Rockingraven Studios will be exhibiting and presenting on Haida manwha to a group of Korean publishers at the Korean Foundation Cultural Center in August. This event is hosted by the Korean Ministry of Culture. Associated interviews with a newspaper, illustration magazine and Arirang TV are scheduled.
August 2, 2005 in Seoul a showing of the six Expo canvases
images from Japan manga battle 2005
Here is an image of KAMI and myself. It captures the tension and activity, the dance of creating before live audiences. The stunning image is provided by manga sister RELAXMAX from Osaka.
While visiting the Aichi Prefecture Ceramic Museum near Toyota City I created and gave them this fish design to freely use on their ceramics.
The Museum is an amazing place to view their extensive collection of ceramics from around the world, some pieces are 3,000 years old. They also had a large show of Picasso pottery. What impressed me the most was their hospitality as they welcomed us into studios where we were encouraged to paint on a ceramic dish. The ground ochre pigment paint they prepared were especially lovely to work with on earthen ware surfaces.
Thank you to the staff and teachers at the Aichi Ceramic Museum.
Here is where the Manga battle took place.
FYI the original old Converse “Chuck Taylor” sneakers I am wearing are 20 years old and are worth $500 in Nagoya!
One of the great mangaka talents-
I drew him while he presented at the 2005 Angouleme festival,
On April 15th 10,000 copies of the latest Haida comic will roll off the presses in the Mecca of Manga, Japan. The book contains writings by a number of environmental leaders including Dr David Suzuki, CW Nicol, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and Severn Suzuki. Go to the Links page and find Haida Manga in Japan for links to our Japanese partners. As of yesterday April 13 presales had already reached 5,000 copies.
Just like the link says in May 2005, Rockingraven flies west from Xaadlagwaayaa to the land of Japan. http://www.expo2005canada.gc.ca/en/cultural_program.html.
Also in May be looking out for the release of our latest title, in Japanese and maybe English. The story of one Hummingbird. Print run: 10,000 copies. Watch for a link to our Japanese publishers.