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Review: Sanpaku

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It’s Wednesday which means it’s new comic book day with new releases hitting shelves, both physical and digital, all across the world. This week we’ve got the graphic novel Sanpaku by Kate Gavino and published by BOOM! Studios‘ Archaia imprint.

Get your copy in comic shops today and book stores on August 21st. To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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BOOM! Studios Announces Sanpaku Summer Book Tour With Kate Gavino

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BOOM! Studios has announced a summer book tour in support of Sanpaku, the powerful new original graphic novel from cartoonist Kate Gavino gives voice to the insecurities that haunt teens of all cultures. The acclaimed author will travel across America from August 21st to August 31st in support of Sanpaku, participating in signing events along with moderated panel discussions about the themes of identity, culture and family that the graphic novel beautifully explores.

Kate Gavino, multi-talented writer and illustrator, is the creator of the website, Last Night’s Reading, which was compiled into a published collection by Penguin Books in 2015. Her work has been featured in BuzzFeed, Lenny Letter, Oprah.com, Rookie, and more. She was recently named one of Brooklyn Magazine’s “30 Under 30.”

The Sanpaku Summer Book Tour stops include:

  • Tuesday August 21st , New York City: 7:30PM  at Greenlight Bookstore(Fort Greene) with moderator Adrian Shirk (author of And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy)
  • Wednesday, August 22nd, New York City: 7:00PM at the Asian American Writer’s Workshop
  • Thursday, August 23rd, Chicago, IL: 7:00PM at Quimby’s with moderator Michi Trota (Managing Editor, Uncanny Magazine)
  • Friday, August 24th, Minneapolis, MN: 7:00PM a Barnes & Noble with moderator Dennis Madamba
  • Saturday, August 25th, Houston, TX: 7:00PM at Brazos Bookstore with moderator Bryan Washington (journalist and author of Lot)
  • Sunday, August 26th, Los Angeles, CA: 5:30PM at Chevalier’s Bookswith moderator Sarah Kuhn (author of Clueless comic books and Heroine Complex novels)
  • Tuesday, August 28th, San Francisco, CA: 5:30PM at the San Francisco Public Library (Excelsior Branch)
  • Wednesday, August 29th, Portland, OR: 7:00PM at Books with Pictures
  • Thursday, August 30th, Seattle, WA: 7:00PM at Elliott Bay Bookstore
  • Friday, August 31st, Jersey City, NJ:  7:30PM at WORD Bookstore

Sanpaku is told through the eyes of Marcine, a young woman fascinated with the Japanese idea of Sanpaku—that seeing the white around the iris of your eyes is a bad omen. But it’s everywhere Marcine looks—her grandmother has it, some classmates at Catholic school have it, JFK had it…even Marcine might suffer from this odd condition. Eating a strict macrobiotic diet and meditating is supposed to help, but no matter how much Marcine wants it to, it can’t save her grandmother’s life or make her days at school any easier.

Sanpaku will be available for sale on August 15, 2018 at local comic book shops and August 21, 2018 at bookstores.

Preview: Sanpaku HC

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Sanpaku HC

Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: Kate Gavino
Artist: Kate Gavino
Cover Artist: Kate Gavino
Price: $24.99

Marcine is fascinated with the Japanese theory of Sanpaku. It states that seeing the white around the iris of one’s eyes is a bad omen.

But it’s everywhere Marcine looks—her grandmother has it, some of her classmates at Catholic school have it, JFK had it . . . even Marcine might suffer from this odd condition.
It’s believed that eating a strict macrobiotic diet and meditating is supposed to help, but no matter how much Marcine wants it to, these practices can’t save her grandmother, or bring back pop star Selena, or make her life at school any easier . . .!

From critically acclaimed cartoonist Kate Gavino (Last Night’s Reading), Sanpaku gives voice to the insecurities that abound in teens of all cultures.

BOOM! Studios and Archaia Reveal a First Look at Sanpaku

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BOOM! Studios has released an extended early preview of Sanpaku being released the the publisher’s Archaia imprint.

Arriving in stores this August, Sanpaku, from cartoonist Kate Gavino gives voice to the insecurities that haunt teens of all cultures told through the eyes of Marcine, a young woman fascinated with the Japanese idea of Sanpaku—that seeing the white around the iris of your eyes is a bad omen. But it’s everywhere Marcine looks—her grandmother has it, some classmates at Catholic school have it, JFK had it…even Marcine might suffer from this odd condition. Eating a strict macrobiotic diet and meditating is supposed to help, but no matter how much Marcine wants it to, it can’t save her grandmother’s life or make her days at school any easier.