Saturday AM BLOG

Saturday AM is the ACTION MANGA showcase for great, original webcomics! Check us out at www.saturday-am.com and don't forget to support independent creators with our bi-weekly digital comicbook!

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MISSED JUMP FESTA AND SATURDAY CON 2022?? We got you covered!

SATURDAY CON 2022 IS IN THE BOOKS but we got the details!

Our first ever celebration for ALL THINGS SATURDAY happened this past weekend and it was AMAZING! 2 days of 30+ hours of panels and reveals and the REVEALS were FANTASTIC! Our upcoming GRAPHIC NOVEL program is generating LOTS of EXCITEMENT! 

10 BOOKS starting in June 2022. While we've already announced APPLE BLACK, HAMMER, SAIGAMI, and MMWOG Volumes -- our 1st ORIGINAL BOOK to launch is SATURDAY AM ANNUAL 2023!

This new book will bring amazing new short stories from #summerofmanga alumni and this first book introduces tales from United Kingdom, Ghana, Greece, and the USA. The lead story (and cover feature) is a FAMILIAR title, ORISHA, from star in waiting, Zayf Umar from Nigeria. 

Remember, there are nine manga books this year as well as the SATURDAY AM presents HOW TO DRAW DIVERSE MANGA books so that YOU can create your own unique manga. ALL TEN BOOKS (and even some from 2023) were SHOWN or TEASED during our SATURDAY CON 2022 event and YOU can PRE-ORDER some of them NOW! You don't want to miss these amazing titles as all of the books are either completely new or feature new scenes.

PRE-ORDER the SATURDAY AM GRAPHIC NOVELS from the QUARTO GROUP at your favorite retailers around the world like BARNES and NOBLE, WATERSTONES UK, BOOKS A MILLION, and AMAZON!

And speaking of PRE-ORDERING OUR BOOKS, if you do it NOW, we are bringing very cool incentives including SATURDAY AM COLLECTIBLE CARDS. With some special rare, CHASE cards, then you're going to want to COLLECT THEM ALL and that may means trading with your friends or PRE-ORDERING ALL OF OUR BOOKS.

Saturday AM Collectible cards

Over 25

5 hidden chase cards

5 cards per pack

Featuring art from Whyt Manga, Issaka Galadima, Jeyodin, Oscar Fong and more!

And where would we be without NEW MANGA? 

Well, we announced SOME VERY EXCITING NEW SERIES for ALL of our MANGA brands!

Learn more about these titles & make sure you have our APP for the magazines and visit our PILOT MANGA site for our webmanga!

SATURDAY AM:

METAL SOULS by @dd.markk (USA)

FROST X FIRE by @neomangaart (FRANCE)

PROTECT, MARRY, KILL by @lienpeng_art (AUSTRALIA)

Saturday AFTERNOON

HAPPILY EVER AFTER by @brandonrandom.ig (USA)

Saturday BRUNCH

THE OTHERWORLDLY TRAVEL AGENCY by @serenribitty (USA)

Saturday PM

DDD by @aruunas_art (LITHUANIA)

But, that wasn't EVERYTHING...

SATURDAY CON gave us WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONS with a HOST of the TOP INDUSTRY FIGURES in MANGA, ANIME, TOYS, VIDEOGAMES, and more.

We'll cover them in a future email update with more reveals 

OR 

You can just watch the LIVE SHOW on demand via our YOUTUBE channel.

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SATURDAY AM NEW MANGA for NOVEMBER 2021

Saturday AM #140 is OUT NOW and that means a return to the AWESOME DIVERSE SHONEN MANGA that we started in 2013.

In this issue some of our HEAVY HITTERS are BACK—

-HAMMER by Jeyodin

-MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER WORLD OF GHOSTS by Oscar Fong w/ Frederick L. Jones

-CLOCK STRIKER by Issaka Galadima w/ Frederick L. Jones

Also, get the details on the NEW PRINT EDITIONS of popular Saturday AM series as well as our 1st ever HOW TO DRAW BOOK!

