Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-San

Ever wonder what it's like to sell comics at a Japanese bookstore? Honda provides a hilarious firsthand account from the front lines! Whether it's handling the store, out-of-print books, or...

Whether it's foreigners asking for "JAPANESE EROTIC MANGA," navigating the tricky government definition of "morally harmful material," or helping a customer who's awfully "criminally organized," there's rarely a dull moment...

When you work in a Japanese bookstore like Honda-san, there are a million and one things to keep track of. Managing new releases, accounting for the revival of titles from...

Honda-san is stuck: It's hard to keep drawing about your bookstore job after you've quit! But being a full-time manga artist opens new doors-stories from the publishers' perspectives, to the...