Articles Index

Interview: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Read an interview with manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, the creator of A Drifting Life and Good Bye. Tatsumi-sensei was the special guest at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009 and impressed fans with his forthright recollections of manga's early days, and his rapid-fire sketches. Tatsumi chatted with Adrian Tomine, and answered a few follow-up questions at the end of TCAF, recalling his times with Tezuka and how both manga legends inspired and competed with each other.

Interview: Nina Matsumoto
Read an interview with Canadian manga artist Nina Matsumoto, the creator of Yokaiden and the "Simpsonzu," a manga-style illustration of The Simpsons. Matsumoto talks about her creative process and the inspiration behind Yokaiden, an uncommonly funny supernatural adventure about a boy, some mischievous spirits and a quest to the land of the yokai, from Del Rey Manga.

Interview: Wendy Pini
Read an interview with Wendy Pini, the artist, author and creator of Elfquest and an erotic sci-fi webcomic, Masque of the Red Death . See what this veteran comics creator had to say about manga, movies, the comics industry, eroticism, and even the personal pain from her past that inspired Elfquest and Masque.

Q&A with Yoshitaka Amano
Read a Q&A session with legendary character designer, artist and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano from New York Anime Festival 2008. Find out why the artist behind Final Fantasy and Vampire Hunter D loves American superhero comics, how he straddles the worlds of fine art, video games and manga and his creative strategies that has made him one of the most successful illustrators in Japan.

Interview: Hiro Mashima
Read an interview with Japanese manga artist Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail and Rave Master. Mashima-sensei came to San Diego Comic-Con 2008 and showed off his upbeat personality and mischievous sense of humor that makes Fairy Tail one of the most fun and exciting manga debuts of 2008 from Del Rey Manga.

Interview: Tite Kubo
Read an interview with Japanese manga artist Tite Kubo, the creator of Bleach and Zombie Powder. Kubo-sensei came to San Diego Comic-Con 2008 and answered questions for his fans about Bleach, his creative process and how he creates the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki and the rest of the Soul Reapers, Arrancars, Hollows and Vizards who make Bleach one of the most exciting and addictive shonen manga series published in Shonen Jump magazine.

Interview: Surt Lim and Hirofumi Sugimoto
Read an interview with Japanese manga artist Hirofumi Sugimoto and American author Surt Lim, the co-creators of Kasumi, an original English shojo manga fantasy romance series published by Del Rey Manga. Kasumi gets transferred to an elite private school, but soon she discovers that she and a few of her classmates have special powers.

Interview: Yuna Kagesaki
Japanese manga artist Yuna Kagesaki made her first visit to an American anime convention at Sakura-Con 2008. At two panel appearances, Kagesaki-[i]sensei[/i] answered questions from moderators and from her fans in the audience. See what she had to say about her life as a manga-ka, the Chibi Vampire manga and anime, her impressions of her American fans and her plans for her next projects.

Interview: Madeleine Rosca
With the latest volume of her award-winning global manga series due in the stores, we interviewed Madeleine Rosca , the artist, author and creator of Hollow Fields. In our conversation, we talked about what inspired her to create her steampunk adventure story and the low-down on what it's like to be a manga artist from Down Under.