Pre-order right within this issue!

So, what are you waiting for???

And don’t worry, there is MORE SATURDAY MANGA magazines coming this month!

GET THE APP and READ this past issue AND then prepare for Saturday AM #141 and Saturday PM #15 at the end of November!

APP.SATURDAY-AM.COM

Want to try some different manga?

SATURDAY AFTERNOON is our NEW EXCLUSIVE LINE of WEBMANGA and it's part of our online experience called PILOT MANGA.

The site updates WEEKLY with new installments of original series as well as existing indie manga comics.

POPULAR TITLES worth trying are:

SPOON

BENEDICT NICK THE PHENOMENAL BRICK

DREAMSTATE

and more.

And don’t forget — it’s FREE!

TRY IT NOW!

SATURDAY AM ARTISTS ARE MAKING MOVES!

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CLOCK STRIKER IN FRENCH!!

BONJOUR, PARIS MANGA SCI-FI SHOW!

Welcome to Saturday AM, the World’s MOST DIVERSE SHONEN MANGA brand and we’re hope you are enjoying the convention today!

As you should have received kits detailing details on our NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS from the QUARTO GROUP as well as the wonderful NIGER - FRENCH artist of CLOCK STRIKER, Issaka Galadima!

Enjoy this 1st Chapter of the series in FRENCH for the 1st time ever — below!

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SATURDAY AM MAKES THE ROUNDS FOR DIVERSE MANGA!

SATURDAY AM HAS BIG THINGS BREWING!!

AFTER OUR BIG ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING A NEW LINE OF GRAPHIC NOVELS for Saturday AM in conjunction with the QUARTO GROUP,

Check out our latest #podcasts appearances:

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FALL 2021 IS HERE and Saturday AM is taking charge!

FALL 2021 IS HAPPENING AND SATURDAY AM IS BRINGING NEW VOICES!

THE BIGGEST DEBUT THIS YEAR!!

Since launching our diverse manga brand in 2013, Saturday AM, has LED the way on curated, manga-inspired comics from the top and most promising artists online. Like SHONEN JUMP, Saturday AM has several iterations that speak to various opportunities for up and coming creators.

Saturday PM covers SEINEN series like UNDERGROUND, OBLIVION ROUGE, and REVOLVER KISS.

Saturday BRUNCH covers JOSEI / LGBTQ series like HENSHIN!, GUNHILD, and ZEPHYR.

and Saturday AM, our flagship, covers SHONEN series like APPLE BLACK, CLOCK STRIKER, and SAIGAMI.

Our NEWEST BRAND, SATURDAY AFTERNOON is an ORIGINALS line of EXCLUSIVE WEBMANGA or WEBTOONS experience for vertical scrolling comics featuring SHONEN comics. Titles like DREAM STATE by @Supamaine12, BENEDICT NICK, the Phenomenal Brick by @nathq_art, BONEYARD by @ricardoantonioart, CHANGE THE WORLD by @monitorcomics, IN THIS LIFE by @rebellionart77, REAPERS INC. by @jargart, and OCTOBER LEGION by @itsbunkles.

Read them for FREE on new website www.pilotmanga.com

SATURDAY BRUNCH 5 IS HERE!

The JOSEI-inspired manga magazine from the makers of SATURDAY AM celebrates its' 5th issue with a GORGEOUS COVER of KILLSHOT by up and coming Instagram artist, @6iirls and a brand new installment of the POPULAR VOLLEYBALL SPORTS MANGA series with LGBTQ characters by creator SENY!

Also, we have new installments of the NORSE MYTHOLOGY adventure called GUNHILD by Fred Tornager and the black female supehero from the Bahamas called ZEPHYR by Stan Russell and a breakdown of some LIGHTBOX EXPO 2021 panels!

So, what are you waiting for...?

READ THE ISSUE NOW!

