The Nightmare of Fabrication is a beautifully drawn full-color manga from Yoshitoshi ABe. The 18 page short story can be found in the Lain Omnipresence in Wired artbook. The manga serves as the missing "Dc1029" file from the game and appears to take place in the same continuity as the game, although there are elements of the anime as well.

In the 21st century, aliens have arrived on Earth and live among humans. In sleepy Enohana, the dirt-poor student Chigasaki Mayuko finds herself living together with NieA, a low-caste ("Under Seven") alien. While Mayuko struggles diligently to make ends meet, NieA seems to be totally unconcerned with the consequences of her actions. As the odd couple throws off the expected sparks, the wrecked alien mothership looms in the background... (Source: Anime News Network)

All guests are gods. The Death Office exists on the border of the mundane world and the afterlife. All the deceased visit this office, whether it be deaths from suicide, murder, illness, accident... Innocent people go to heaven. Guilty people go to hell. Or... Are there any wishes that persist after death? These are soul-stirring conversations with the dead. (Source: POCKETCOMICS)

14-year-old Nozomi Onda has only one thing on her mind: playing beautiful soccer. There's just one problem: no matter how much she longs to participate in official matches, she'd have physically superior boys as opponents. But when a boy from her past confronts her on the street, she decides she can't wait any longer. (Source: Kodansha USA)

Creepy, crawly, grotesque...Such is the daily life of Miko and company when ghostly specters lurk around every corner. Meet a new cast of spine-tingling, bloodcurdling monsters in the official comic anthology!! (Source: Yen Press)

Set long after the conclusion of the manga series, it tells the story of a boy robot named Omega and his search for the legendary Café Alpha. (Source: Wikipedia)

The official comic adaptation of Bandai's Cartoon Network hit, a stylish "manga meets film noir" story which goes BEYOND the plot of the TV series! Paradigm City is the city of amnesia--40 years ago, SOMETHING happened that wiped out the memories of the residents, forcing them to recreate their culture from scattered fragments. In this world only 40 years old, Roger Smith is a negotiator--a go-between for police, citizens and criminals in high-risk diplomatic situations. But something else survives from the forgotten past. They are the MegaDeuses--giant robots created by the city's former inhabitants, or perhaps by the forgetful citizens themselves. When crime and madness strike, Roger Smith brings the guilty to justice with the giant robot called THE BIG O. (Source: VIZ Media)

In the whole world there lay a mythical creatures which have their own ecosystem and can’t be considered part of the food chain. They also have supernatural powers and live together with humans. Ferry is one of the professional investigator, who researches the connection between the creatures and humans and is called a Genjuu Chousain (Mythical Beast Investigator). The story starts when a flying reptilian dragon (Wyvern) is attacking a village, and a Girl dispatch on the quest to research and investigate Wyvern and other mythical creatures.

Tsubame would rather die than do any dirty jobs at the yakuza group he'd been sold to. Does dealing with an overgrown yakuza manchild count as a "dirty" job? It depends on what kind of job he gets handed over... (Source: Manga Planet) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*

*"Even if it's hopeless, I'm not gonna give up! No matter how many times I get rejected or how much I get hurt, I won't stop feeling this way!"* So says the bright and optimistic university student, Shizuku Suguya, about the man that got him out of a spat of trouble: Masataka Kizaki. Shizuku feels it's fate. He tests the waters at the production company that Masataka manages but is turned away without even being able to speak to him. Determined to make it happen, Shizuku then attemps to stand in for a model in a commercial who is taking a day off from illness... (Source: Manga Club)

A strange bunch of supernatural beings have moved in next door to Hanazawa Meoto. They call themselves "Godland Company", and they're gods/spirits/demons who perform odd jobs to help other supernatural beings like themselves when they get into any trouble with humans. There's little Kuroto the Karasu Tengu, Mia Blutheim the vampire, Neruru Hearteater the succubus, Shadric Kagel the shadow earl, and the mysterious Haizono. How will Meoto react to her new neighbours?

Losing one match after another, shogi prodigy Yuhi Ninomiya became a shadow of his former glorious self. It was then that he faced his old rival Kanata Kuji in an official match. However, the record-setting match ended with Kanata winning his 27th consecutive game, and Yuhi losing his 17th consecutive game. Feeling frustrated and depressed, Yuhi stops by a bar, when he has a fateful encounter with a certain girl! Her name is Tsuki Kayamori. Although she is overbearing, self-centered, and eccentric, her sharp and unorthodox playstyle is as if she was chosen by the shogi God! (Source: K Manga)