Living The Line

Publisher of visually-spectacular graphic novels & comics, including the SMUDGE line of historic horror manga.

[Living The Line @LivingtheLine_]

Coming Dec 2025, the first installment of The Complete Charles Dana Gibson, a collection of America's greatest cartoonist. Featuring stunning repro and an introductory essay by Sean Michael Robinson, A Widow and Her Friends features three of Gibson's greatest mid-period works.

[Near Mint Condition @NearMintCon]

We have an OMAR OVERVIEW for you, Minties!

It is of the RABAGOO RACE by @Garresh1 from @LivingtheLine_!

Check it out:
https://t.co/pJ59CC0JJr

[UMEZZ AUTHENTIC COLLECTION【公式】 @umezzac]

「UMEZZ AUTHENTIC COLLECTION」始動
『［定本］漂流教室』第1巻6月19日(金)発売

本シリーズでは、楳図かずお先生の遺志に基づいた仕様で代表作を刊行してまいります。

第1弾は、漫画史に燦然と輝く異色SF巨編の決定版。
判型は先生の生前の強い希望に沿って掲載誌と同じB5判を採用しました。

[Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks]

What Manga Should I Read Next? 🤔

We've got recommendations for you, and we're not alone! 👀

Join us for a special panel at the FLOP! comix show where our very own @LumRanmaYasha and Sean Michael Robinson from @LivingTheLine_, Tomasz Kacynski from @unciv, and Minneapolis-based indie queer comix artist Xiomar Luna will discuss the manga that got us into manga and recommend manga we're reading now that we love and believe you'll love too! 😉

Check out the panel at 2:30pm at the Dreamstate Cafe, and swing by our table next door at the Odd Mart comix shop to pick up some cool manga and goodies from us and our fellow panelists! 💝✨

[Lucas Ferrero @LucasFerrero83]

¡Duele que no hayan nominado al Eisner esta brutalidad del querido Shinichi Koga editado por .@LivingtheLine_ ! La edición es espectacular y encima es el primer manga que se publica del maestro en Estados Unidos. Además tiene muy buena información sobre el maestro.

[Near Mint Condition @NearMintCon]

It’s time for an OMAR OVERVIEW, Minties!

It is of the manga, Hide and Seek!

It’s A Classic Horror Manga for the First Time in English from @LivingTheLine_!

Check it out:
https://t.co/QQlZXUnjJv

[Ryan Holmberg @mangaberg]

PREORDER DOUBLE SHOT! Shirakawa Marina's MOTHER, PLEASE DON'T GIVE BIRTH TO A MONSTER, Smudge vol 8 @LivingtheLine_. Orders direct through publisher get a free kudan yokai sticker. PLUS: a UFO MUSHROOM INVASION t-shirt! More info and order here: https://t.co/ZizBmP1Ai0

[Living The Line @LivingtheLine_]

@M0RD3N What a BEAUTIFUL shelf!

[まんがゴリラ @manga_gorilla]

直野祥子「HIDE and SEEK」（「毛糸のズボン」英訳版）の推しポイント

文庫より大きいサイズで読める
再リマスターで画質向上
追加資料がとにかく充実

結論 : ファンは持ってて損なし
（購入リンクはツリーから）

[Morden ㊙ @M0RD3N]

Finally, I’m all caught up on @LivingtheLine_’s excellent horror manga lineup. Kawashima Norikazu’s The Girl Who Raised the Dead and Naono Yoshiko’s Hide and Seek have now joined the rest of the Smudge books on my shelf. https://t.co/Mrd1vkPSrd

[ぱーく @regondeaux1]

直野祥子先生の毛糸のズボンの海外版「HIDE AND SEEK, Smudge horror vol 7 」を入手。サイズも大きくなり、ちくま文庫版よりリマスターされてて綺麗で読みやすい。

なんと、巻末イラスト集では未出のものが！LivingtheLineの本気を感じます。
日本版持ってる方も購入すべし

[Laura A. Grace 🧡 @laura_a_grace]

And last but not least, we have a new horror manga from @LivingtheLine_ and a new volume of Nukozuke from @1peacebooks!

Mother sounds scarily intriguing and love how cute the cover is of Nukozuke! 🥰

🧵 (10/11)

[Uncivilized @unciv]

We added Her Frankenstein to our shop: Ito Junji called it a "frightening but moving story about an unfortunate individual who, lost in search of his true self, finds his own annihilation instead." @LivingtheLine_
https://t.co/JmcvvjaSCN

[Uncivilized @unciv]

Uncivilized Launches Manga Imprint with Fire! by Hideko Mizuno 🔥 - https://t.co/Nr9G57AaG6

[Adam Lawson @GiftedRebelsCo]

And the folks at @LivingtheLine_ our back with some amazing retro horror manga. Volume seven just showed up and it cut the line on my reading list. #manga #horror

[Merry Manga Co. @MerryMangaCo]

Restocks of Face Meat and Her Frankenstein, plus the newest release in @LivingtheLine_’s SMUDGE line, Hide and Seek!

[Meanwhile at the Podcast @MeanwhileATP]

#comics2026 69
Surviving On Mars: Roll Out The Red Planet TPB from @LivingtheLine_
#BrandonGraham is a freakin’ revelation. I love the idea of diary comix!

[Merry Manga Co. @MerryMangaCo]

We are now accepting backorders for several small/independent publishers!

- BLoved Publishing
- Denpa
- Fanfare - Ponent Mon
- Iron Circus Comics
- Kodama
- Kuma
- Living the Line - SMUDGE
- One Peace Books
- PIE International
- Tuttle Publishing

If a title is listed as "Available on Backorder", then it appears to be in stock with our distributor(s) and we should be able to acquire it within a month, possibly sooner.

If a title is listed as "Out of Stock", then our distributor has no stock and we have no clue when or if they'll be getting more.

Lastly, if you know of a title you'd like to purchase from any of these publishers that we don't have listed, we take requests and will add it to the site if in print!

Support small publishers AND small manga shops!

[Lily and Generoso @PlasticGrapes99]

Rest in power, Yoshiharu Tsuge 💙 A revolutionary talent.

[筑摩書房 @chikumashobo]

【訃報】
漫画家のつげ義春さんが2026年3月3日、誤嚥性肺炎のため逝去されました。88歳でした。ご遺族からのご連絡を受けここにお知らせいたします。

筑摩書房では、マンガの歴史を変えた名作やエッセイを集めた「つげ義春コレクション」等を刊行させていただきました。謹んでお悔やみ申し上げます。

[裏庭映画保存会 @uraniwamoviecom]

水木しげる先生のアシストだった時期のつげ義春先生がペンを入れた（と思われる）少女たち。大海獣、白山坊、鏡合戦、水の精。ページごとに複数のアシスタントが担当していた様でコマによって作業者が違うがつげ先生が手掛けたコマの少女の可愛さは一途さや恥じらいの表情が異常なほどに魅力的だった