I forgot to post, but that hasn’t stopped the books from spinning here at chez ARC Festival @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social Unit 08 Copeland Park Peckham London. So hot out I suggest stopping by our table and purchasing the requisite books with which to form an air circulation system.

A picture of the calm before the storm… Glacier Bay is exhibiting at Anime Expo! We are in Kentia Hall table 3114/3214 we’re here now so please stop by, say hi, and pick up some new or rare titles!!

Here’s a picture of our newly minted BEST ONE-SHOT MANGA @mangaawardsusa.bsky.social Award nominee AKARI, with the special preorder bookplate included~ FYI - the preorder bookplate is still available ships with orders of the book through the glacier bay website!

A beautiful story about Baku-chan, a tapir who immigrates to Earth from the Star of the Tapirs, and the challenges they face, and the silly and beautiful moments as they make friends and adjust to their new life on Earth.

A quick spotlight on BAKU CHAN by @masumura17.com , which was very popular at TCAF!!

The special preorder bookplate / artcard has been received. It will be included in all preorders of AKARI through the Glacier Bay Books website while supplies last. Thank you for your patience, the early AKARI preorders will start shipping very soon.

HAPPENING AT TCAF!! Glacier Bay Books will have author signings at booth # 199/200 MARCO KOHINATA @ 1:30 PM SAT KAWAKATSU TOKUSHIGE @ 3 PM SAT COURTNEY LOBERG @ 1 PM SUN

some new arrivals this month

I’m thrilled to share another event in the upcoming Glacier Bay new release spotlight(s)! In association with the MINT group, Kawakatsu Tokushige will appear for an author talk / book launch / signing at Desert Island Comics!!! WHEN: 7~8PM, FRIDAY MAY 29 WHERE: 490 Metropolitan Ave Brooklyn NY

A couple photos of advance copies of our new books by @weedgrowneye.bsky.social and Marco Kohinata, just in from the printer(!) Both books came out just incredibly. I’m so excited for people to see these in person!

Full of surreal whimsy & silliness juxtaposed with pencil-&-ink showmanship, Hyou Hyou introduces the peculiar & lively world of nerunodaisuki and the straight-faced characters residing within. With a brand new cover drawn for the English edition, out later 2026 / early 2027 & more details to come

NEW PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT Hyou Hyou by nerunodaisuki The debut short story collection of a wildly popular alternative cartoonist from Japan’s small press scene, nerunodaisuki’s stories have been previously featured in GLAEOLIA and POPOCOMI anthologies to great acclaim.

FORTHCOMING TITLE Juji and Aichi by @codomopaper.bsky.social A mysterious story depicting the complicated, moving relationship between a popular novelist & an unsellable manga artist in the Meiji era. The long-awaited English version releases this fall in a beautiful edition. Look forward to it!

An exciting, surprising, artful collection of short stories from the author of Sheeply Horned Witch Romi. We are reviewing the materials for this title now - it is nearly finished, and we hope to print this summer.

then you just might know what to expect from the stories in this volume. If not, dear reader, please be advised to look elsewhere or risk sinking deep, deep, into the the unplumbable crevasse of imagination that is Yoichi Abe's bold new collection PRISM.

UPCOMING TITLE PRISM by Yoichi Abe (our ✪ STAR FRUIT Edition) When you walk up to the moon... or flip over a tatami mat straight to HELL... if your best friend is a rice ball, or even a kappa... or you've ever had to sever the ponytails from innocent acquaintances...

UPCOMING TITLE Grin Grin Grin by Sangatou The child of morning and night, the thunder bird, the great tree, the spirit... An anthology spun from beautiful, strange, and slightly eerie lives. We are reviewing the materials, and hope to release this summer. (our ✪ STAR FRUIT Edition)

The beloved classic horror manga will be reissued in a gorgeous new edition from Glacier Bay Books, along with several other Hino titles, including OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB, RED SNAKE, and MORE. PANORAMA OF HELL Reprint is tentatively scheduled for later (winter) this year.

Panorama of Hell (REPRINT) by Hideshi Hino (our ✪ STAR FRUIT Edition ) Hideshi Hino’s iconic, lyrical masterpiece. The visionary tableau of an “artist of blood”, whose mad artistry renders in blood-red a family history of generational violence writ large.

For Hideshi Hino fans, please also keep an eye out for updates to come later about the English edition of his stunning RED SNAKE, lettering currently in progress.

Only with help of Shiratori Fuyumi, president of the Occult Research Club, will Chika be able to solve the mystery of these deadly dreams. The first complete story in English from horror master Hideshi Hino since PANORAMA OF HELL & TOWN OF PIGS. Fall 2026. We will fulfill SFB's existing preorders.

UPCOMING TITLE Occult Detective Club / Graveyard of the Death Dolls by Hideshi Hino (our ✪ STAR FRUIT Edition ) Visions of discarded dolls plague Chika's nights, following a foreboding encounter with a possessed doll resting among a collection of occult curiosities...

For those who smartly want both of these amazing new books, want to support Glacier Bay in the process, and are fans of a good deal, I've created a special discounted preorder bundle with both AKARI and GODHEAD. glacierbaybooks.com/product/akar...

Akari will be widely available to bookstores later this year (but you can get it from us first, now). Release Details: ISBN 978-1-953629-53-1 240 pages, A5 Black & white printing throughout with colored pages, a full color dust jacket, and an afterword by the author.

We’re proud to announce Marco’s English debut, originally published in Japan by HERO’S and already translated in several languages abroad, has found a home with Glacier Bay Books and will be available in print format shortly. In fact, I’m happy to share this book is printing now!

NEW TITLE - Akari by Marco Kohinata A quietly beautiful standalone story about mistaken identity, found family, and the profound power of art. Marco Kohinata’s warm, softly textured lines and shading subtly evoke the color and shape, the fullness and complexity of human emotion.

Full-color printing throughout marry Godhead’s stunning art with Glacier Bay’s gorgeous design to effortlessly bring this slim, ghostlike volume to life.

two standalone sections from their forthcoming graphic novel We Don’t Go Through the Angelgrass, and an extensive illustration and process work section, all printed at full size and including many breathtaking, never-before-seen artworks.