Some of you might have seen me recently at AmeCon, Leicester, 8-10 Aug '08 and at the Manga/Anime Art Exhibition, Richmond, 15-16 Aug '08, or at Alcon, Leicester, 5-7 Sept '08. Apologies if I missed you, you know how busy these things can get ^_^.
Look out for Comic Book Tattoo (Tales inspired from Tori Amos), published by Image comics. It is an anthology of comic shorts inspired by her song lyrics. I collaborated with my sister, Stephanie Leong, to produce the chapter on "Siren".
The Once Upon a Time... graphic novel is going to press! Yay!!! Please look out for it, I'm so so proud of this book, I really worked hard on improving it and chapter 5 represents some of my best work to date. I will make more announcements once I have some pages ready to preview and once it is available for sale.
I've just finished work on another set of children's books for Hachettes' I, Hero series of choose-your-own-adventure books, Pirate Gold is about Privateers in Tudor Times and you get to play a Victorian detective in Save the Empire! Previous titles include Vikings, Greek Mythology, WWII Spies and Roman Gladiators. Not fun to draw, but pretty fun to play!
I am also working on a very cute romantic comedy which will release straight to GN format, called Love Stuffing, to be published with Sweatdrop. Hoping to get this out around about London Expo in October.
And look out for a new comic from me called Decravia's Diary, published online with Taymai - this free online/interactive magazine also has many other comics for kids, including cartoons like Roobarb & Custard, etc.
The Manga Life Series, a collaboration between the self help publisher Infinite Ideas and Sweatdrop Studios, were officially released earlier this year. The first two titles Be Creative and Find True Love are available to buy from most bookstores. The next two titles are still work in progress.
The Manchester URBIS Manga Exhibition How Manga Took over the World is running until 21 Sept '08. I created the mascot Umeko, she is seen throughout the exhibition in different styles and poses to match the various themes. If you missed it, no worries - the exhibition is likely to go on tour throughout the UK next year!
My webcomic Aya.Takeo is now at 79 pages - this is a webcomic that is published every Sunday, in full colour at www.ayatakeo.com, going since April 2007. The E-shop offers lots of collectibles and if you're based in the US, you can order some funky custom keyboards. Hoping to offer UK versions soon...
For direct links to all the products/events mentioned, visit my official website:
http://fyredrake.net/
