As I sit here typing this, I’m filled with lots of emotion. Today marks the third-year anniversary of Shrine Comics. Those three years have felt like a lifetime, but at the same time, it’s felt like no time has passed at all. If you had asked me three years ago where I think Shrine Comics would be, I would definitely say we would still be around. But I don’t think I would have been able to guess what we’ve been able to achieve in these three years.

I’m not going to list everything that we have achieved, because I think just opening up our app or going to our website will all speak for itself.

I do, however, want to acknowledge all the people behind the scenes who make all of this possible. Because as much as it sometimes feels that I am doing everything myself, that’s just not the case. As of right now, there are 26 people who make up the Shrine Staff. These include our incredible manga creators who work tirelessly to bring you the best stories they can, our editorial and graphic design staff who work behind the scenes helping shape the future of Shrine, our incredible voice cast for Kotton and Fennel, and the co-founders JKSManga, DeAndre Moffett, and myself who make the big decisions. This number also doesn’t include the talented developers who have worked on our app and future updates that I am excited to share with all.

SHRINE COMICS really is a team effort, and none of this could have ever happened if it weren’t for the wonderful people I have been lucky to surround myself with and who all believe in Shrine Comics’ mission to “evolve the culture of manga”.

This may shock some of you, but SHRINE COMICS isn’t a profitable company, at least not yet. But everyone who is a part of SHRINE COMICS believes in the mission. We want to make more opportunities for manga creators around the world regardless of race, gender identity, or disability. We want to bring people some of the best content they can find online. We want to set a precedent of a healthy work environment where creators don’t get hospitalized to meet crazy deadlines. We want SHRINE COMICS to be the premier publisher of manga content in the whole world.

This year, our third year, we will continue to strive towards all those goals. There are some cool things we are seeing down the pipeline, some which will be more obvious to those reading and some which are just as important but may not be noticed.

Thank you to all the SHRINE staff who made this all possible. I am indebted to you and will continue to work hard so that you get everything you deserve.

Happy 3rd anniversary. Let’s make dreams come true.

Jin

SHRINE COMICS is thrilled to officially welcome PULSE MANGA into the Shrine Comics family. This exciting collaboration has been in the works for some time, as hinted at earlier this year when we licensed some Pulse titles to feature on our platform. We are delighted to see this vision come to fruition. Both Pulse and Shrine share a common dream of fostering a vibrant community around independent manga, and we believe that together, we can achieve this goal more effectively.

As we embark on this new chapter, all Pulse series will now proudly bear the SHRINE COMICS brand. In the upcoming weeks, we will be progressively adding each Pulse series to our platform, aiming to complete this integration by the end of January.

Additionally, the Pulse brand will undergo a transformation, with further details to be unveiled in a future announcement.

This marks just the beginning of an exciting journey with SHRINE COMICS. Stay tuned for new and exhilarating developments as we work towards bringing you a plethora of fresh and innovative content!

5 series from PULSE MANGA will be joining the SHRINE COMICS line-up!

Yep, you’ve read that right! Your favourite place to read indie manga is getting even more content! We couldn’t be happier to team up with Pulse Manga to bring over more of what you love! The titles that will be joining our line-up are:
Element by Try Buongiorno
Fallen Angel by DeAndre Moffett and Kapumax Omega
Shinto by Sebas Riera and Cory Mikell
The 7 Northern Warlords by Malvin Martinez
Devil’s Contract by Shay Jones and Vhinartist

You will be able to begin reading these series on the Shrine Comics app starting February 13, with at least the first chapter of every series. Then following up there will be major updates each week to catch up to what’s been published in Pulse Manga. So if you start a series and can’t wait to see what happens next please head over to https://pulsemanga.com/ to catch up, but if you are good to experience the ride on Shrine Comics make sure to check back in every week!

It’s that spooky time of year again! And to celebrate Kaylie Vinchenstein, creator of DIMENSIONAL RESOURCES has made this wonderful Halloween wallpaper for you to use! Download it to your phone today!!

