Sci Fi Archives - Glacier Bay Books https://glacierbaybooks.com/product-tag/sci-fi/ a new world of comics Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:37:43 +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 Sci Fi Archives - Glacier Bay Books https://glacierbaybooks.com/product-tag/sci-fi/ 32 32 And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/and-the-strange-and-funky-happenings-one-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=and-the-strange-and-funky-happenings-one-day Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:36:35 +0000 https://glacierbaybooks.com/?post_type=product&p=17076 by Natsujikei Miyazaki. Published in 2024 by Glacier Bay Books. Natsujikei Miyazaki has been hailed as one of the most imaginative new cartoonists of her generation, and their works have been recognized on industry best-of lists and at the Japan Media Arts Festival. …AND THE STRANGE AND FUNKY HAPPENINGS ONE DAY brings to life 33 small […]

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]]> by Natsujikei Miyazaki. Published in 2024 by Glacier Bay Books.

Natsujikei Miyazaki has been hailed as one of the most imaginative new cartoonists of her generation, and their works have been recognized on industry best-of lists and at the Japan Media Arts Festival.

…AND THE STRANGE AND FUNKY HAPPENINGS ONE DAY brings to life 33 small sci-fi fragments infused with an ecstatic sense of playfulness and wonder which slice through that mysterious, inescapable thing “everyday life”. A collection of short story masterpieces showcasing the dynamism of ordinary people under mundanely extraordinary circumstances.

A girl with near-nonexistent supernatural powers is actually just a normal kid, a potter who keeps breaking his own pottery, a man whose job is to put protective cling film on things yet struggles to protect what he treasures most, a boy who wakes up one day with a tag hanging from his ear labelled “Pull”, two people that are the only ones left on the planet and consider whether to risk meeting up in person, a group of planets return to their “home” orbit for a long overdue stardust reunion, and many, many more. Gorgeous and eclectic, these stories almost casually affirm what it means to live, and all ways of life.

ISBN 978-1-953629-34-0

Translation by zhuchka
Lettering by Tim Sun
Editing and Design by emuh ruh

Target Specifications

  • Gatefold dust-jacketed cover with special under-jacket comic
  • Sewn binding
  • Deluxe paper stock for cover and internal text block
  • Monochrome printing
  • ~260 pages B6

 

WORDS ABOUT “…AND THE STRANGE AND FUNKY HAPPENINGS ONE DAY”

“a one woman anthology that feels like the author is doing a stand up routine of one liners in an alien language. another must by from Glacier Bay Books.” –ARTSCHOOLDROPOUT

“it was so good and so weird???? oh my god it was so weird i loved it” – Sara Mchl

“Just a bunch of weird, absurd, crazy shit that’s just entertaining. Just endlessly entertaining… I just loved this book” – Manga Machinations

 

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]]> Tsukiko and the Satellite and other stories (digital) https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/tsukiko-and-the-satellite-and-other-stories/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tsukiko-and-the-satellite-and-other-stories Thu, 21 May 2020 08:42:04 +0000 https://glacierbaybooks.com/?post_type=product&p=5128 DIGITAL RELEASE

This is the first English-language collection from the Kyoto-based Japanese painter and comic creator "MISSISSIPPI". 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.

Translation of Tsukiko and the Satellite and Audrey Hepburn 2049 was provided by Anna Schnell. SFX and cover lettering was provided by Tim Sun.

Purchases will receive access to a digital download of the entire collection as a high-quality pdf as  well as a smaller pdf file for convenience (standard quality). Each purchase directly supports the author, based on a progressive profit-sharing royalty split system.

About the author:

MISSISSIPPI has participated as a gallerist/artist for with solo exhibitions including New Galerie, Druckdealer, Trans Pop Gallery, events such as 「MISSISSIPPI WALL PAINTING」at Book Gallery Popotame, as well as book fairs including Comitia and TCAF. MISSISSIPPI is the editor for the Kyoto Comics [KyoCo] and Sinta anthologies. You can find more information at their website here.

About the publisher:

Glacier Bay Books is a new independent publisher & webshop, focusing on contemporary literature, works in translation, the small press scene, and indie & alternative manga.

 

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“The author… does sci-fi tinged stories, but it’s a kind of mundane sci-fi… taking place in a future with fascinating things like androids, but [concerning] somebody’s daily life”, “…from the panel layouts and how they tell their narrative, this feels like a western comic, but the art touch feels like an old-school adult manga like you might find in a newspaper (distinct from seinen or gekiga manga)”, “one of my favorite stories is ‘David’…”, “I was really taken aback… when I saw  a picture of the hamburglar”.]

 

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