my Usamaru Furuya post ). While m...
JUNJI ITO'S "CAT DIARIES"
This quick post was spurred by a question asked over on the Same Hat TUMBLR (which, by the way, has remained very active the past two months...
JIRO ISHIKAWA ON MY MIND
Over at the (relatively) recently-revamped The Comics Journal site, my buddy Michael DeForge is posting a series of rad " A Cartoonist's Di...
MET USAMARU FURUYA IN TORONTO!
Last month, I took a lovely trip to Canada and attended the fantastic Toronto Comics Art Festival. I was there specifically to sell my zines...