Where I will be in next few weeks!

I thought it is still a New Year time... But it's actually already the final week of February?! Oh dear, dear dear....!! Owwww, I need to calm down...!! Breath in, breath out, in... and out...

Ok now, let me tell you where I will be in February and March!

Tomorrow, I mean today, Friday, 24th of Feb is the first day of one and only Hyper Japan!! It's a big three days event about Japanese Culture, traditional to modern, cool, pop and kawaii!! I and Inko share a table and ready to take commission work and also sell some postcards etc.

At the beginning of March, I will team up with Inko and Deadly Kawaii for Japan Expo Sud in Marseille, France. The event is from 2nd (Fri) to 5th (Sun) of March and we are under the name of D.K/UMISEN-YAMASEN and our booth number is H113! So if you are in France, come come! or you know someone in France who might be interested in manga/anime and Japanese culture, let them know about it!

On Monday 19th of March, I and Inko will be at Japan Day and Student Fair, organized by Doshisha University, which is one of the very high level and famous universities in Japan. We'll do drop in manga workshop there. You need to register to join this event, so please visit the website (click the name of the event to jump) for the detailed information.

On Saturday 24th of March, it's a Japanese pop and cosplay party night at Sainsbury Center of Visual Art, Norwich! It's After Hours: Kingdom of Characters, which is a part of very very exciting must see exhibition at this beautiful museum. I and Inko will do manga demonstrations and some more!

The end of March, on 31st of March (Sat) and 1st of April (Sun), I and Inko are at Hi-Ex The Highlands International Comic Expo in Inverness, Scotland. We are so so excited to go back there...! So if you are in Scotland, come come!! It's definitely one of the best and my favorite events.

Well, that's all for now.
Hope to see you somewhere very soon!!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Why a dragon? Next year is the year of the dragon in Chinese zodiac!

xxx Chie

1001 COMICS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE

Long time no see!!!
I've been busy for some projects which will be published next year and will be busy at least until mid January... Sob... No I shouldn't be sobbing... Busy is good, busy is good (hypnotising myself...)

Anyway! I have a good news for you!
The great book called 1001 COMICS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE is out in UK! (click the title to jump to its Amazon page)

It has everything you should know about great comics (including some great manga too) and I wrote some introductory review of my favorite manga, such as Bleach by Taito Kubo and Honey & Clover by Chika Umino! Yay!

It's a must read and also I think it will be a great Christmas present!

Where I'll be in July!

Time flies like an arrow!!!
I can't believe it's already mid July... (；´Д`)

Big thanks for those who pop in my space at London Film and Comic Con!! It was a great fun! I even had a peek of Harry Potter casts!

Anyway, last half of July is also packed with fun fun fun.

22nd (Fri) to 24th (Sun), I am attending Hyper Japan at Olympia two, which is one of the biggest Japanese culture festival in UK.

And 30th (Sat), I will be at London Anime Con 3!
I and Inko will try something new there, so even though you've already familiar with our manga portrait, you should come to check it out!!

Japan Expo, Paris France

Very quick post about the exciting event I'm going to join!
I'm going to Paris to attend the epic Japan Expo!!
It runs from Thursday 30th of June to Sunday 3rd of July, yes big weekend!
My space number is Z246 in the hall 5A and I'm sharing it with my lovely friends Inko and Nipponaisuki.
If you are coming to the event, please pop in my space too!! Let's chat about some yaoi, Hetalia, Tiger and Bunny and on and on and on...!

Please check Japan Expo website for the detail.

Hi with another character design sketch I did during my stay at Nemacon, Middlesbrough.
It was really really nice even as usual. A lot of friendly people and manga enthusiasts (especially Yaoi and Hetalia fan boys and girls! Nice to see you all!)!!
Thank you all for visiting my table. I strongly hope you all had a good fun.
And thank you for the hospitality of the wonderful organizers and staff!

Ok, this weekend, I'll be at the Asahi Anime Festival @ Brighton!
It's Saturday and Sunday event starts form 11:00.
Please check the detail at their website!

See you there!

Where I'll be in June

Hello everyone! Hope you are enjoying early summer (well, it's a bit too cold to enjoy it in London now... But anyway)!
Did you go to MCM Expo? For whom who pop in my table, thank for coming! I hope you enjoyed the event.
Hey, can you guess who pop in? It was Ms.Beckii Cruel! I was honoured to draw her and her friend's portrait!! Beckii with my drawing

Anyway, it is already June and let me tell you where I'll be this month. I'll be quite around! Fun!

Saturday 11th June: On The Road: International Cartoonists in London 4pm – 6pm @Orbita Comics, London

Saturday 18th and 19th June: Nemacon @ Middlesbrough

Saturday 25th and 26th June: the Asahi Anime Festival @ Brighton

Thursday 30th June to 3rd July: Japan Expo @ Paris, France

I'll talk draw and bring some new work all through this June.
Hope to you see out there!

P.S the image is from my sketchbook. He's an early stage design of one of my original characters...