Anime and manga artists in the UK

After some random browsing, I came across a scan of a couple of pages from "Bronwyn: Silk & Steel" by Ron Miller.

The actual book is on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bronwyn-Silk-Steel/dp/1587520664

Read the scanned pages here: http://www.crackerboxpalace.com/verypurple.jpg

WARNING: DO NOT READ WHILST EATING/DRINKING, you will CHOKE WITH LAUGHTER

And if you ever wondered what Bronwyn could POSSIBLY look like based on the description of her...

A genius has drawn her: http://maggock.deviantart.com/art/Bronwyn-the-Beautiful-115715837

I am dying. DYING! Of mirth.

Matt (on phone): "Please pick up the Royal Canin cat food today, okay?"
Me: "Okay - which one?"
Matt: "I'm trying to remember... there's Fussy Cat flavour, Sensitive Cat flavour, Hairball Cat flavour, Outdoor Cat flavour, Diet Cat flavour..."
Me: "Um... the way you describe them makes it sound like the type of cat is the main ingredient."

A very silly photo taken of me on Sunday, whilst on a teapartyclub meet in London Spitalfields XD



I'll have you know that the hoodie is BURANDO, BITCH
(BTSSB in case you were wondering XD)

Fake cut to older LJ entry ^^
Updated selling post, taken items removed, new itens added
TY for looking!

Oh HAI!!! Just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention. If you're in London this Saturday, or attending the Japanese Art Festival, why not come to a fun evening of quality music and performances?

J-POP GO! is happening at the Penderel's Oak, near Holborn. Doors open at 7pm, entry is £5.



Music is funky dancy j-pop (Morning Musume, Sputniko! and KOTOKO) and mainstream glam pop (Little Boots, Lady Gaga, Marina & the Diamonds) and anime choons (K-ON!, Paradise  Kiss, Lucky Star).

Live acts include SHH (funky electropop), Sekai no Melody (j-pop tunage!) ... and Sonia Leong. Yes, the latest special guest act added to the roster is actually ME. I will be singing an old favourite, a classic from Final Fantasy and very possibly one of my favourite songs ever. (Hint: If you like FFVIII, you should come to this).

P&P + fees = £1 per DVD/book then 40p for others on top (if you order more than one in one go).

• (PS2 UK game) Zoo Puzzle, (alt’ “Zoo Keeper”) doesn’t work on my dodgy chipped JPN PS2, but got fine from Gamestation - £3 (if the game is duff for you, you can have your money back!)

• (Eng manga) Yonen Buzz Books 1, 2, 3 (set) (Tokyopop) = £5
• (Jpn manga) His & Her Circumstances (KareKano) (HanaToYume) = 50p

Lastly I am the proud owner of these unisex Cyberdog trousers but unfortunately they are too small (size 8-10, no stretch).
Great condition, £27.50 all in.

I'm finally back home after a frenetically fun-filled weekend at AmeCon 2010, held at Keele University. It was wonderfully refreshing for me to go to a convention for the first time in six years AS A CIVILIAN (i.e. NOT FOR WORK/GUEST/DEALER!!!). Even though I went solo, I was never left alone for longer than 15mins because, as it seemed, I knew EVERYONE THERE.

I haven't had so much fun in YEARS. AmeCon 2010 was epic and extremely enjoyable. Everything came together so well!

A selection of highlights (of many wonderfully fun things):

FRIDAY
~ the internal shuttle buses ferrying me anywhere on campus (you! The ginger driver with glasses! I LOVE YOU)
~ the digital sensor showers, LOL
~ knowing EVERYONE there
~ the cool bar (if you're cool, you know the place)
~ the pizza party (thanks Ellie for knowing Dominos by heart)
~ hanging with Kitty and Martin (^^)

SATURDAY
~ awesome breakfasts with hash browns, mmm
~ I'm Sorry I Haven't a Con (Keith and Moley's "Fly me to the Moon" rendition)
~ chatting with peeps in Artists Alley (Alice and Molly! :D)
~ topping up my porn stash (thank you United Publications for your smut box, as always)
~ Andrew giving me a great deal on the limited edition Gurren Lagann dvd sets
~ indulging my kleptomaniacal tendencies (thanks Dan, Chris and Scarlett for lending me various things throughout)
~ THOROUGHLY indulging in klepto behaviour during photoshoots (thanks Trinity Blood group, Emma in particular, for indulging me)
~ masquerade was TOP NOTCH (CONGRATS, KAREN!!!)
~ Andy's Kuja/crotch gun movement (aw yeah)
~ Louise's Cassandra BUTT BASH move
~ Ailsa & Granny's reverse gender Robin Hood / Maid Marian (you totally fooled me!!!)
~ swapping hentai recommendations with Kimpey for over an hour (thank you ♥)
~ Nert's MAGICAL VIBRATING RAINBOW STRING
~ the jpop/rock party (thanks Choco for playing my requests!)

