For those that missed them:
Part One: Self-Introduction
Part Two: Friends
Part Three: Midwestern Conflict
And here’s Part Four:
Category Archives: COMIC BOOKS
Kameoka Diaries #3 — Midwestern Conflict
Kameoka Diaries #2 — Friends
(If you haven’t seen it yet, part one can be found here.)
Anyway, without further ado, here’s the second installment: Continue reading Kameoka Diaries #2 — Friends
Kameoka Diaries #1 — Self-Introduction
Tonoharu: Official Selection at Angoulême Comics Festival!
Cool news! The French version of Tonoharu has been chosen as an official selection for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe’s largest comics festival!
Tonoharu is one of 58 books chosen as an official selection. As I understand it, a few thousand books were eligible, so it’s a pretty big deal and a real honor.
This puts Tonoharu in the running for some of the most prestigious awards in comics. (And no, “prestigious comics award” is not an oxymoron.) Looking over my competition (which includes comics greats like Dan Clowes, Jim Woodring, Craig Thompson, and Joe Sacco, just to name a few) I think its fair to say I don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell at the top prize, or even the Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials prize, which is awarded to five books. But I might have a shot at the best newcomer award or something.
Awards will be announced at the festival in late-January. I’ll keep you posted!
My sincere thanks to my French publisher Le Lezard Noir, (in particular Stéphane Duval and Anne Cavarroc) for producing such a beautiful edition of my book!
Angoulême International Comics Festival Official Selection List (in French)
Tonoharu: Official Selection at Angoulême Comics Festival!
Cool news! The French version of Tonoharu has been chosen as an official selection for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe’s largest comics festival!
Tonoharu is one of 58 books chosen as an official selection. As I understand it, a few thousand books were eligible, so it’s a pretty big deal and a real honor.
This puts Tonoharu in the running for some of the most prestigious prizes in comics. (And no, “prestigious comics award” is not an oxymoron!) Looking over my competition (which includes comics greats like Dan Clowes, Jim Woodring, Craig Thompson, and Joe Sacco, just to name a few) I think its fair to say I don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell at the top prize, or even the Angoulême International Comics Festival Essentials prize, which are awarded to five books. But I might have a shot at the best newcomer award or something.
Awards will be announced at the festival in late-January. I’ll keep you posted!
My sincere thanks to all the people at Le Lezard Noir, (in particular and translator ) for producing such a beautiful edition of my book!
Angoulême International Comics Festival Official Selection List (in French)
Upcoming Appearances in Central Japan
I have two appearances coming up this month in Japan, if anyone’s interested:
On Sunday, December 11, 2011, I’ll be in Nagoya taking part in a panel discussion/release party for Aftershock: Artists Respond to Disaster in Japan, an anthology to benefit Japan disaster relief. The Facebook event page with all the details can be found here:
http://www.facebook.com/events/285808968131016/
Then on Saturday, December 17, 2011, I’ll be at the Tokushima Museum of Literature & Calligraphy ( 徳島県立文学書道館 ). This is in conjunction with a calligraphy show that runs from 12/16 ~ 12/18. Don’t miss your big chance to see a piece of my sub-par calligraphy! I’m not sure what times I’ll be there to and from, but I’ll update with that later.
There doesn’t seem to be an online event page for the show, but the website for the museum can be found here (Japanese only):
http://www.bungakushodo.jp/index.html
Hope to see you there!