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Our Creator Interviews for Creator Appreciation Month welcomes Opal Lines, an illustrator and shojosei mangaka from New York City. A rising star in the indie manga space, Opal's newest one-shot Frambuesa Soda was recently published with Euromanga Academy's Chronicles Manga Magazine. 

Far from just manga, Opal Lines has worked on numerous western comic titles, such as Monster High: New Scaremester, My Little Pony: Endless Summer, and done webinars and demonstrations for industry powerhouses like Wacom and Graphixly, a distributor for Clip Studio Paint (Celsys).

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We’re making it even easier for readers to discover independent voices. Starting today, August 7th, we’re launching two new curated channels: Indie Comics and Indie Manga.

These channels are designed to showcase the best of what independent creators are making right now, across genres, formats, and styles. Along with our Toons channel, this now completes a trio focused entirely on indie work.

You’ll find incredible stories here, from breakout hits to hidden gems, and we’ll be updating them constantly with fresh reads.

Indie Comics Channel 

Find new, popular, and featured indie comics, graphic novels, and traditional format...

Manga isn't just published tankobon and magazines! There are lots of indie manga out there and we've got a princess, fallen angels, master archers, multiverse warriors, rebels, and wholesome friendships. Check out these manga by indie creators on today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

Aiko the Silence Princess, 18 pages - Published by Lattekeopi, (cc/ @lattekeopi)

Aiko is the dark princess of a kingdom in ashes. Besides, the only crops are incense and dried flowers. The land is dead, it rarely rains, and the dragons are angry. She did not choose to be the only noble in the Kingdom, which was once filled with glowing fields. But the story begins with a young man who...