SATURDAY AM #139 IS HERE!

This year's class of our AMAZING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF NEW ARTISTS, #summerofmanga, is one of the BEST EVER!

This SUPREMELY ENTERTAINING issue was the conclusion of this year’s event!

EXISTING MANGA INSTALLMENTS INCLUDE: -BOI by Otutuloro and Harvey, TITAN KING by Tony Dawkins And then there is the MAIN EVENT! BRAND NEWS COMICS from DIVERSE CREATORS every issue ALL SUMMER LONG (#136 - #139). Not only will every issue appear a mere 2 weeks from the last BUT every issue YOU CAN VOTE and tell us WHICH SERIES SHOULD CONTINUE!!!! So, what do we have for the 4th and FINAL issue? In this issue, our new short stories are: -MAZUKU (Ghana) - HONEY TRAP (Trinidad and Tobago) - REACH!! (USA) - CORSAIR BLUE (Bahamas) and HAPPILY(USA) So, what are you waiting for???

READ IT NOW

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SATURDAY AM GRAPHIC NOVELS HEAD TO STORES WORLDWIDE

The Quarto Group Partners with Saturday AM On a New and Inclusive Wave of Manga Books

The Quarto Group is partnering with digital Manga and comic brand Saturday AM for a robust publishing program featuring manga-inspired comics featuring greater diversity and inclusion (i.e., diverse Manga), to be published under its art and design imprint Rockport Publishers. Showcasing creators from across the globe–from Senegal to New Zealand –who center more BIPOC and LGBTQ+ characters in their work, this new style of Manga elevates voices who rarely appear in traditional manga narratives.

Saturday AM launched the independent black-owned manga movement in the U.S. in 2013 and is the most successful flagship brand for MyFutprint Entertainment, LLC. Saturday AM is an online manga anthology magazine that focuses on diversity and representation, producing over 150 issues to date of serialized digital content monthly with dedicated fans from over 60 countries. The Saturday AM brand has appeared on collectible toys, sticker apps, and a mobile videogame. With a solid social media presence, including dozens of exclusive artists, influencers in their own right, Saturday AM generates roughly 17M impressions per month.

Author and founder of MyFutprint Entertainment, LLC Frederick L. Jones is pleased to take this next step with Saturday AM and The Quarto Group. "As an African-American, it's been a dream of mine that the art form that I've loved since the '80s offer more ethnic and cultural diversity both on the page and behind the scenes. It's been rather humbling just how many young talented fans have embraced our brand and our popular series like CLOCK STRIKER, shonen's 1st black female lead character. Partnering with a company like The Quarto Group finally allows us to bring these creator-owned original manga stories to stores worldwide."

"We are thrilled to be adding the Saturday AM brand to our Quarto list," says Senior Vice President and Group Publishing Director of Rockport Publishers Winnie Danenbarger. "Manga is a powerful art form that has influenced the globe in animation, artistic influences, and even culture. The graphic novels created by Saturday AM speak to a contemporary and diverse audience and wholly aligns with Quarto's mission of inspiring and embracing global artists." Adds Danenbarger: "Manga is now becoming an international language, and the globalization of it will only continue to expand in the future as an infinitely adaptable art form around the world. We're excited to be at the forefront of this new, creative and inclusive wave of Manga." 

Quarto launches the line by publishing 10 titles in 2022 from 7 series and an additional 10 to 12 titles per year in 2023 and 2024. The first three serialized Saturday AM titles—APPLE BLACK, HAMMER, and SAIGAMI —are scheduled to publish June 7, 2022, along with Saturday AM Presents How to Draw Diverse Manga, the first HOW TO book with an inclusive take on the popular artform. In July, the line continues with one of the first ALL AFRICAN manga series, OBLIVION ROUGE, with others to follow. Most of Saturday AM's serialized titles will be shonen Manga (action-adventure, ages 12+) with exclusive new art and story. They will exist in a multi-verse where all the stories connect for an epic storytelling experience. And deepening the experience for both new and existing readers, Saturday AM manga titles will also offer innovative never-before-seen "post-credit" content exclusively debuting within these printed books.

