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Legal trouble. Lost inventory. But great books keep coming.

Living the Line logo, on red block

Hello everyone—It’s been a wild few weeks at Living the Line HQ here in Saint Paul. If you follow comics industry news, you may already know that our former distributor, Diamond Comics, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in January.…

SMUDGE Nominations for 2025 American Manga Awards!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 17, 2025Living the Line’s Smudge Imprint Earns Two American Manga Award Nominations St. Paul, MN – Living the Line Books is proud to announce that two titles from its Smudge imprint have been nominated in the 2025 American…

Diamond, Ad Populum, Face Meat, and More

Hello everyone! I hope to have a slightly more “normal” update soon, but below, please find a press release on a more timely matter.As Tom and I allude to below, yes, our distributor Diamond (old and “new”, since they were…

Face Meat, Rabagoo Race, and More!

The Pit by Erik Kriek making waves!  Greetings from LtL HQ in Saint Paul MN! I hope Spring is treating you well so far. We’ve been having some whiplash weather here, with a 94 degree day yesterday, hot on the…

the PIT, Mansect splash down!

Well hello everyone! Lots of things afoot as usual in Living the Line-land. The most immediate?  Koga Shinichi’s Mansect is now out basically everywhere, and it’s been getting rave reviews, each more grossed out than the last! If you don’t…

Jan 2025 Roundup– living that Smudge Life

What’s Shaking at Living the Line HQ?  Well hello! I hope you all are having a wonderful January. It’s been too long since one of these missives, mainly because, as usual, I’m slammed preparing our next slate of books. We…

UFO Awards, Surviving on Mars, and more!

Well hello! I hope you’re all having a nice summer.It’s been busy in Living the Line/Smudge land, but I wanted to send out a quick missive about some of the more timely events… Let’s start with some great news!UFO AWARD…

Smudge, Moonray, and More!

Hello everyone!It’s been a busy month here at LTL headquarters. On top of mind currently is the release of HER FRANKENSTEIN, which has (hopefully!) arrived at all preorder destinations, as well as being released in comic stores yesterday! Bookstore release will follow…

Moonray Book Two, MoCCAFest 2024!

Hello everyone! I hope your winter is going great.It’s been a busy season for Living the Line, as our latest cluster of books have either been released (Tihku, preorders out, bookstores and comic stores in a rolling release!) or have…

MOONRAY Release, signings, and more! Oct 2023

Those of you who backed our Moonray campaign will know that the past month has been relatively crazy over here, even for our typical overworked standards. I sent out more than 500 packages in a nine-day period to fulfill that campaign, with more to come as a few other campaign surveys (and new orders!) trickle in.