Koguchi Press

Our next wave of books is (finally) launching in Kickstarter next week! This campaign is to help fund the second wave of original Koguchi Comics, featuring three completely new and original comic books including:
Sparrowsong by , Sword Hunt 2 by and CRYOMEMORY by .
Campaign launches Monday 7th October, we’ll highlight each book over the comic days. ✨

We’re at all day today and tomorrow, booth C177 (next to all the Japanese pottery near Waterstones)
Come say hi!

We had a great day at Notts. Thank you everybody who stopped by the table and picked up a book, and thanks to and for organising the event!

KOGUCHI Issue 2 is now available online for non-backers too!

KOGUCHI Magazine is a black & white, limited-run comics anthology where each issue focuses on a specific genre. This issue, NEO-FUTURE, focuses on Cyberpunk.

Featuring comics by:

Comics by: / / / / / & /

With Cover art by: .ink

At long last! Both issues of KOGUCHI Magazine are now available for Kickstarter backers on our website.

Follow the link in our bio to pay for shipping.

Welcome to a fantastical world of futuristic technology, evil oni, and magic peach dogs in Momotekku, by

Meet Ai as she is dragged into an adventure by the magical creature called Dog. Her quest takes her on a journey to find Akuma, the god of the Ogres. While meeting Munki in renewed sisterhood, Ai learns to accept herself along the way.

New in this week! Two amazing spooky and supernatural books by .
Super limited quantities, so don’t wait too long.

We’ve been tabling at in Liverpool and met some great people today. Thanks to everybody who’s stopped by the table!

Give Her Back To Me by Hana Chatani (published by )

Tragedy follows those whose lives are linked by a family heirloom and the strange curse it bequeaths.

Simultaneously tender yet haunting, Hana Chatani’s shoujo horror manga depicts the human weakness such a curse reveals, the trauma and loss wreaked upon each generation by the last.

Book and cover design by Hana Chatani & emuh ruh

Faster by Jesse Lonergan .lonergan (published by )

Who truly knows what a premiere racer is thinking while behind the wheel, we can only imagine the lives that play out on the speedway. Join the motley cast of racers in Jesse Lonergan’s Faster, a visually engrossing display of racing, and the people who can’t help but race. Can perpetual runner up Molly Vox finally pull ahead of Kona Demille, the five-time world champion? Find out in Faster! For young adults and older.

Mothers by Kusahara Umi (from ) is her debut English title, collecting and translating 15 years worth of self-published short stories developed on themes of love, family, and loss.

Mothers contains 12 short stories that encapsulate different facets of the human experience.

Translation: Jocelyne Allen
Lettering: Tim Sun
Editing: emuh ruh
Book, Cover Design: emuh ruh

Added a few books from , and this weekend! I’ll be posting about each book in the next few days, but quantities are SUPER limited so don’t miss out!

And just like that, we’re sold out of KOGUCHI Magazine 1 at .
We’ll be adding copies to the online store this week if you missed out!

Been so busy not even had a chance to post about it! We’re at in the DSTLRY hall all weekend, come say hi!

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT:
Suzume by

A star falls from the sky, crashing into married couple Benjiro and Hatsu’s simple lives. They meet Suzume, a sparrowfolk being chased by the wicked Crow, and nurse him back to health. The three of them learn to live and love together, discovering each other, and themselves. But the Crow is always watching, and waiting, and she will not give up her quarry easily…

From the creator of Momotekku: Alxndra Cook explores sexuality and intimacy in this fantasy graphic novel.

Our Kickstarter for all three new books begins tomorrow!

New book announcement:
CRYOMEMORY by

When Renee, a Syndicate assassin, is sent to a military cyberstorage unit to destroy a datadoll, she instead finds a fully-cybernetic body with the memories of her lost sister. Together they must confront the mysterious Syndicate that controls their lives, but can Renee trust this doll? Are things truly what they appear to be?

Kyle explores memories, perception and consciousness in this cyberpunk graphic novel, full of gunplay and action.

The Koguchi Comics 23/24 Collection Kickstarter launches SUNDAY!!

We’re gonna announce a book each day before we launch our new Kickstarter on Sunday for Koguchi Comics Wave 2.

First up is SWORD HUNT 2 by

The long anticipated sequel rejoins Dad the Hero and Roscoe the cowardly goblin as they find themselves thrown in jail with all their loot stolen, including the Demon Swords they collected!
Can they track down the half-elf thief, Tőriel, and reclaim the dangerous magical swords and save the city from the Crimson Dragon?

Shipping now available for Kickstarter backers!
Hit the link in our bio or go to the Kickstarter Shipping page on our website.

It’s real! It’s here!

it's finally time for the news you've been waiting for... I'm happy to announce that issues will be available on Thursday 5th October at 9:00 AM BST!

Remember, this campaign secured your copies of the magazine(s), now all you need to do is head to our store and pay for your postage. You even can add other items to your order to save on postage while you're there.

If you backed both issues and want to wait and until both are out, you can do that too! Your copies of the magazine will be set aside for you, whenever you're ready for them.

See you tomorrow at the Small Press Day event at .studio!

We’re down to our last 3 capsule pins! Not sure if we’ll ever bring these back, so if you’ve been umming and ahhing, bows the time to pop one, cyberpunk.

We’re now closed for the holidays! We’ll re-open the store in January with some new items and announcements.
Any orders not yet dispatched will be sent and you’re still able to browse the store while we’re closed (just not check out)

Happy holidays everybody! See you in 2023! ✨

Also, the amazing A Cats Day by from is now online!

Momotekku by is now available online for folks who missed the campaign, as well as backers via a secret link in Kickstarter (check your messages!)

All set up at , in the Comixology Hall, ready for the next 2 days. Come and say hello 👋