ABOUT QUARTO

The Quarto Group is the leading global publisher of illustrated books. Quarto encompasses a diverse portfolio of imprints and businesses that are expert in developing long-lasting content across specific niches of interest for adults, children and the whole family. Quarto sells its products globally in over 50 countries and 40 languages and employs c.330 people in the US and the UK. The group was founded in London in 1976. It is domiciled in the US and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: QRT). For more information, visit quarto.com or follow us on Twitter at @TheQuartoGroup.

ABOUT SATURDAY AM and MYFUTPRINT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC

Saturday AM is a unique digital comics brand featuring an ever-growing catalog of popular, exclusive, and diverse manga-inspired webcomics by independent creators from around the world. Among the three dozen visionary artists on the Saturday AM team are Nigerian Youtuber and popular creator @WhytManga (APPLE BLACK), USA TODAY, and ONI PRESS professional artist @JeyOdin (HAMMER), and Hungarian illustrator @saigaimiproject (SAIGAMI). To learn more about Saturday AM, visit www.saturday-am.com, or find them on Instagram (@saturday_am), YouTube (youtube.com/user/MyFutprint), and Twitter (@saturday_am). You can access their Manga via their mobile app at app.saturday-am.com.

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AUGUST 2021 ENDS WITH A SATURDAY BANG!!!

This has been an INCREDIBLE SUMMER and now the Saturday AM revolution for DIVERSE MANGA is heading into a VERY EXCITING FALL!

Here are but a FEW EXAMPLES:

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#SUMMEROFMANGA IS HERE! GET SATURDAY AM #136 & VOTE FOR NEW MANGA!

#SUMMEROFMANGA IS BACK for 2021, baby!

That means, NEW UP and COMING ARTISTS from around the world DROPPING FRESH NEW MANGA-STYLE COMIC ONE-SHOTS in the World’s MOST DIVERSE MANGA anthology, Saturday AM issues 136 - 139.

As this is our 5th year of the annual event, we are THRILLED that we have new folks coming from Australia, Brazil, Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Italy, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA.

In the 1st issue, not only do classic series exclusives return like Tony Dawkins' TITAN KING and Otutuloro and Harvey's BOI ---- but new stories as well including:

-a MECH series called METAL SOULS -a MAGIC series called GAKABOOM and a MADCAP COMEDY called THE OTHERWORLDLY TRAVEL AGENCY

and there are TWO MORE!

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BOI - YOU'D BETTER DRAW ART CONTEST!

It’s an ANNIVERSARY (of sorts) for our CRAZIEST, COOLEST, and most CREATIVE exclusive series, BETTER OFF IGNORANT aka BOI!

and we WANT YOU TO CELEBRATE WITH US!

What is BOI?

BOI aka BETTER OFF IGNORANT started as a series within Saturday AM a few years back from Nigerian-American, Luqman Otutuloro and Canadian Austin Harvey.

Well, if you like the INSANITY of RICK and MORTY or GINTAMA then this crazy series will probably be RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY.

After all, there are BANANA-MEN, EVIL BABYSITTERS, and MORE! And the only thing standing between these bizarre obstacles is ISA — the SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD by virtue of an accidental bite of some special fruit. His speciality is PHYSICS but he’s not the strongest and he’s still rather clueless. Luckily his friends KAYA and BAZ are there and have his back!

What is BOI celebrating?

BOI is close to wrapping it’s VOLUME 1 storyline and that’s a BIG DEAL. Not only have both Luqman and Austin had many life changes and major experiences during these past few years but to actually continue to tell a comicbook story is no small feat! In fact, it’s downright rare especially when you consider that Saturday AM content are COMICS — same dimensions and specs and thus it’s difficult to create 200 pages of content in ANY timeframe much less over a few years. It’s something that everyone within Saturday AM (and our siblings, Saturday PM and Saturday BRUNCH) take very, very seriously!

