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Video #0012 – A First Look at ComiPo! (Updated)

In today’s video, we take a first look at an exciting new manga creation software program, ComiPo!. This program, originally released in Japan in December of last year, has gained popularity thanks to the Internet, and so the company that created it made an English version, which is set to be released on September 15.

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Cool Find: ComiPo!

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” Or so the old saying goes. And if the act of “teaching” includes blogging and podcasting, then it’s especially true in my case. You see, I can’t draw worth a darn. And that explains why I write about anime and manga rather than actually create it. But, [...]

What The iPad Will Mean For Otaku

If you haven’t heard of the Apple iPad, which is due to hit store shelves tomorrow morning, then you’ve probably just returned from a long journey into another dimension fighting an impossibly tough foe on behalf of a civilization that considers you their only hope for survival. Or perhaps you were off frolicking with your [...]

TOKYOPOP announces its 2010 Digital Media Production and Marketing Summer Internship!

ATTENTION ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS!! Looking for a unique and fun way to earn some internship credits and — maybe, just maybe — break into the anime/manga industry? The TOKYOPOP 2010 Digital Media Production and Marketing Summer Internship might just be your golden ticket! From May 28 through September 6 of this year, TOKYOPOP will be [...]

Project 760 Productions and Pop Japan Travel Present The Tokyo International Anime Fair Tour!

Psst! Hey… wanna go to Japan? I know you do! So listen up!

Project 760 Productions, the group behind many otaku-centric events in the San Francisco Bay area including JTAF, is teaming up with Pop Japan Travel to offer you a chance to travel to Japan to attend the 2010 Tokyo International Anime Fair, one [...]

Manga artist Junko Mizuno will be signing books TOMORROW in San Francisco Japantown!

Psst – do you live in or near San Francisco? Are you a manga fan? If so, then you might want to visit the New People J-Pop Complex in San Francisco’s Japantown TOMORROW! Manga artist Junko Mizuno will be signing copies of her latest work, “Fluffy Little Gigolo PELU,” at the New People center starting [...]

“PixelPerfect” shows you how to draw and color Manga in Photoshop

Bert Monroy is one of the world’s premier digital artists. Using the Adobe Creative Suite (mostly Photoshop and Illustrator), he creates incredibly detailed scenes, “digital paintings” of a sort. They look so incredibly lifelike – so much so that someone who is not familiar with Monroy’s works would call them photographs. They are not. Every [...]

Episode #0004 – JTAF 5 Review

If you are a new listener, and heard about us through either the Feeble Force network of podcasts, or Allison Sheridan’s excellent NosillaCast… welcome! Thank you for taking the time to download this episode, and we hope you stick around for many more to come!

In this episode, I discuss my review and impressions of [...]