Blog Posts

Pre-Order Ritual Machine by Toyoya Li Surprise book launch! We are ecstatic to be launching a new book by Toyoya Li in collaboration with China-based Yanshu...

Available Now: EMOLAND Adapting stories from A ee mi's ongoing Meow Meow Bug and Lazy Lazy Dog series, this 4-color riso has multiple fold-out panels...

For most of the 20th century, there was a thriving industry of pulp comic-style illustrated books called lianhuanhua that were popular throughout mainland China. Billions...

Zheng Nanqibai, designer of our Chinese Pronoun pins, created this short comic about the concept behind her pin design. This comic also appeared in the Kuš...

Huge update! Think I've Still Got It! by Wang XX is up in our webshop! Years have gone by since we first started talking to Wang XX...

Our new ebook Quiet Fear, featuring new translations of work by Touyeye, Hellozoo, and Ray Hoo, is available on our website here! The first entry in our...

The following essay was written by Diane Zhou to accompany her comic, ONLY.  When I drew ONLY (right before COVID hit), I was thinking about...

Available now! Lianhuanhua: China's Pulp Comics is an informational volume about the history of lianhuanhua, with 13 plates taken from the Paradise Systems lianhuanhua collection. For...

Night Bus by Zuo Ma launched last week! Published by Drawn & Quarterly and coming in at over 400 pages, this is one of the most...

THRILLING NEWS! Paradise Systems is publishing ONLY by Brooklyn cartoonist Diane Zhou! This gorgeous riso volume is being printed by the inimitable Txtbooks. It will also...

Matchmaker's Market by Sadan is now up on our website! This 20-page, 2-color riso book has been in the works for a very long time,...

  In December of 2020, Paradise Systems launched out first ebook, First Wave: Comics from the Early Months of China's Outbreak. Edited by Xinmei Liu, this...