As we previously reported, the search for the best manga talent in the UK is on as London’s Embassy of Japan is now accepting entries for its manga writing competition, Manga Jiman. The Embassy recently caught up with Sara Ferreira… Read More ›
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Manga Jiman 2012 Competition Results
First prize winners, Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins. Photo: Embassy of Japan The results of the Manga Jiman 2012 Competition were announced at a reception held at London’s Embassy of Japan on 8th February. The major manga-writing competition, now in… Read More ›
Manga Jiman competition winners revealed
The judging panel for this year’s Manga Jiman competition has selected the manga below as the winning entries for this year – and manga fans have a chance to be at the invitation-only awards ceremony at the Embassy of Japan… Read More ›
Japanese Embassy launches UK manga competition
The British Embassy of Japan is once again launching the major manga-writing competition, MANGA JIMAN 2012, with fantastic prizes and open to anyone fourteen (14)* years of age or over. The manga should in some way make reference to ‘GANBARE!’,… Read More ›
Dee-Con 2012 – Dundee’s Free Manga and Anime Convention
With most Scottish comics fans decamping this weekend for the Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness, the next major Scottish event in the comics calendar will be the manga, anime and games convention Dee-Con at the University of Dundee Students Union… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Exhibiting Comics
Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about about non practitioners’ love of comics, Alex Fitch talks to Lord Baker of Dorking about his contributions as lender and patron of The Cartoon Museum to their latest exhibition ‘Her Maj: Sixty years… Read More ›
In Review: Professor Munakata’s British Museum Adventure
By Hoshino YukinobuPublishing: October 2011 Publisher: British Museum Press 264 pages, line drawings throughout ISBN 978 0 7141 2465 0, PB £14.99 The Book: An exclusive series of manga episodes inspired by the iconic objects of the British Museum, soon to… Read More ›
London AnimeCon preps for take-off
Time’s running out to sign up in advance for London Anime Con, an epic 18+ anime and gaming convention that includes some manga programming of over a thousand people, taking place 30th – 31st July at the Rocket Complex on… Read More ›
Harvey Award Nom for Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa’s ‘Ax’
Ax: Alternate Manga edited by Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa and published by Top Shelf Publishing, has been nominated for a Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. “The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book… Read More ›
Manga @ Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival has a considerable comics strand this year due to the presence of Mark Millar as a GFF Ambassador. The details of workshops, talks and screenings were originally mentioned on downthetubes here. One of the events listed… Read More ›
ILEX Manga title wins Harvey Award
UK publisher Ilex’s bestselling The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga has been announced as the winner of the 2010 Harvey Award for ‘Best American Edition of Foreign Material’, and was also recently shortlisted for the prestigious Eisner Award…. Read More ›
Sean Michael Wilson’s Hagakure manga debuts in Japan
British comics creator Sean Michael Wilson is clearly a happy man – and has every right to be after his new book, Hagakure: The Manga Edition, went on sale in Japanese bookshops this week. Written by Sean, art is by… Read More ›
Strip! Goes Manga, Mills talks French (comics, that is)
Continuing ‘cross cultural comics month’ on the show, the Strip! radio show this week is looking at the winners of last year’s Manga Jiman (Pride in Manga) competiton run by the Japanese Embassy in London to find the best new… Read More ›
Panini’s Marvel Deal Under Threat?
Back when Disney bought out Marvel Comics, here at downthetubes we speculated Panini, which reprints Marvel titles across Europe, may find their titles under threat. Now, news site Bleeding Cool reports that as Disney has now finally taken charge of… Read More ›
London Book Fair lines up comics events
The London Book Fair has almost finalised its list of comics events for this year’s three day event at Earl’s Court in April, with a line up of guests that so far includes Paul Gravett, Helen McCarthy, Emma Hayley, Ian… Read More ›
Emma Vieceli’s Dragon Heir: Reborn
British artist, writer and general ambassador for all things Manga, Emma Vieceli, has added a webcomic to her website. Dragon Heir was the first comic series that she worked on providing the story and art with Andrew Ruddick providing the… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Emma Vieceli, promoting new British Manga
Continuing ‘Women in Comics’ month on podcast Panel Borders – and originally broadcast on Resonance FM – this week Alex Fitch talks to Emma Vieceli, illustrator of the Manga Shakespeare adaptations of Hamlet and Much ado about Nothing who has… Read More ›
Furman Turns Japanese!
After years of writing Transformers stories for the UK and US, writer Simon Furman has finally broken into one of the most notoriously difficult comic markets: Japan. This is no small achievement: very few Westerners have broken into the world… Read More ›
Comics Artist In Residence at the V&A
(via ComicBitsonline): Award-winning comics artist and animator Karin Rubins, whose work includes the indie mini-series Dark, Urban Beasts and Tales by Ghost Light, takes up her post as Comics Artist in Residence at London’s prestigious V&A Museum next week. Working… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: One Man Lord of the Rings, Manga Cross Stitch and Space Hoppers!
• Heading to Edinburgh’s Fringe later this summer? Perhaps to catch up with Kev Sutherland and the Falsetto Sock Company, who are sure to be there? Then you might also be interested in a new show from Canadian actor Charles… Read More ›