diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py
index a8bc6cbb15..eef7d4cb43 100755
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/comic/convert_from.py
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ class PageProcessor(list):
                     DestroyMagickWand(img)
                     MagickCropImage(split1, (width/2)-1, height, 0, 0)
                     MagickCropImage(split2, (width/2)-1, height, width/2, 0 )
-                    self.pages = [split1, split2]
-                
+                    self.pages = [split2, split1] if self.opts.right2left else [split1, split2]
+                    
             self.process_pages()
         except Exception, err:
             print 'Failed to process page: %s'%os.path.basename(self.path_to_page)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def process_pages(pages, opts, update):
         
         for pp in processed_pages:
             if len(pp) == 0:
-                failures.append(os.path.basename(pp.path_to_page()))
+                failures.append(os.path.basename(pp.path_to_page))
             else:
                 ans += pp
         return ans, failures, tdir
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def config(defaults=None):
     c.add_opt('output', ['-o', '--output'], 
               help=_('Path to output LRF file. By default a file is created in the current directory.'))
     c.add_opt('colors', ['-c', '--colors'], type='int', default=64,
-              help=_('Number of colors for Grayscale image conversion. Default: %default'))
+              help=_('Number of colors for grayscale image conversion. Default: %default'))
     c.add_opt('dont_normalize', ['-n', '--disable-normalize'], default=False, 
               help=_('Disable normalize (improve contrast) color range for pictures. Default: False'))
     c.add_opt('keep_aspect_ratio', ['-r', '--keep-aspect-ratio'], default=False,
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ def config(defaults=None):
               help=_('Disable sharpening.'))
     c.add_opt('landscape', ['-l', '--landscape'], default=False, 
               help=_("Don't split landscape images into two portrait images"))
+    c.add_opt('right2left', ['--right2left'], default=False, action='store_true',
+              help=_('Used for right-to-left publications like manga. Causes landscape pages to be split into portrait pages from right to left.'))
     c.add_opt('no_sort', ['--no-sort'], default=False, 
               help=_("Don't sort the files found in the comic alphabetically by name. Instead use the order they were added to the comic."))
     c.add_opt('profile', ['-p', '--profile'], default='prs500', choices=PROFILES.keys(), 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.py
index 36043b5224..32bd1547be 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class ComicConf(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.opt_dont_sharpen.setChecked(opts.dont_sharpen)
         self.opt_landscape.setChecked(opts.landscape)
         self.opt_no_sort.setChecked(opts.no_sort)
+        self.opt_right2left.setChecked(opts.right2left)
         
         for opt in self.config.option_set.preferences:
             g = getattr(self, 'opt_'+opt.name, False)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.ui
index 56d939f787..07df7dc8a8 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comicconf.ui
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="8" column="0" >
+   <item row="9" column="0" >
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_no_sort" >
      <property name="text" >
       <string>Don't so&amp;rt</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="9" column="1" >
+   <item row="10" column="1" >
     <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox" >
      <property name="orientation" >
       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item row="8" column="0" >
+    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_right2left" >
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string>&amp;Right to left</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources>