''Rumble Pak'' is an

Original English-language manga An original English-language manga or OEL manga is a comic book or graphic novel drawn in the style of manga and originally published in English. The term "international manga", as used by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encompasses all ...

anthology series published by

eigoMANGA eigoMANGA is a comic book publishing company that produces original Japanese-influenced comics and digital media. eigoMANGA has been underway since its conception in 2000. The company is based in San Francisco, California. History eigoMANGA ...

. ''Rumble Pak'' showcases original comics created by artists from around the world including a line-up of original stories written and produced by predominantly independent American comics artists. Rumble Pak is eigoMANGA's first commercial comic book publication and is considered its

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. After its release, ''Rumble Pak'' rapidly became a recognized Amerimanga publication within the comic book industry. The first edition of ''Rumble Pak'' was released to comic book stores domestically and internationally in February 2004 and the publication was re-released to North American mainstream media stores in October 2004. ''Rumble Pak'' Issue #1 was featured in an exhibition at the

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from July through October 2004. Also in October, eigoMANGA launched a rock concert event celebrating the mainstream re-release of ''Rumble Pak'' at a

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store in San Mateo,

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called Rumble Invasion. The rock band Ludo headlined the inaugural event. Rumble Invasion has become a regular event for eigoMANGA. The December 2005 Rumble Invasion event was hosted by the comic book franchise store "Things From Another World" at two store locations in

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and Universal City. ''Rumble Pak'' spawned a spin-off publication featuring stories catered toward female readers called ''

Sakura Pakk ''Sakura Pakk'' is an anthology OEL manga series created and published by eigoMANGA. Sakura Pakk highlights original comics stories created for female comic book readers. Sakura Pakk was released in November 2004. Sakura Pakk is a spin-off of eig ...

''. In October 2005, eigoMANGA formed a joint-venture with

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to publish an ongoing series for ''Rumble Pak''. Volume 2 of the ''Rumble Pak'' series was released to stores on April 6, 2006.ICv2 - Devil's Due to Publish eigoManga's 'Rumble Pak'

Sakura Pakk Versus Rumble Pak

In December 2009, eigoMANGA announced an upcoming release of a special graphic novel publication — Sakura Pakk Versus Rumble Pak Graphic Novel — for the first time features a combination of shonen (male-oriented) and shojo (female-oriented) stories from ''Sakura Pakk'' and ''Rumble Pak''. "We honestly never thought about EVER combining ''Sakura Pakk'' and ''Rumble Pak'' into one", states

's publisher

Austin Osueke Austin Osueke is an American comic book artist, publisher, and founder of the companies eigoMANGA and Comic Distro. He is best known for contributing to Amerimanga and web comics through his publications Sakura Pakk and Rumble Pak The is a r ...

. "For years everyone of us within our editor to creator teams bitterly wanted to separate both imprints and create distinct identities for them. From time to time there were actually bitter rivalries between the ''Sakura Pakk'' camp and the ''Rumble Pak'' camps. A local fan asked us to combine our best works into one book. So just for laughs, we put a sample book together and it looked really good. So here we are".

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Rumble Pak Website

eigoMANGA Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rumble Pak Comics publications 2004 comics debuts Original English-language manga Comics anthologies

Sakura Pakk Versus Rumble Pak

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