ITCH – Manga with a <3 heart
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Remember when I used to get someone to take a picture of me at my table, at events? And then I switched to just taking a picture of the table myself, without me in it? And now I don’t even have a picture at all?! I really need to work on a way to remember [...]
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Some tips to make sure your outing at a comics convention is an enjoyable one:
Don’t be ill or under the weather. Not only will the headache and general misery put a damper on your day, you’ll only infect everyone.
Bring a friend to help you out on your table, so you can doze off, go to [...]
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So, er, I used to write con reports whenever I went to events, and that was a good tradition, really, so although some time has passed (ahem) here’s a little summary of where ITCH has been recently:
Alternative Press Fair, London: This was a small event with and artsy/subversive/book geeky flavour. In was in a basement [...]
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Man, how awesome was the MCM expo? Totally awesome, that’s what! I spent most of yesterday in a comatose haze, but it was worth it.
Stars of the little ITCH stand were of course Leek and Sushi (who will be returning next year, but more about that soon) and the evil bunnies versus agent [...]
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ITCH had an excellent weekend and didn’t even need to get out of town this time. The Bristol Small Press Expo happened, alongside the Bristol Comics Expo we all know and love.
Our star of the show was Urban Beasts, which launched at Bristol and will soon be available from the websites and shops. It’s about [...]
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Well, that’s it. If you weren’t there, you missed your chance to be the Coolest Bean At The Thing, with a badge.
Besides badges, Itch was on hand to sell Leek and Sushi, Amaranth and Final Blossom, as well as some original art by Karen Rubins. We did very well, so well I sold out of [...]
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This weekend Itch was at the Japanese Art Festival in Richmond, pulled together by the charming Akemi Solloway.
My usual events are more pointed at comics and manga, and it was refreshingly different to be here, as it was much more of a cultural event. There was some manga and anime, and of course cosplaying going [...]
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After a long and early train journey, Itch was happy to join hordes of cosplayers, a Dalek and several normal people at the MCM Midlands Expo. It was sort of a condensed version of the bigger London MCM, but it was lots of fun.
Itch and Inspired Comics volunteered at the last moment to run the [...]
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Yesterday, we officially launched “Final Blossom” by Karen Yumi Lusted at the Red Garden Manga shop in Reading. Thanks very much to everyone who was there, Karen and I had a good time and it was good to see you all.
Red Garden Manga turned out to be a well-hidden but friendly shop with lots of [...]
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ITCH is proud to present its second graphic novel this November. Final Blossom is a story about a sacred forest in danger, and a hunter looking for a monster. It was written and drawn by Karen Yumi Lusted, who is also sometimes known as Kairi-Moon.
To celebrate the launch of her first book she will be [...]
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