What do I have to do to WIN THE PRIZE?

Hey, we’re SATURDAY AM! We’re the HOME of diverse manga and indie manga-style creators. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ART, BABY!

The wonderfully bizarre trio of ISA, BAZ, and Kaya — must be DRAWN IN YOUR STYLE! That’s it…

Now, obviously you gotta TAG US and SHARE THE ART ON INSTAGRAM but beyond that == it’s pretty simple.

How will I know if I won?

Oh…we’ll make sure you know. We’ll make sure THE WORLD KNOWS. For one thing, Saturday AM Founder and Publisher, Frederick L. Jones (CLOCK STRIKER) will be a Judge as will star artists, Whyt Manga (APPLE BLACK) and Jeyodin (HAMMER).

Finally, we’ll reveal all in a special broadcast (to air on YOUTUBE and/or IGTV).

Last question, WHAT will I WIN?

You are asking a lot of questions, first of all!

THERE ARE SUBSCRIPTIONS, T-SHIRTS, and CASH! That’s right, some actual M-O-N-E-Y!

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Saturday AM in the News - JUNE 2021

JUNE 2021

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!

OUR 2021 PRIDE MONTH CELEBRATION!!

SATURDAY BRUNCH #4 has it ALL including a GORGEOUS NEW COVER by up and coming artist, @leafssi!

Brand new installments within are:

-HENSHIN! by @iambonidle (The 1st GAY Super Sentai)

-GRIMMHEIM by @grimmheim

-KILLSHOT by @saigamiproject

-GUNHILD by @fred_tornager

and ZEPHYR by @stanielrussell

Articles include:

The 5 BEST LGBTQ WEBCOMICS

and

MEET OUR 2021 CLASS OF #SUMMEROFMANGA

And that's not all but you'll find out when you READ THE ISSUE NOW!

SATURDAY AM #135 COMES OUT JUNE 30th, 2021

This is our FINAL ISSUE before this year's class of our AMAZING ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF NEW ARTISTS, #summerofmanga.

INSTALLMENTS APPEARING ARE:

-CLOCK STRIKER -MMWOG -HAMMER

and articles with ANIME MOTIVATION and Youtube channel, TOY GALAXY.

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Saturday AM in the News - MAY 2021

BIG NEWS DROPS FROM SATURDAY AM!

WHERE TO BEGIN…?

It’s SIMPLE — it’s MAY 2021 and that means NEW ISSUES of our exclusive diverse #saturdaymanga!

First up, in our Saturday AM - GLOBAL COMICS APP is the next issue of our SEINEN MANGA magazine!

Saturday PM #13 includes:

UNDERGROUND by JR De Bard

YELLOW STRINGER co-plotted and illustrated by Goeffrey Jean-Louis

4STRIKES by Blake Showers with Daniel Williams

OBLIVION ROUGE by Papsouleye Fall

and REVOLVER KISS by Venus Bambisa

That’s not all, of course!

We also have a GREAT INTERVIEWS with Adventurous Animation Studio as well as COSPLAYER - NOIRECI

So, what are you waiting for?? GET THE APP and READ IT NOW FOR FREE!

We recently produced a RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE for rapper VIC MENSA and Urban Renewal Project. 

The custom comic features work from Asiah Fulmore who trained under Sanford Greene and is now working for DC COMICS. The song is pretty dope as well and it goes LIVE June 12th for Record Store Day.

We also have our 1st mobile video game project coming out this week! It went LIVE on 5/27 and includes art from ALL of our sub brands (Saturday AM, Saturday PM, Saturday BRUNCH, and the upcoming Saturday AFTERNOON) and original art from nearly all of our exclusive series and artists!

It’s a FREE DOWNLOAD for IOS and Android. 

