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Holding a panel at Nom-Con!

For anyone going to Nom-Con in Dublin next weekend, feel free to come and listen to my panel on Sunday, 13:30 -14:30!

I’ve made a completely new talk called “Exposed! Japanese Mangaka’s – truth and fiction” where I’ll take a look at some of the common misconceptions about Japanese comic artists and manga. The panel is made so that it should work well for both comic artists and manga fans that would like to know more about the drawing side or manga.

Hope to see you there! ^_^

Nom-con in Dublin

I just decided to go to Nom-con in Dublin at the end of August. I’ve been talking about it ever since I was at BroCon and found out about it.
Well yesterday I had enough of my own whining and bought the flight tickets so now that’s final.
I don’t know how long I’ll stay in Ireland but I’ve decided to just go to as many con’s I can while I’m here.

Now I just have to decide if I want to do any talks at the con. ^_^’

Pictures from the BroCon Workshop!

As I said in an earlier post, 16 people came to the workshop and later to the panel about manga in Sweden there came another happy crowd of about 16. I got a massive room to be in, so the 16 people looked very lonely. -_-’ We had a great time though and I got to meet some lovely people, so that was great.

I hope everyone thought it was fun and I have a feeling one or who people will be applying to Swedish comic schools next year. ^_~

Massive! ^_^’

Article about BroCon is up on ikikata.se

YaY! I just got the email from Ikikata.se and the article I wrote for them regarding BroCon is up on the site! ^_^

I haven’t written articles in forever and I’d forgotten how much work but also how much fun it is. I’m definitely doing that again.

BroCon Interview: Selene

I had a quick sit down with Selene, a budding talent, at Limericks BroCon. Selene has been drawing since she was 13 but changed drawing style to manga when she was 14. Today Selene is trying to develop her own style but still keeping true to shoujo, as she finds manga characters too generic.

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BroCon 2010: Cosplay!

So while I was at BroCon I took the chance of taking pictures of all the Cosplayers I could see. There where quite a number of them, considering this was the first time the con was going. ^_^

Have a look!

BroCon Interview: Sophie O’Gara

Between the bustling of the artist alley tables during BroCon, Sophie and I sat down to have a talk about it all. Sophie is an artist, president of the Anime and Manga society at Limerick University and also one of the organizers of BroCon.

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BroCon Interview: Ciaran Lucas

I took the chance to have a sit down and talk comics with Ciaran Lucas at BroCon in Limerick. Ciaran has been making a living as a digital artist since 2007. So far he has mostly been working as a Colorist and inker. Some of the comics he has been working on are Jenna Blue, Vincent Price and Angel (as in the comic version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin off), but also children’s illustrations for school books and for the Irish scouts.

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Why I don’t normally go to many Cons

I just got home from the con (I’ll post pics and stuff later this week) and realized why I generally don’t go to too many cons.

It was once again a bitter sweet realization. ^_^’

I’ll be eating noodles for the rest of the week… Sorry Neko, I think I’ll be busy with… eh… um… work! for the next couple of days. ^_~

BroCon day 1

So yesterday was day one of the con, and we are about to start day 2.
I managed to forget my camera cable at home ( with about half the things I needed….) so you will have to wait for the pics from the con. -_-’
First day 130 people showed up.

The workshop went well with 16 people showing up and even though the room was a bit awkward to draw in, we did fine.

I got the chance to interview one of the Irish comic artists and will post that interview later this week when I’m finished editing it. ^_^

So, of I go for day 2!