Month: May 2012

Kameoka Diaries 2nd Bestselling Comic in the iBookstore Right Now!

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Right now as I type these words, The Kameoka Diaries [ Direct iBookstore Link ] is the second bestselling comic in the iBookstore, and Young Men of a Certain Mind [ Direct iBookstore Link ] is in the top ten! For one brief, glorious moment, one of my books is outselling all those Walking Dead graphic novels that seem to have a stranglehold on the Top Ten. Yippie!

The reason for the bump is because Mark Frauenfelder was kind enough to mention my books over on the ever-wonderful Boing Boing website. Coincidentally, the Boing Boing post went up on my birthday, and I couldn’t have asked for a better present!

Yup, couldn’t have asked for a better present… except perhaps for this, a performance recorded for my birthday by two dear friends here in Kameoka:

The performers are none other than Kim Chi and Lonnie from this comic:
https://larsmartinson.com/kameoka-diaries-2/

So my sincere thanks to Mark, Kim Chi and Lonnie for making my birthday so great!

My First Two E-Comics–NOW AVAILABLE!

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BIG NEWS! My first two e-comics are available RIGHT NOW for download on the iBookstore for the iPhone and iPad for only 99-cents each!

The Kameoka Diaries: Volume One [ Direct iBookstore Link ]
The Kameoka Diaries: Volume One is a humorous (?) account of my experiences living and working in Central Japan, told over eight chapters. It includes an exclusive chapter not available anywhere else!

Young Men of a Certain Mind [ Direct iBookstore Link ]
Young Men of a Certain Mind is a slice of life comic about an unemployed graphic designer who takes a job as a night bellman to make ends meet. Drawn in 2003, it is a spiritual predecessor to my graphic novel Tonoharu. (Young Men of a Certain Mind is also available as a print comic here.)

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To get them, click on the links above.

Alternately, download the free iBooks app on your iPhone/iPad, open it and tap the “Store” button in the upper left-hand corner. Then search for “Lars Martinson” and that should lead you to them.

I’m really proud of these, so please do check them out (you can download a free sample if you want to get a sense of what they’re like).

And if you like them, please rate them on the iBookstore, and tell your friends. Thanks!!