And speaking of AMAZING SERIES and ARTISTS of SATURDAY AM — we’re in GOOD HANDS!

We bring NEW CREATORS to the magazine every year and with the debut of our 2021 class of #SUMMEROFMANGA which includes artists from ITALY, LITHUANIA, GHANA, and TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, we think this will be our BEST YET! In fact, this is already our BIGGEST CLASS of FEMALE SUBMISSIONS and of LGBTQI series concepts.

Stay tuned for the actual short story reveals but for now — here are just a few of the talents that will be on display.

WANT TO LEARN ABOUT CREATING YOUR OWN MANGA? Jeyodin offers some insights with this WEBINAR courtesy of CLIP STUDIO PAINT, WACOM, and GRAFFIXLY!

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MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 USING TOOLS TO WIN!

MARCH ART MADNESS IS HARD!

It’s the World’s TOUGHEST ART TOURNAMENT, after all!

Saturday AM, the diverse manga brand, celebrates our SIXTH YEAR of our MARCH ART MADNESS event with some of the most talented young artists that we have ever had. From countries ranging from GHANA to PERU, IRELAND to SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND to the USA and more — MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 has been AWESOME and MADDENING thanks to gorgeous new artwork and the DIFFICULTY of CHOOSING A WINNER!

One of the things that has helped the tournament hit new heights has been the phenomenal partnerships we’ve enjoyed this year with MAJOR BRANDS such as WACOM, CLIP STUDIO PAINT, and SPECTRUM NOIR.

More importantly, NEW BRANDS such as JUST SKETCH ME have delivered support with their EXCITING NEW PRODUCTS.

One of the HARDEST things to do is DRAW DYNAMIC CHARACTERS. Getting the right anatomy, perspective, and memorable pose is difficult for even the most talented artist. Oftentimes, artists are left to look for inspiration from existing comics, or using action figures, or features to craft pose models for use. JUST SKETCH ME has worked with Saturday AM for several months and this SOUTH AFRICAN company has impressed us with its’ 3D CHARACTER POSE TOOL SOFTWARE. It’s an AFFORDABLE, ROBUST, and EASY TO USE software.

In ROUND 2, the participating ARTISTS could get BONUS POINTS by USING THE TOOL to CREATE STRONGER CHARACTER ART. SEVERAL ARTISTS TOOK UP THIS OPPORTUNITY and we decided to ASK THEM what they made of this new toolset.

JUST SKETCH ME - Q & A

Saturday AM: The Just Sketch Me software tool allows artists to not only create unique poses, but turn their model a full 360° in any direction and zoom in and out. Would you say this is more useful than spending time trying to find the right photo reference on the internet?

@Oblivious334 from the United States : Normally when drawing, I try to draft out poses from my imagination, then transition to finding poses if I can't come up with anything. Using Just Sketch Me really condensed that process and made my work flow more efficient. Not only that, I can get multiple compositions from a single pose because of the 360° feature. The app really helped with exploring possible ideas for my illustration.

Saturday AM: Was this your first time using a posing tool for your drawing? How was your experience?

@jacobsm_art from Peru : No, this was maybe my 3rd time using it. The first time that I used Just Sketch Me, I was a bit confused on how to tweak the body parts to get the pose that I wanted. But after the second time, I figured it out and it was super helpful.

Saturday AM: What features did you feel were the most useful when you used the Just Sketch Me program to create your artwork?

@Miserablemonk from South Africa: The camera tool was the most useful to me. I usually struggle to think about dynamic camera angles so it was fun getting to play around with that.

Saturday AM: Do you believe the Just Sketch Me program is more useful to create with compared to other posing tools such as physical mannequin dolls?

@Ofodude from the United States: Absolutely, it's way more accessible. Moving the limbs took a bit of negotiating, but it doesn't take long to master.

Saturday AM: Did the 3D Models and their poseable body parts help you create accurate poses?

