Sponsored.  Leading diverse manga brand SATURDAY AM celebrates its 10th anniversary with several exciting events, including SATURDAYCON 2023 (Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5, in Durham, North Carolina), their first in-person convention featuring their global collective of exclusive artists.

The family-friendly get-together marks the first time that artists like ISSAKA GALADIMA (France, artist of mega-hit CLOCK STRIKER, featuring shonen manga’s first black female lead hero), FRED TORNAGER (Denmark, award-winning artist of GUNHILD), and OSCAR FONG (New Zealand, artist of MMWOG) have all appeared together in America for their fans.

SATURDAYCON is a joint experience between Saturday AM and NC COMICON, the boutique Durham, North Carolina, comics show, which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary, while ULTIMATE COMICS, the originator of NC COMICON and the popular North Carolina comic book store chain, celebrates its 20th anniversary.

The event will feature a collection of creators representing the past, present, and future of comics, including the iconic Art Adams, comics publisher BAD IDEA, and new artistic voices like Alyssa Wong and Stephanie Williams.  Attendees will also have a chance to participate in contests, win prizes, and get early access to APPLE BLACK, VOL. 4 by Nigerian star artist and YouTuber Whyt Manga!

Other Saturday AM 10-year anniversary events include:

  • Under their Rockport Publishers imprint, Quarto Group is launching four additional print manga releases for Q4 in 2023: the aforementioned APPLE BLACK, VOL. 4 as well as SOUL BEAT, VOL. 1; SATURDAY AM ANNUAL 2024; and HAMMER, VOL. 4 by Rick and Morty manga artist JeyOdin.
  • New Saturday AM-inspired retail apparel products by BIOWORLD and ATSUKO.
  • TWO INTERNATIONAL CLOCK STRIKER SHOWCASES: in PARIS at the AFRICA CREATION FORUM at the Gaîté Lyrique, October 6 to October 8, 2023; and in JAPAN at KYOTO INTERNATIONAL MANGA MUSEUM from October 26, 2023 to February 18, 2024.
  • Saturday AM's Whyt Manga appearing in Dubai for the STOMP THE YARD comics festival.
  • Coming in 2024: the first DIVERSE LIGHT NOVEL by Saturday AM featuring characters from APPLE BLACK; and a nationwide Black History Month promotion for CLOCK STRIKER.

About SATURDAY AM
The SATURDAY AM imprint belongs to the parent company, MyFutprint Entertainment, LLC.  Beginning as a digital bi-weekly magazine emulating the Japanese shonen manga magazines, after five years Saturday AM moved to a bi-monthly schedule as well as two additional spinoff magazines, Saturday PM and Saturday BRUNCH.  Today the brand includes several licensed products, from apps to apparel.  It is co-published as a line of successful book collections by Rockport Publishers/The Quarto Group, with distribution into 38 countries and growing.