ITCH – Manga with a <3 heart
From the category archives:
The Art contest @ MCM Midlands Expo was judged by members of Inspired comics and Willie Hewes of Itch publishing. We were impressed with many of the entries, and it was hard job again to pick just four winners. We have only four prizes to give away, but for each category, we also picked runners [...]
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New book coming up!
The Pariah’s Urn is a fantasy adventure with arcane magic and scoundrellous thieves. It’s currently in production, and it’s hard to tell you anything about when it might be out, but I didn’t think it was too early to let you have a peek at YdAo’s great-looking art and solid fantasy world.
Check [...]
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1. I understand that some of you are really stressing about the deadline, and the resizing and formatting, and how to get it all sorted in time. I don’t want to put off deciding on the selection for the book much longer, but of course I want you all to have an opportunity to submit [...]
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ITCH is extremely proud to present: Super Jax, a stand-alone super hero comic by Karen Yumi Lusted (famous for Final Blossom, Leek and Sushi and the art book Secret Colours).
Super Jax was available at the MCM Expo, and has prompted people to say nice things like:
“I got Super Jax – really enjoyed it, it was [...]
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Manga fans may complain that Western manga is of lower quality, but even if it was just as good as Japanese manga, and exactly the same as Japanese manga, it would still be far less profitable for a publisher to produce its own home grown manga than to import from Japan.
It’s no surprise there’s not a lot of publishers looking for original Western manga. Importing Japanese manga is so much cheaper, and there is so much more of it, that it doesn’t make much sense to take the risk.
Western manga-ka cannot play the same game as the Japanese and win.
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To me, this is pretty clear cut. Mijn Schatje is ripping off the photographers and arguably, she’s also ripping off the artists who designed, created, and painted the dolls (and that may be several people for any one doll). Doll painters, photographers and designers are, understandably, not happy about this.
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But especially these three people!
At MCM Expo, ITCH ran a little free prize draw to add to the already overwhelming fun. Yes. Here are the winners:
Leek & Sushi’s Manga Show
has been won by:
Jemima Lee
Yay! Congratulations! Whoo!
The Witch
has been won by
Samantha Rigg
or possibly Bigg, I’m not sure. If your e-mail address says: “I love the cookie”, [...]
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Arrangements are finalised for the mini Leek & Sushi party at the MCM Expo this weekend! (You’re coming, right? It’ll be excellent!)
You can pester the artists for signatures and sketches, learn how to get into next year’s book and eat delicious cake.
It will be in the signing area on Saturday only at 2 pm. Come [...]
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In all likelihood, you’ve never thought about that question. But that’s OK, because I have thought about it for you, along with many of my artistically and comically inclined friends, and we have an answer for you.
The answer comes in book form and involves evil bunnies, giant robots, monocles, world-wide conspiracies and secret agents. It’s [...]
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Update: Hurray, Leek and Sushi are back and looking better than ever! They look forward to meeting you at the Bristol Small Press Expo, or the MCM Expo in London!
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I have to admit something embarrassing. I have run out of Leek and Sushi’s, and I’m having some slight difficulty sourcing more. You can still order [...]
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