Publishing & distribution · Africa Region
ARM Comics presents VOL. 01 · NO. 01
AFRICA EDITION

Every story deserves
a print run.

ARM Comics publishes, prints, and distributes comic books across Africa — backing new work from African creators, bringing international titles onto local shelves, and translating every page into the languages our readers actually speak.

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Our mission, panel by panel

Three panels. One region-wide story.

Read left to right — each panel is a standing commitment, not a slogan.

PANEL 1 OF 3

Print more African stories

Open calls, editorial support, and print runs for original comics from African writers and artists — with royalties structured so creators keep a real stake in the work.

PANEL 2 OF 3

Bring the world's comics home

Licensing, local printing, and distribution for international titles — cutting the cost and shipping friction that keep global comics off African shelves.

PANEL 3 OF 3

Translate every page

Local letterers and translators re-set dialogue and captions so a comic reads like it was made at home, not localized after the fact.

  • isiZulu
  • isiNdebele
  • Setswana
  • chiShona
  • Chichewa
  • Sesotho
  • Kiswahili
  • Português
Our Africa footprint

Africa is the whole market.

Sixteen countries, dozens of languages, and a comics market that's still mostly untapped. That's the footprint ARM Comics is built to reach.

Angola
Botswana
Comoros
DR Congo
Eswatini
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South Africa
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
On shelves now

Currently in print

Titles already printed and moving through Africa distribution.

Melanatia comic book cover, a dystopian sci-fi title from ARM ComicsDystopian sci-fi

Melanatia

2048: a young neurodivergent biologist discovers a cure for the era's birth-defect crisis — with melanin as the key ingredient.

In print
Ngano comic book cover, an action title from ARM ComicsAction

Ngano

With the world in danger, a young priestess revives one of history's most dangerous dark shamans to help her fight what's coming.

In print
Submissions

For creators — two ways in.

A script in a notebook and a finished, lettered book on a hard drive need different things from us. Pick the track that matches where you are.

Track 1

Artists with ideas

Got a story but nothing finished yet? Pitch it and we build it with you, start to finish.

  1. Pitch it.Send a short synopsis, sample pages, or a finished script — any genre, any format.
  2. We build it.Editorial, inking, lettering, and print production, with a fair royalty split from issue one.
  3. We ship it.Print distribution across Africa, plus translation if your story travels across a language line.
Submit a pitch
Track 2

Artists with finished books

Already written, drawn, and lettered? We pick up from there and handle getting it into print and onto shelves.

  1. Send the book.A complete issue or volume — finished art and lettering, ready or nearly ready for print.
  2. We review it.Fit for print, rights, and which African markets make sense for it.
  3. We print & place it.Print production, regional distribution, and translation into local languages where it helps the book travel.
Submit for distribution
For publishers & rights holders

Own a comic that deserves African shelves?

ARM Comics licenses, prints, and distributes international titles into African markets — and handles translation into local languages so the book lands as a local read, not an import.

We work directly with publishers, agents, and independent creators on print rights, regional distribution, and localization.

Start a conversation
Concept slate · coming soon

Next off the press

Early concepts in development. Creators and artists TBA — this is the slate we're building toward.

Beastbound comic book cover, a fantasy title from ARM ComicsFantasy

Beastbound

A young orphan sets his sights on becoming a great village warrior, acknowledged by the strongest spirit animal — a journey of betrayal, friendship, and honour.

Coming soon
Action · Racing

Asphalt Shinigami

An accident on one of the most dangerous highways makes Takunda the one to beat. Lives are on the line.

Coming soon
Sport · Soccer

Hweshe

Mambo returns to the field, but the game is no longer the same. He sets off to build a team that will change it.

Coming soon
The letters page

Write to us.

Join the pull list for open calls, new print runs, and word on which titles are shipping to which countries next — first, before anywhere else.