@dkmbstudio from the Philippines: Personally, taking pictures of myself to use as a reference is a hassle. So that's where the strength of the 3D models really came in.

So, curious about trying out the software for yourself?

Luckily, you can ENJOY a FREE TRIAL — simply go HERE!

READY FOR ROUND 4? CHECK OUT THE VIDEO ABOVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN ROUND 3!

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SATURDAY BRUNCH DEBUTS BLACK FEMALE SUPERHERO

SATURDAY BRUNCH #3

Our WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH issue is here with another stellar collection of DIVERSE, JOSEI MANGA!

We begin with our 1st BLACK FEMALE SUPERHERO...from the BAHAMAS. Meet ZEPHYR by @stanielrussell! This series originally debuted in our 2020 #summerofmanga event and now begins a run inside of BRUNCH with a STRONG INSTALLMENT. How good is this?? Competitors are scared so bad, they're making up stuff!

The issue also includes NEW INSTALLMENTS of:

-GRIMMHEIM by German artist, @grimmheim

-HENSHIN! by Brit artist, @iambonidle

and GUNHILD by Dane artist @fred_tornager

Also, interviews with Dee Juusan and National Black Justice Coalition's efforts to Teaching Pronouns Through Comics.

There is MORE but 1st, let's ENJOY SOME MANGA!

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MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 ROUND 2 RESULTS & NEW SPONSOR!

MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 ROUND 2 WAS BRUTAL

ANOTHER WEEK.

ANOTHER ART BATTLE THROWDOWN.

OVER 30 ARTISTS WENT IN and LESS THAN 20 SURVIVED for ROUND 3 (arriving this Friday, 3/26/21)

Saturday AM kicked off the DIVERSE MANGA movement in 2013 and in 2016 launched one of the TOUGHEST ART CONTESTS with March ART Madness.

A 5-week 64 artist mano-a-mano event where every week a NEW ARTWORK from a NEW THEME for a GRAND PRIZE of MONEY, ART SUPPLIES, and TABLETS!!

This year’s event has been a slugfest from the start and round 2 was even more difficult. As there were too many artists after ROUND 1 — we opted for 150 pt MINIMUMS required to survive. While BONUS POINTS helped — the KEY was to get more VOTES from viewers — LIKE YOU.

While we had ONE EXTRA ARTIST for ROUND 3, we had many artists who WON their matchup but FAILEDE to hit the 150 point threshold. Killmastamilla is a good example as his contest with Mo3_black was CLOSE (146 vs 133, respectively) but NEITHER WAS ABLE TO ADVANCE.

So, it was TOUGH! With THEMES like TRANSFORMERS, HE-MAN, SPIDERMAN: SPIDERVERSE, MYHTOLOGY, and NARUTO….ROUND 2 was AMAZING. But don’t take our word for it…. WHYT MANGA, JEYODIN, and others gave their thoughts in our LIVE REVIEW SHOW.

WATCH IT BELOW!

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MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 IS HERE

MARCH ART MADNESS 2021 IS ON

AND THE BATTLE IS INSANE!

Our annual GLOBAL ART TOURNAMENT, MARCH ART MADNESS, is BACK and the 1st Round DID NOT DISAPPOINT!

It was an interesting affair as three artists from TEAM APPLE BLACK failed submitted their artwork (which meant they automatically were eliminated). While TEAM CLOCK STRIKER had 100% of their fanart submitted, TEAM HAMMER appears to be this year’s GROUP OF DEATH.

THEMES so far included STREETFIGHTER VS. MORTAL KOMBAT, DC VS. MARVEL, 2021 ANIME, and AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.

FANART included ATTACK ON TITAN, THANOS, MORTAL KOMBAT, and DEMON SLAYER!

WATCH the REVIEW of ALL ROUND ONE ENTRIES with JUDGES: WHYT MANGA, JEYODIN, FREDERICK L. JONES and newcomer guest judge: MONITOR COMICS (soon to be the creator of new series CHANGE THE WORLD within our upcoming APP - PILOT MANGA by Saturday AM!

