Scarlet Shogun
将Vol. 3 · #48紅
01 · Historical epic
将A warlord paints his armour red so the enemy will see him coming.
Kurenai Comics: visionary, creator-owned comics
New issue every Friday✦14 original series✦100% creator-owned✦Printed in one crimson✦
Scarlet Shogun✦Wolf Night✦Paper Tiger✦The Last Lantern✦Kitsune Takes Tokyo✦Salt & Steel✦
(01)Manifesto
Kurenai began as a photocopied zine in an Osaka laundromat. Today it is a house of fourteen series, and we still print every one in a single spot of crimson.
Wepublishcomicsthewaywoodblockprinterscarved:onedeliberatelineatatime.Noalgorithmpickstheending.Nocommitteesoftenstheblow.Justartistswithsomethingtosay,andthenervetosayitinred.
- Original series in print
- 14
- Creators, all keeping their rights
- 62
- Readers every month
- 1.2M
- Award nominations, so far
- 9
(02)Page one
Read it like it was drawn
Scroll to turn the camera
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(03)The series
Six worlds, one red thread.
0106
Wolf Night
狼#22紅
02 · Supernatural noir
狼A detective who only works under a full moon, and never says why.
Paper Tiger
虎#31紅
03 · Crime caper
虎Four forgers, one priceless scroll and a tiger that was never real.
The Last Lantern
灯#09紅
04 · Ghost story
灯One lantern stays lit in a drowned village. Someone keeps refilling it.
Kitsune Takes Tokyo
狐#14紅
05 · Heist comedy
狐A nine-tailed trickster discovers the stock exchange.
Salt & Steel
鋼#05紅
06 · Pirate saga
鋼A swordsmith's daughter forges a blade that can cut the tide.
(04)Process
From blank page to red ink.
01 Script
Every book starts as one creator's idea, pitched in a page. We back the voice, not the trend report.
Scarlet Shogun · p.07脚本
Draw it like
it matters!
(05)Creators
The hands behind the red.
Sixty-two writers, artists and colourists across nine countries. They own their books outright. We just bring the ink.
(06)Off the press
Three plates. One pull.
Collector issues are printed in three passes on a 1960s platen press in Osaka. Scroll to line the plates up.
03 · Hada
02 · Kurenai
01 · Sumi
Edition of 2,000 · pulled by hand
Plate 01 · Sumi Black key plate: line, hair, the kataginu.
Plate 02 · Kurenai House crimson: the ground, the war paint, the collar.
Plate 03 · Hada Warm plate: skin, shadow and the paper-white sun.
(07)The Red Pass
Read everything.
Own the ink.
Reader
読Every issue, the day it drops.
$6/ month
- All 14 series, digital, day one
- Full back catalogue
- Offline reading on any device
Collector
集Paper in your hands each month.
$16/ month
- Everything in Reader
- A printed issue shipped monthly
- Members-only variant covers
- The Red Ink studio zine
Patron
守Keep independent comics independent.
$40/ month
- Everything in Collector
- A signed original page every quarter
- Your name in the credits
- Live studio sessions
Free, no card needed
Start with issue #1.
It's on us.
Scarlet Shogun
将Vol. 3 · #48紅