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I recently had the opportunity to appear on Tim Young’s Deconstructing Comics podcast. You can listen to/download our conversation at:
http://deconstructingcomics.com/?p=937
Or a search for “Deconstructing Comics” in iTunes should lead you to it as well.
My thanks to Tim for the letting me come on!
A few months ago, I gave a presentation about self-publishing graphic novels at the Loft Literary Center. Daily Cross Hatch correspondent Sarah Morean taped the whole thing, and recently assembled it into a series of web videos, which can be found here:
http://thedailycrosshatch.com/2011/02/04/self-publishing-with-lars-martinson-parts-1-8-of-8/
Thanks again to the Loft for having me, and to Sarah for making the presentation available online!
My work was recently profiled in a couple of big English language publications in Japan:
Metropolis, an expat magazine serving the Tokyo area, just put up an article entitled “Hymn to the Lonely Man”, which can be found here:
http://metropolis.co.jp/features/feature/hymn-to-the-lonely-man/
And the Japan Times recently ran an article about profiling me and cartoonist Adam Pasion, which can be found here:
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110205a1.html
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My sincere thanks to Metropolis editor James Hadfield, and Japan Times writer Gianni Simone for the coverage! Also, check out Adam Pasion’s comic about living and working in Japan: http://sundogscomix.blogspot.com/
The Star Tribune, Minnesota’s biggest newspaper, recently ran an article about Twin Cities cartoonists, and yours truly was among them! You can read it online here:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/114758329.html
Accompaning the article was a list of “10 Essential Minnesota-made Graphic Novels”, and Tonoharu was among them! You can see the full list here:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/114758319.html
Annnnd finally, there’s an image gallery, which includes self-portraits of MN cartoonists and examples of their work, with my humble contribution among them:
http://www.startribune.com/galleries/114671784.html
Many thanks to Star Tribune reporter Tom Horgen for the excellent writeup!
Pictured: Detail of an self-portrait done for Fukuoka Now
I had planned to skip this week’s blog entry because I’m busy preparing presentations, but coincidentally two interviews with me just went live yesterday, so I figured I could link to them in lieu of my weekly entry:
First off, the Minneapolis weekly mag City Pages named me as one of their top 100 Creatives in the Twin Cities. Neat! An interview with me can be found over at their “Dressing Room” blog:
http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2011/01/lars_martinson.php
Secondly, Fukuoka Now, the monthly magazine for expats living in Fukuoka, Japan, named me as their “Gekkan Gaijin” (i.e. “foreigner of the month”) for February! A lengthy interview with me can be found over at their website:
http://www.fukuoka-now.com/articles/show/4535
Thanks to Jessica Armbruster at City Pages, and Nick Szasz & Alanna Schubach at Fukuoka Now for the coverage, and the great interview questions!
Just a reminder that I have two presentations that are just around the corner:
This Friday, January 28th, 2011, I’ll be speaking at the University of Minnesota about Japanese Calligraphy and how it has benefited me as a cartoonist. All the details can be found here.
Then just a few days later on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011, I’ll be talking at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design about my comics, and my experiences with self-publishing. Details for that one can be found here.
So if you’re in the Twin Cities area, come out if you can!
(Note: I’m running myself ragged trying to finish up these presentations, so there will be no new blog entry this Friday.)