This year’s International Comics Festival (Kaigai Manga Festa) in Tokyo was bigger than ever! Plenty of familiar faces from past years gave it a sense of community (long sought by many foreign comics creators feeling rather isolated in Japan), but there were plenty of new faces, too, many of whom flew in from Europe and North America to be here. Tim once again procured a media pass and went booth-to-booth gathering interviews! Photos and Web links for all interviewees are below.
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2:10 | John Gehron (USA) | Pilot Theory |
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3:39 | Ian M (Canada) | SquareComix |
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4:47 | Graeme McNee (Scotland) | GraemeMcNee.com |
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7:15 | Abby Denson (USA) | Dolltopia |
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8:40 | Yuutan (Japan) | Yocchi’s Forgetfulness |
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10:34 | Sakki | Crow Tengu Siblings Bedtime Stories |
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12:28 | Question No. 6 | Cat and Spy, Dr. Who variant covers |
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15:04 | Adam Pasion (USA) | Big Ugly Robot Press |
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18:31 | Natalie Andrewson (USA) | Mamuana |
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21:31 | Alex Mamo (USA) | Fields of Wings |
24:18 | Elaine Tipping (USA) | Princess Retribution |
25:45 | CocoNatalie (UK) | Quiet |
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28:18 | Foo Swee Chin (Singapore) | Nihon lah |
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29:30 | Ren Ishibashi (Japan) | Lily’s Restaurant; Dream |
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33:16 | Pinoy Komiks (Philippines) | Pinoy Komiks |
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37:09 | Andrew Griffith (USA) | Transformers |
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38:54 | Victor Edison (USA) | Life in Japan |
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40:54 | Jillian Tamaki (Canada) | This One Summer |
![]() Listen to Jillian’s Deconstructing Comics interview in 2009!
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43:54 | Mary Huang (Canada) | Now Recharging |
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45:02 | Chris Butcher | Toronto Comic Arts Festival |
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51:00 | Steven and Katie Shanahan | Silly Kingdom |
(Canada) | Katie Shanahan | |
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