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Tekkonkinkreet is one of my favorite projects from my favorite manga author Taiyo Matsumoto and even though I busted my ass on it, I could probably, now, do a much better job. Still the weeks (production was crammed into a next-to-no-time schedule) I spent tracing lines in the sky and blood splatters remain fond in my memory. 2008 Eisner Award Winner
7.25 x 10.125" | 624 pg | Perfect-bound | Double-sided dust cover
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Book design for solanin graphic novel. Usually VIZ titles are designed to follow the Japanese cover but because this is a non-traditional title (which ironically means there AREN'T any flying ninja, superpower vampire swordswomen), I was able to (almost) do as I chose. 2009 Eisner Award Nominee, 2009 Harvey Award Nominee
5.25 x 8.125" | 432 pg | BW | Perfect-bound | 4" French Flaps
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Note to self: making comics is really really hard. Drawing a single frame can take days--especially if your skills were weak like mine--and creating the story makes you (meaning me) feel buck-naked in front of a crowd of Judgey-mcJudgeAlots. That being said Automat is probably the single most rewarding (print) personal project I've done in the last few years.
5.5 x 8.5" | 16pg | PC | Saddle-stiched
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The majority of posts to the Korean adoptee mailing lists I am on that don't involve "let's eat Korean food" are from other adoptees doing research on, guess what, adoption. MAs, phDs, BAs abound about identity, feminist issues, racism, etc. I really, really, really did not want my MFA thesis to have anything to do with adoption but as an adoptee it's an utterly compelling topic, so I spent a semester in my first year doing a project on it instead. There--inner child--are you satisfied?
5.5 x 8.5" | 4C cover | BW Interior
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I worked for 9 years first as a webmaster and then as a print designer for a Japanese comic book and animation company. If you're curious, I can show you multiple catalogs, a bajillion ads, countless posters, brochures, pamphlets, a handful of 50' banners, more books, dvds, product packaging and nearly every kind of collateral one can think of (even a few direct marketing pieces). We were asked to wear a lot of hats and if we didn't already know how to do something we were expected to learn it. Most of this work, however, is at least a year old and to make space for new work, I've kept it off the web for the time being.
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