An American Mangaka in Tokyo

[John Dillinger]

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From About.com:

From the Meltdown Comics blog: American expat manga artist Felipe Smith finds time to put down his pens and send a YouTube video letter from Tokyo to his friends and fans in the U.S. His big news to share? The second volume of Peepo Choo is out in Japan, and MBQ Volume 3 is out in the states from TokyoPop.

Peepo Choo is Smith's monthly series that he's drawing for Morning 2 magazine in Japan -- and to hear him describe his experiences as a manga artist in Japan, drawing is about all he's had time to do since he's moved to Tokyo.

"Working here is really different -- All you have time to do is draw! For a while there, I was drawing between 40 - 60 pages a month. That was the hardest I've ever worked! Each book is 250 pages -- I've been drawing like a bastard!"

LINK: An American Manga-ka in Tokyo: Felipe Smith's Video Letter

[Hokgwai]

Most manga and anime sucks, but I admit the dude is obviously talented.

[angelhalo55]

i would love to do manga but i think it is really hard ^^v

[angelhalo55]

i would like to draw manga one day ^^