To celebrate the release of the Shrine Comics App and the debut of the BRAND NEW series 1BLV here are some free wallpapers to download, illustrated by the one and only Walalawa!!

If you had told me just as we were about to launch Shrine Comics in Februray last year, that just over a year later we would be launching are very own app, I would have said you are crazy. But here we are. What we have been able to achieve in this past year since launching has been beyond what I could have ever imagined, and that is thanks to you and your excitement and support for what we are trying to achieve. That support and excitement has made our lineup go from the initial 6 series to now 15 ongoing series! And now we are launching an app!

The most common question we’ve received since launching on Februray 21 last year (outside of “How can I join shrine?”) has been if we had any plans to make an app. Answering that was easy, “Yes, we do!” as it was always something we wanted to do one day, but at the time I was thinkng maybe in 3-4 years. But as I thought more and more about it, I begun coming up with potential app designs. If we were to do an app, it would have to be unique and stand out from the crowd. It also had to be accessible, as we wanted as many people as possible to fall in love with the series we publish. And most importantly it had to be fun to use. Next thing I knew, I already had mocked up a working prototype of the app done in Adobe XD. So I pulled the trigger and commisioned some developers to develop the app for us.

A few months later and now we have an app, and I couldn’t be happier with how it has turned out. This is easily the best way to experience what Shrine Comics has to offer. It’s slick, fun and filled with incredible content you can only expereince on the app!

Why don’t we go over some of the features of the app:

• Smooth reading experience with both horizontal page view and vertical scroll.
• Bookmarks so you never lose your place.
• Subscribe to your favourite series and get notifications when they update.
• Use the app to earn expereince and level up!
• Earn or purchase coins to collect in-app stickers and avatars from the gacha machine.
• Tip your favourite creators to help supprt them directly!

We’ve been using this app behind the scenes for a minute now and we have been loving it. We are so glad that finally the public can get their hands on it and experience what Shrine Comics has to offer in the best way possible.

So, where to now from here? Well, we plan to keep on supporting the app of course. We have lots of ideas on how we want it to grow and what new features we would like to add. But first we will be working on making the app as stable as possible, although we have hit the 1.0 version of the app, there may be a few bugs that may have slipped through the cracks during the testing period. We will also continue to polish the expereince to make it slicker and more fun. And we will also be working on the web version, which you can use through your browser. You can already try this out in BETA here: beta.shrinecomics.com Please keep in mind that this is unfinished and things may not work as intended.

If you have any feedback ot suggestions regarding out app please head to our Discord and let us know: https://discord.gg/HSsCMjm

Well, that’s it for now! Thank you so much again for your support and excitement for Shrine Comics. We wouldn’t be here without you. We hope you enjoy using the app and reading our titles!

– Jin Chan Yum Wai (Shrine Comics Founder)

The spookiest time of the year is here!! And we at Shrine wanted to celebrate it with a little gift to you!

For the first time since Shrine launched in February, all the Shrine artists (Now 12 of them!) got together to do a collabartive image! Now you can download it and use it as your PC background!!

Happy Halloween and we hope you get lots of candy!

You may have noticed we have added a few new channels to our Discord server. These channels are for our SHRINE SCHOOL! What is that you ask?

Well, since we have a creative and amazing group of talented people in our community we decided we wanted to give back and help you grow your skills. SHRINE SCHOOL will hold weekly lessons from the likes of JKSManga and our other amazing talented SHRiNE Creators focusing on either writing or art. So that we can help you grow your skills.

“That’s amazing! Does it cost money” – Nope, it’s FREE!

“Really? When does it start?” – The SHRINE SCHOOL schedule will be posted in out #lesson-schedule channel in our Discord server so keep your eyes peeled.

We have some pretty amazing sessions planned, so if you are hoping for a career in comics/writing we hope you join in!

To join make sure tyo head over to our Discord server here! https://discord.gg/HSsCMjm