SUNDAY
~ Perrin's YOU CAN MAKE VIDEO GAMES talk (I demand to see Blocksy in your next game)
~ very RUDE, possibly law-breaking and VERY non-PC photoshoots (nazi photo-bombing + sword blowjobs is all I will say)
~ Ed's ENORMOUS codpiece
~ Jibsy's accurate Noriko (holy shit, a MALE Noriko!)
~ Hetalia cosplay fry-pan/crotch whacking (BONG!)
~ seeing my art on the conbook and on the screen during the closing ceremony ^^ (Although - Pchan, CREDIT ME PLOX!!! XD)
~ Kuma volunteering to be my "Cockblocker"
~ Me dressing as a man for the night instead and groping (willing) ladies (thanks to Ellie, Scarlett, Nina, Angela and Emma for this)
~ Jake giving me permission to grope Rebecca :D
~ tweaking Scowny's nipples and pinging his thong
~ the cosplay ball (thank you to ALL PERSONS WHO BOUGHT ME TEQUILA, hope you enjoyed my party trick)

And there were far too many "What happens at  AmeCon, stays at AmeCon" moments which I cannot post publically here XD Sorry, general public, you're not allowed to know the more sordid details!

Hopefully, some silly photos will ensue over the next few days.

Oh yes, and the artwork I mentioned:

AyaCon 2011 mascot art, AyaChan the mermaid ^^

In the meantime, look out for me at the Japanese Art Festival. I will not only be:
selling artwork/comics
strutting my stuff on the lolita fashion catwalk and
talking on a panel on kawaii culture...

...but I will also be performing during the Jpop night, I will be singing a classic Final Fantasy song ^^

So, after my brief holiday in sunny and rainy Thailand, I have AmeCon at Keele University to look forward to this weekend. And straight after that (as there is no rest for me now XD) it's come around again, but this time it's at different venue! I will have a little table there selling my stuffs, but I will also be taking part in the Gothic Lolita Fashion show, in Shiro Loli ^^ Hope to see you there? :3



http://www.japaneseartfestival.com/

Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL

Saturday 21st August: 11:00-17:00
Sunday 22nd August: 9:30-15:30

Entry to the Japanese Art Festival per person is £5.00 (some events may incur separate fees - please see the Events page for details).

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/

I am going to be at this amazing-looking event, talking about COMICS, can you believe?!

And, not only that, but I'm in the company of some pretty awe-inspiring people! I can't wait - hope to see some familiar faces there ^_^

Blurb from the organisers:

Join us in the MindField on Saturday, September 4th at 5 p.m. for a chaotic and fun-stuffed rocket ride through the inner and outer reaches of the comics and cartooning universes.  Our intrepid and esteemed panel will cheerily dissect and debate the “sequential art” scene as it and was: offering thoughts, opinions and recollections on a wide range of topics, including: Classic British comics, Manga, Bande dessinée, Girls’ comics, John Major’s underpants, the Irish small presses, and much, much more. Masked and caped crusaders may also get an occasional mention…

Bios =Philip Barrett has been self-publishing comics since 2001, including writing and drawing 9 issues of his catch-all title 'Matter' and contributing to numerous anthologies. With Liam Geraghty he has produced 'Gazebo' and 'The Littlest Arsonist'. In 2010 the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry published Philip's 'best-of' collection 'The Human in Me'. He is a co-founder of Edition Book Arts which celebrates the craft of the book and self-publishing. Philip helped get the ball rolling on the regular Dublin Comic Jam and is particularly interested in how good comics are at documenting the collision between the worlds of the fantastical and the mundane.

Mel Gibson is a UK based comics scholar, consultant and Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University. She has run training events about comics and graphic novels for libraries, schools and other organisations since 1993. Her published research has addressed such varied topics as girls’ comics, picture books, children's literature, graphic novels and manga.

From alixandrea !

