Misako Rocks!

Kurirn and I went to China town this afternoon. Today was such a beautiful day!!!!!!
Sun light made us happy and excited to walk around. We haven't been out like this for a long long time.
I got a bubble tea. It's a tea house on Mott street manhattan. A looooooooooong time ago(almost 7 years ago?) I came here to order the same tea. At that time I was a poor hippie-puppeteer. When I smelled this tea, the old sad/happy memories came back to me instantly.
Maybe I should go back there again to remind me of the days. Sometimes I become lazy and I need to be motivated like I used to be!
Thanks Mr.Bubble tea!!!!!!

So I don't know how it did happen, but the other day I received an e-mail that I'm officially nominated for Venice Beach/LA Play wright award this year!
It's pretty surprising and I'm still try not to believe it. hahaha.
Until I published Biker Girl, I was making puppets all of the time. So compared to other artists, I don't have that many experiences as a comic artist.
That's why I'm very honored and pleased to hear that they found out about my works and enjoy.
I really really appreciate for everyone who read my books!

Thanks to this award, I'm more motivated than ever! Detective Jermain vol2 will be more hip and more dramas!! And I'm working on my new story for DFC magazine "Peach de Punch" at the same time too.
I can'wait to show this story to youuuuuuu

My new comic friend from Japan, "Tokyo Hanako" A.K.A Akko san sent me more photos from Bristol! Yeah!
They are pretty, so I thought I should add here--!!


In the end of Bristol Comicon, David took us to a great dinner! Akko san is right next to me! Look at her cute smile^_^
And I don't know why my face alwasy looks so greecy....


After my books were sold out, I started holding my new story "Peach de Punch" with DFC flyers. I'm going to run weekly story for this new kids comic magazine from this SEPTEMBER! I'll let you know more details when the time comes!


Such a beautiful photo-- Ok, I didn't take this photo! Akko san took this in monday morning. She sent me this now. It looks like a postcard. This church is right next the hotel where we stayed! I wish we could check out inside. I bet it's amazing.

I'm back'n NYC! Yeah!
JFK airport was super crowded, so my airplane were turing around and around.. My stomach is pretty sensitive. So I started feeling very sick.

Now I have to start working on DJvol2, Peach de Punch, Illustration works for The ONION, and so on!
Arghhhhh I have to check my schedule book again!

Anyway let me start adding photos from my UK trip!


Here was my table fro Bristol International comicon! Thanks to everyone, my books were sold out by next morning.
Next year I'll be able to sell Detective Jermain vol1. So many kids asked me about this book. I was so happy to see people being excited!


They are sweet kids from Cheddar! A girl behind me is Hannah. She's e-mailed me from last year or so. They came up to my table and we had a great chat! Thank you guys!!!


They're my artist friend from Sweden! YOKAIJO Studio! Oh my God. They're very very sweeeeeeet people!
I made a promise to visit them in Stockhorm next year! Because my favorite movie "Kiki's delivery service" is based on there. I have to check it out! And yes they'll be back'n Bristol next year too!


This' from Eagle Award dinner. I was one of presenters there. They served a great dinner too!! I met a lot of great creaters.

Bristol Comicon organizers were very kind and sweet people. I would love to go back there next year!

I just came back from the DFC launch party in London. The location was fantastic! The building of the party is located right in front of a river and I could see a beautiful London view.

So first I went to see editors fo TITAN publishing company. They carry licensed art works(Sponge Bob, Transformer etc). Also they publish graphic novels too. So it was a nice meeting with them! They're very sweet and nice people. I'm so glad to meet them! We're talking about my side business illustration works a lot!

Then I went to DFC launch party. This new UK kids comic magazine will be out on May 30th. If you google DFC, you can find it.
And this magazine will be only online subscription! So anybody from anywhere can buy it. I'm going to start running a story from September. I'll add my story on my website pretty soon. It will be very cute and goofy 10 years old girl, Nara and her mean little princess cat, Peach. I used my cat as a model. Her name is Boo and she's 20 years old! Oh my God!!
Anywhooo this is a weekly magazine and every page is color! You will see my a whole color "Peach de Punch" story!

Tomorrrow I'm going to go back to NYC! I'm excited and miss London too. Once I arrive there, I have to do so so many things... I wrote a memo which I need to do and gives me a headache already><

It has been an amazing trip and I'm sure I'll be back'n London pretty soon!

Oh my God--- I had a great great day yesterday!
OK,,first. I had a meeting with a publisher in London. It went pretty well. So let's hope--- I think someday you'll find my books "Detective Jermain" in book stores in UK too!
I really love to talk to the editor. When I met him last year, I shared ideas of graphin novels with him instantely! And that's really really important!

And last night I went to see manman show in Cargo!!! Finally I gave Honus Honus the CD of Mong Hang which is my great music friend from Tokyo! I think manman will enjoy MongHang music world for sure.
Anyway their show was packed of course. I was there by myself and I notice that one guy in the crowd started touching my body!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Man! I tried to catch his arm, but he was too quick! So I got very scared and moved to the end of the room.
And I met a Japanese girl Toshi chan.
Manman totally rocked the show and I made a new friend. in the end everything was OK.
After their show, I talked to manman for a long time!
Wow.... I felt so so happy and excited. They're very sweet and fun people. I wish I could talk to them more or see their show in Europe more.
I bet they'll keep rocking Europe!! If you ever have a chance, please check out their show!

Yesterday afternoon I came back to London from Bristol comic convention.

I arrived at London the other day. It was a holiday here, so when I got Paddington station, I saw a lot of people were in a line for taxi. I was very tired and wanted to see my friends soon, so I took a BLACK CAB which rippied me off really really bad!!!!!!!!
They charged me twice as much as usual taxi. I had to yell at the driver, so he didn't care and then took off!!
I'm sooooooooooo stupid to get the cab.
Well at least I learned a lesson...right?

Tomorrow I'm going to visit random house office in Oxford! I have never been there before. It will be nice visit and meeting with them! I'll let you know what kind of meeting I'll have!

Even though I spent too much money on this stupid cab, the weather here is gorgeous and I'm happy!!