Invisible Parade collects 13 stories both recent and from over a decade ago. This is the definitive collection of Kyoto-based painter and comic artist MISSISSIPPI’s comics work.

A collection of six short stories, ranging from “A Country Called America,” a one-shot manga that reads like a journal of a trip to a fictitious America, to “A Long Stay”, which follows the inner changes undergone by J, a man who lives a quiet life in an isolated environment, when a mysterious woman N suddenly appears. Drawn with simple lines, these unique works leave themselves open to each reader's interpretation. *Note: Released at COMITIA 117.* 1. **America to Iu Kuni** (アメリカという国, A Country Called America) 2. **Nagai Taizai** (長い滞在, A Long Stay) 3. **Pepe-san** (ぺぺさん) 4. **Mansion wa Kansei Shimashita.** (マンションは完成しました。) 5. **Transformers** (とらんすふぉーまーず) 6. **America no Tsubo** (アメリカの壺)

A young artist informed by the Gekiga masters, this is a book for lovers of Seiichi Hayashi, Yoshiharu Tsuge, Shinichi Abe, Tadao Tsuge, Osamu Kanno: artists mining from an expressive, personal vein. Collects several self-published works, as well as stories issued in alternative manga magazine Kakuu. (Source: Glacier Bay Books)

Tsugawa’s comic “dream journal”, carefully transcribing their recollection of an array vivid dreams, mysterious places, and subtly surreal interactions, in narrative manga form. This collection includes 9 short stories in a startling variety of tones and settings.

Five dreamy sci~fi short stories that bring to life small, everyday moments: a long wandering father returns home; an unusual guest joins a woman on her evening “alone”; a bike repair job that’s more than meets the eye; a summer laborer becomes acquainted with a mysterious girl; a contemplative rumination after cleaning the aquarium. This collection includes works produced from 2014 to 2019: Tsukiko and the Satellite, Audrey Hepburn 2049, Supermoon, David, Down the Uji River, and was published through careful collaboration with the author. –– From https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/tsukiko-and-the-satellite-and-other-stories/ Official English Translation (Azuki)

Widowed after the sudden death of his wife, acclaimed stained glass artist Kagari has lost all meaning in life. When on the verge of no longer wanting to produce or teach stained glass making his estranged granddaughter who he hasn't seen in 15 years, Akari, suddenly appears. The two of them start to form a healing bond through the art of stained glass. But there is something that Akari is not telling him...

Hugh is haunted by a dream of a strange Victorian house that he doesn't remember ever seeing in life. This dream, while not at all unpleasant, is becoming more vivid every time he enters it. His close friends, affluent Vladimir and clothes designer Vi, are concerned for his well-being, and they reach out to their wider circle of acquaintances in an effort to make sense of Hugh's predicament before it is too late. (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Mani & Wul… they exist in a world uneasily divided between three tribes: Human, Beastkin, and Hunter. Whereas none could abide by either of the other, the two of them, Beastkin and Hunter, made a family together. This is their story… (Source: Glacier Bay Books)

1. **Kobayashi Kayoko** 2. **2001-nenban Sakasa no Omoide** (Upside Down Memories, 2001 Version) 3. **Hakoniwa Sanbusaku** (Hakoniwa, A Story in Three Parts) 4. **Oshare** 5. **Tanoshiii Seikatsu** 6. **Utsukushii Machi** 7. **Mushidokei** 8. **Tentoumushi no Otomurai** (Ladybird's Requiem) 9. **Tsume wo Kitta Yoru no Koto?** (A Night Where I Cut the Fingernails) 10. **22** 11. **Ame no Shiro Shirt** (The Rainy Day Blouse) 12. **Ipponme no Kasa** (The First Umbrella) 13. **Tsumekiri Monogatari** (Nail-Clipper Story) *Note: The chapter count reflects how chapters are broken down into parts in this series.*

Stylistically intermingling themes of gentrification and rebirth within the setting of a classic yakuza crime drama, Children of Mu-Town follows the course charted by youths of an aging residential housing complex who are struggling for their lives: burdened by financial issues, peer pressure, and uncertain futures, ensnared in the clutches of organized crime, they are searching for a way to survive. When a municipal renovation project seems to offer a future of stability for their dilapidated town, the mysterious and far-reaching consequences that their actions set into motion may leave Juichi and his friends with no option but annihilation….. A stunning modern “tenement masterpiece” work of manga, Mu-Town is a story of small-town gang intimidation, escalating immigration tensions, political intrigue, and the yearning desperation of youth.

A young girl moves to the seaside town of Kumogaura. Wandering under dazzling sun and ever-changing stars, she searches for meaning in an item from her past. CLOUDS is a record of those hazy, dream-like days in the mysterious little town by the sea. (Source: Glacier Bay Books) *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*

Bonny and Mickey are young and in love, but Mickey is married to the life of a long-haul trucker. Though they have a son together, the gulf between the two grows with each broken promise and passing year, until all that’s left are small mementos, postcards, and memories. After a naïve, pure-hearted young man enters their orbit, things slowly begin to change… (Source: Glacier Bay Books)