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SATURDAY AM DISCUSSES HOW MANGA BECOMES ANIME

MARCH 2021

Saturday AM discusses HOW MANGA can become ANIME in Japan!

Since launching the diverse manga movement in 2013, Saturday AM has remained the leader in the DIVERSE MANGA movement despite being now populated by more publishing groups than ever.

What makes Saturday AM unique has always been two things:

A. our commitment to DIVERSITY ala we’re a black-owned but not a ‘black’ company (i.e.our creator-owned series feature all sorts of cultural identities and orientations.)

B. we’re experienced and thus, PATIENT.

The second one is ULTRA CRITICAL to our success. Far too often on the internet, it is possible (if not inescapable) that TROLLS will spread misinformation out of boredom, clout chasing, or plain jealousy. To many of them (often inexperienced and lacking any legitimate stats) these individuals will attempt to argue that Saturday AM is not a success because we lack what they claim is necessary to be successful.

What is that you ask?

To trolls one MUST have an ANIME to be a success. This ignores over 90 years of comicbook history but nevermind the facts…

They claim that Saturday AM should have had an anime in just 8 years while ignoring that few other companies at our level have multiple series like us with two or more graphic novel volumes for sale (Apple Black and Saigami), over 150 issues of manga anthologies, and a number of partnerships and licensing including CLIP STUDIO PAINT, SAKURA, and JABBERWOCKY TOYS.

Oh, and the anime in 8 years? Aside from some truly once in a lifetime situations such as TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (comic debuted in 84 and their cartoon in 1987) — very few independent comic properties have gotten an animated adaptation (much less an ANIME one) in less than a decade.

The rush from some young artists to make a 30 second animated event starring their character has never been something we’ve concerned ourselves with.

Why?

Because, if people are not reading your manga then they are not going to watch your show.

We’re a MANGA publisher not an animation studio. Perhaps others make comics to make anime, toys, and videogames — but Saturday AM will always focus on making entertaining comics and if it ends up in other forms — that’s great.

ANIME is EXPENSIVE and thus, one must do it the right way. Partnerships, a large audience, and decent stories — will be key factors in getting a classic style anime made that looks like DEMON SLAYER, JUJUTSU KAISEN, or ATTACK ON TITAN. Unless you DO want an EX-ARM anime or a HANNA BARBERA style cartoon (nothing wrong with either by the way!)

If you want GREAT ANIME studios like MAPPA working on your property— you have to be worth the investment.

Saturday AM will do animation one day but we’ll do it our way.

If we get it right, much like our MAGAZINE, APP, and BRAND — we’ll have history on our side because we will have made it.

And as the kids say, that’s NO CAP.

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SOUTH AFRICAN MANGA?? SATURDAY PM #12 IS HERE!!

Saturday PM is BACK with our first issue of 2021!

What are we offering in the 12th issue of our DIVERSE SEINEN MANGA magazine?

A NEW SERIES from SOUTH AFRICA -- witness REVOLVER KISS by Venus Bambisa. This is an action series about a pair of sibling African Demon Hunters and is perfect for fans of DIRTY PAIR and CHAINSAW MAN!

Also, the issue has some of our BIGGEST SERIES:

-4 STRIKES (comedy horror) by Blake Showers

-OBLIVION ROUGE (Afrofuturism thriller) by Senegal artist, PapSouleye Fall

-INCARNATE (action horror) by Italian artist, Valerio Fidanza

-YELLOW STRINGER (supernatural mystery) with art by up and coming artist, Goeffrey Jean-Louis

Articles on ROOSTER FIGHTER (a HILARIOUS new Japanese Manga) and HELLO FROM FUTURE ME.

So, what are you waiting for??

Check out this INCREDIBLE NEW ISSUE with some of the BEST EXCLUSIVE GLOBAL ARTISTS from the makers of Saturday AM!