Popotame Archives - Glacier Bay Books https://glacierbaybooks.com/product-tag/popotame/ a new world of comics Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:52:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://glacierbaybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-GlacierBayBooks1054961_penguin_logo_notext-bmp-32x32.png Popotame Archives - Glacier Bay Books https://glacierbaybooks.com/product-tag/popotame/ 32 32 Sugar and Grapefruit, Salt and Watermelon https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/sugar-and-grapefruit-salt-and-watermelon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sugar-and-grapefruit-salt-and-watermelon Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:49:09 +0000 https://glacierbaybooks.com/?post_type=product&p=22053 Sugar and Grapefruit / Salt and Watermelon by Gao Yan Uncoated paper, with spot color printing on an elegantly designed dust jacket with full color frontispiece stickers applied. Contents printed in gorgeous full color, collecting artworks exhibited by the artist at TRANSPOP and POPOTAME Galleries. Published by POPOTAME GALLERY in Japan.

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Uncoated paper, with spot color printing on an elegantly designed dust jacket with full color frontispiece stickers applied. Contents printed in gorgeous full color, collecting artworks exhibited by the artist at TRANSPOP and POPOTAME Galleries.

Published by POPOTAME GALLERY in Japan.

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]]> Sweet Jokes https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/sweet-jokes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sweet-jokes Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:16:02 +0000 https://glacierbaybooks.com/?post_type=product&p=21900 Sweet Jokes by Ikumi Nakada, published by POPOTAME BOOK GALLERY in Japan. Size: 182 x 257 mm Full color, 48 pages This is an art book by painter and illustrator Ikumi Nakada. It features 35 works created between 2016 and 2025. Nakada’s translucent oil paintings and sharp pencil lines capture fleeting moments in the lives […]

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]]> Sweet Jokes by Ikumi Nakada, published by POPOTAME BOOK GALLERY in Japan.

Size: 182 x 257 mm
Full color, 48 pages

This is an art book by painter and illustrator Ikumi Nakada. It features 35 works created between 2016 and 2025. Nakada’s translucent oil paintings and sharp pencil lines capture fleeting moments in the lives of youth still navigating the ambiguous uncertainties of adolescence. This book provides a well-balanced overview of the artist’s recent work, showcasing her diverse talents and including her latest pieces. An epilogue by the artist is included at the end of the book.

Art: Ikumi Nakada
Book Design: Yu Yokoyama
Epilogue and Profile Translation: Jun Kitamura
Publisher: Eriko Obayashi
Book Gallery Popotam
First Edition: 450 copies
Published: December 12, 2025

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]]> POPOCOMI 1 https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/popocomi-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=popocomi-1 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:00:42 +0000 https://glacierbaybooks.com//?post_type=product&p=42 The first North American distribution was at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF), 2019.

“The art is really the star, because it’s extremely varied… it gets really wild” – Manga Machinations

Contributors/Participating artists: Maiko Dake, Izumi Fujimura, Kanako Furugori, Hiroya Kaya, Eri Masco, MISSSISSIPPI, Ikumi Nakada, Nerunodaisuki, Yoko Sakaki, Yuki Takahashi, Yu Yokoyama, Kazuya Yoshida

An A5 edition, with glossy cover, b/w text, 98 pages.

Editorial: Popotame (Eriko Obayashi) @popotame_shop
Cover design: Maiko Dake @mk_dake
Translation: Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook
Translation assistant: Mimmy Shen
Lettering: Karis Page

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]]> A selection of 12 works from the periodic indie comics(manga) anthology “Popocomi”, published by Popotame Book Gallery. LAST COPIES.

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