Non Repro is officially confirmed for two London Conventions in the next few months, the first being London Super Comic Con in February, followed by our favourite, MCM Expo in May.

A note about LSCC – due to their rules and regulations, as Non Repro takes its influence from Manga stylings, we are unable to sell merchandise at this event. It is strictly comics only. As such any commissions or requests for merchandise need to be emailed in advance and may be collected at the event  sneakily and under the table where no one can see.

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Our artbook is looking for the following:

• Full colour single illustrations (Original Characters ONLY please, fan art is not acceptable)
• Homeless Manga Jiman 2011 entries.
• Stand alone short manga style comics.
• Articles or features on anything related to Easterly goodies.

Please see the submissions page for more details.

Rest assured I will be responding to any outstanding communications in the next few days. We’ve already had some stunning work sent in and excitement is building at Non Repro HQ!

Thank you to everyone who has already submitted – you’ve all outdone yourselves already and the initial deadline hasn’t even passed yet!

Good luck, Happy New Year and GET DRAWING!

A few days ago, the Japanese Embassy announced their shortlist for the Manga Jiman Competition 2011.

This year’s list has an impressive list of names, not least because it shows the enormous growth and progress in the independent UK Manga scene. Shortlisters include Jade Sarson, who has featured in Non Repro and our Manga Jiman special Nami, from last year’s competition. Also featured are members from Sweatdrop and Indie Manga, two of the best known and most successful independent UK Manga producers.

Congratulations to the shortlisters and well done to everyone who participated this year – the standards we set are ever increasing and making the competition more difficult to judge!

Non Repro would love to collect a few of the shortlisted entries for our next publication. If you have no plans for your entry and would like to contribute to our next edition, please send a low res (readable!) PDF or JPEG set to nonrepo (at) gmail (dot) com by January 1st 2012. If you’d like to pick up last year’s anthology, there are a limited number left in our online shop. If you didn’t make the shortlist, we’re equally interested in seeing your entry and would love to hear from you.

The short list is as follows and can be seen in it’s original format here.

Anya Zhuravskaya – ‘Storyteller Sisters’
Ami Clark – ‘The Flower That Held Its Breath’
Byron Reynolds – ‘Crash Course’
Dean McKnight & Jade Sarson – ‘Shear Brilliance’
Elena Vitagliano – ‘The Deep Needs Train’
Gillian Ha – ‘To The Girl With The Butterfly Ears’
Lorenzo Fruzza – ‘Heart’s Orbit’
Megan Wheeler – ‘A Harvest Love’
Rebecca Burgess – ‘Letters From England’
Sarah Burgess – ‘The Man and his Shadow’
Vivian Truong – ‘Moving On’

The best submission will claim the front cover. All artists will be fully credited. This is an opportunity to really show off your skills and be part of a really gorgeous full colour publication showing off the best of UK Eastern inspired talent.

Manga style comic submissions are also still highly desirable! If you have entered the Manga Jiman competition and have no current plans for your entry, why not submit it to Non Repro? Otherwise there is no theme. Ten pages maximum (including a cover image).

As a contributor, you will receive a free digital copy of the full publication and can acquire one of the limited edition numbered run at cost price.

The next deadline is January 1st 2012. Gambatte!

Splendid news! Non Repro is doing its best to keep the Expo cheer going as long as possible – we’re having a sale with 20% off all our items in the Etsy shop (including the all new Chicks With Chainsaws)! As shipping is still free, that’s a bargain and a half.

So if you missed us at MCM, or just plain loved what you purchased from us and want even more, use our promo coupon: OCT20 before 1st January 2012 (wow)!

All has been silent on the Non Repro front for quite a while (well.. since issue 4). This is because all manner of secret projects have been happening behind the scenes, all to be announced around expo time (our favourite time of year)!

We’ve been privileged enough to be part of two London art exhibitions in the last couple of months and have gained considerable exposure since then, helping us pull together an even more exciting event to be announced very soon!

MCM is finally here, and this October you’ll be able to find us on table A6, pretty much right in front of the signing tables and comic village stage, so there’s no excuse for not stopping by!

We’ll have shiny new issue 4, in addition to our usual goodies, some awesome bargains and a shiny new project as well!

Chicks with Chainsaws is a new project by Sephryn. The first issue is a full colour installment created in 24 hours. What happens next is entirely up to YOU. There are a limited number available so if you fancy getting in on this weird and, I suspect, quite silly project, pick up a copy at expo and email your ideas in If you can’t get to expo, anything left over will be popped into the online shop, so watch this space!

This expo marks our first MCM anniversary, and it’s now official! Non Repro will be there for all three days with issue 4 as well as all our back issues, the Jiman Special, various bits of merchandise and a few new secret goodies to boot! More details as we get closer to the time You’ll soon be able to find us on the comics village page.

Additionally, you may have noticed the shop is looking a bit empty and err.. closed! I’m winding down the shop in the run up to Expo and am also on holiday til 20th September, so if you email or message us, replies will be sent on my return!

Remember the next submissions deadline is October 1st too – so get your skates on and check out the submissions page for more details.