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Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in July.

Jared Jacobs, the artist behind ‘Cheddar Bacon Studios’, has a knack for taking the small inconveniences and strange situations of everyday life and pushing them just far enough to become genuinely funny. His comics exaggerate both the insanity and relatability of being an adult.

Kiorobo, a kiosk-based entertainment technology automation company, will host the standalone “Space Nexus (Sface Nexus)” pop-up exhibition from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3 at SVC Seoul in Hongdae, Seoul’s Mapo district, offering a vision of the future of the global fandom creator ecosystem. The event is designed to let visitors experience how content created by…

Konica Minolta Business Solutions will showcase its AccurioPress C14010S series at The Print Show 2026 through a collaboration with comic book artist Greg Horn.

Masami Kurumada speaks at a news conference in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district on Sept. 2. (Kohei Uwabo)

Tokyo, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Masami Kurumada said Wednesday that a former executive of three companies Kurumada heads, along with other individuals, allegedly embezzled about 4.6 billion yen.

A pair of social media posts has the Dragon Ball Super fandom convinced that the manga’s long hiatus is finally coming to an end.

One Punch Manmanga illustrator Yusuke Murata used his son, competitive bodybuilder Keisuke Murata, as a real-life reference for the cover artwork of the manga’s latest chapter.

The popular artist, who was known for her colorful art installations and surreal sculptures, died at a hospital in Tokyo on Aug. 14, the Yayoi Kusama Studio confirmed. “She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul,” a statement from the studio…

The Matheson History Museum is presenting its original exhibition “Chains of Steele: Money, Power, and Influence.” Developed over a year and a half of research, the exhibition uses documents from the museum’s archives to examine the ancestors of the Matheson family, Augustus and Augusta Steele, and the ways they interacted with and benefited from American…