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Hello all, just a quick reminder that Sacrilege will be returning once more to the Q Club on Friday August 20th

Our guest DJ on the night will be none other than the formidable Dancefloorlandmine, plus we may also have a bonus technotom

( flyer here )

It'll be lovely to see you all again! Don't forget we run a monthly draw for two free tickets for those on Twitter who retweet our posts and on Facebook for hitting 'Like' every time we post something. Please tell all your friends about us! :-)

I blame felflowne for this. And how did it know to place me in a hotel lobby, with a blinged up weapon? XD

What Is Your Battle Cry?

Running along the hotel lobby, cutting down all who dare stand in the way using a studded crowbar, cometh Sonia Leong! And she gives a spectacular scream:

"I'm seriously going to flog you so hard, your reincarnation will be a scientific anomaly!!"

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OMG Andie posted this on his twitter and I almost died laughing.

A mock SRS documentary on the inner lives of BROSTITUTES:

Okay, so – though I wasn’t at San Diego Comic Con in person, I was there in spirit in the form of some very exciting announcements that I’ve been wanting to share for a long time.

Firstly, I will be working with writers Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and the lovely folks at Oni Press, on the series - Avalon Chronicles. Hugely exciting! Nunzio and Christina are just wonderful, and I’m so honoured to not only be drawing their epic, but also to be allowed to join in on some of the story creation! I can’t wait to share some of the cast and progress work with you. For now, you can check N & C’s blog for more details, and I can offer up the sample preview I put together for San Diego’s announcement at the Oni panel.


Aaand - Richelle Mead is the fabulous writer responsible for the rather schmexy Vampire Academy series of novels, and I am just utterly thrilled to be the artist responsible for bringing her story to life in graphic novel form, to be published by Penguin Books. Getting to work on such a popular (and bloody awesome) series is exciting enough, but to be working for a giant like Penguin Books makes me feel very privileged. You can see Richelle’s own post at her blog, along with the cover mockup that Penguin have put together for the announcement, by clicking on the banner.


So – it’s an exciting time for me and I am more hyped than I can say! I’m already mid production on the first Avalon book, Once In a Blue Moon (a re-imagining of the same title released several years ago), and am eagerly awaiting Leigh Dragoon’s script for Vampire Academy – though I’ve played with test pages enough to know I’m going to very much enjoy these characters!

I look forward to sharing more news when I have it. ^_^

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This was a special design created for Minami Con 16 to be used on a limited run of the convention t-shirts. The mascot of Minami was traditionally a fairy, but because it was the 16th year of the con, the theme was Sweet 16 and so the committee thought Lolita was also a good feel for it.

So! A fairy in a lolita-style outfit, reminiscent of Victorian Maiden or Mary Magdelene. Originally done as pure lineart for a screen print on pink and blue shirts, but I coloured her properly yesterday evening.

(inked by hand, coloured in potatoshop, full view in deviantart)

I just discovered about twenty copies of Tomobiki Street #5 in a shoebox XD

If people are interested in obtaining a bilingual Rumiko Takahashi-themed doujin for £1.50 all in (UK P&P), created in Japan by my penpal Hugo by Japanese and UK fans, please comment (comments screened) with your Paypal email and I will invoice you!

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After several weeks of touring the UK giving many workshops to schools (Hi to everyone I've met! *waves*), I'm back at home and working on the following. Please understand why I've been quiet, when you're juggling this much work with travelling and teaching, I need time to myself so as not to go crazy.

- finishing off two choose-your-adventure children's books
- scripting / drawing Love Stuffing volume 2
- drafting an adaptation of Reginald by Saki/ Hector Hugh Munroe
- scripting my new webcomic FujoFujo
- scripting my new dungeon-crawling fantasy, A Brush with Magic
- drafting short story Clockwork Wings
- scripting short story Terisias
- planning illustrations for a samurai/ninja children's book
- planning for mascot/animal characters for an educational project
- planning an artbook of my works over the past 10 years
- planning / scripting sci-fi story Libera Me
- planning a series of paintings based on old masters...

I'm surprisingly optimistic and raring to go. I'm hoping that my holiday will be perfect for thumbnailing and scripting ^^

I should have a few nice pictures to upload on dA soon, a combination of colour work and developmental sketches for the newest projects. I would like to finish off all of my Gaia commissions soon so that I don't have anything hanging over me T_T but aside from that, I'm looking forward to doing actual ART again.

raggedy_man and karohemd  will be DJing here:



Expect noise.
I won't be there (busy stuff) but if you fancy a loud Friday night out at the Q-Club (where Sacrilege is held) in Cambs, this may be for you!

Based on the fan fiction / short stories I write:



Based on my introspective blog posts:




LOLOLOLOL XD

(nicked from j_u_d_a_s )