Consigned is LIVE NOW! The long-awaited LtL benefit anthology is here! Friends, TLDR: go toTLDR: go to Kickstarter to get CONSIGNED now! Kickstarter to get CONSIGNED now! Slightly longer:172 pages. Full color. Uncoated art book stock. 7″ × 10″. Perfect bound. Kickstarter Exclusive. Featuring the…
Friends, After a more quiet period, a lot is happening at once. HIDE AND SEEK (Naono Yoshiko, Smudge Vol. 7) and THE RABAGOO RACE (Garresh) are both at the printer and shipping to us next week — preorders will go out the…
Massive! Overwhelming! All-Consuming! Friends, The past two months at Living the Line have been… a lot. Let’s begin with the obvious: the absolutely ludicrous one-man fulfillment on Brandon Graham’s PIllow Fight. Massive! Overwhelming! All-consuming!Pillow Fight enters your mailbox with swagger and…
New Books Ahoy! Hello friends,It’s been an eventful few months! I come bearing good tidings. The Book Logjam has finally burst!Hot on the heels of the September release of My Gorilla Family by Iijma Ichiro, two brand new Living the Line titles…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hello everyone! Sean here with a metric ton of updates for you. First and most immediate news, our presale/Kickstarter for TIHKU, our cutting-edge anthology of Finnish-language cartoonists, is live NOW! The book has already arrived domestically (it was printed in Spain) and…
Hello everyone! We have a special horror-themed announcement today in honor of Halloween. Press release and announcement below!Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more announcements for our new 2024 lineup…All the best,Sean Lost Horror Manga Masterpiece from Living the Line: HER…
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.
