tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63876225752441266042024-03-14T10:56:43.130+01:00Natalia BatistaNatalia Batista is a Swedish manga artist and teacher at the Comic Art School in Malmö, Sweden. NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-86956401145699740602018-07-24T00:43:00.001+02:002018-07-24T01:21:08.919+02:00AvestaArt + ny bok!Nu ännu ett inlägg på svenska, för mina läsare på hemmaplan! <br />
Här har det varit tyst, men inte för att jag legat på latsidan (ni som följt bloggen vet att jag nog inte ens har en latsida). Jag har varvat husbyggande med serieevent (rapporter ligger på lut, de dyker upp här snart!) och bokbyggande (mer om det nedan). Alla delar peppande, utmanande men även stundsvis utmattande. Så här kommer en liten uppdatering jag önskat att jag hunnit göra tidigare.<br />
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I våras besökte jag Verket i Avesta för att vara med och hänga upp mina egna serieverk som del av deras årliga konstutställning <a href="http://verket.se/avesta-art-18/" target="_blank"><b>AvestaArt</b></a>. Mitt i den gamla järnbruksbyggnaden hänger nu mina seriesidor och visas mina videor när jag ritar! Så häftigt!<br />
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man tuschar och ritar. Arbetshörna i förgrunden som visar upp hur man<br />
kan jobba med ljusbord (släckt för fotot). Samt stor fondvägg med Amaltea! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">En fotovägg där man kan ta <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi9H9y2FcWI/?taken-at=447003573" target="_blank">egna katt-selfies</a> med Ville och Vanilj!</td></tr>
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Jag kände mig hedrad att få vara en av de 13 konstnärer från hela världen som ställer ut på Verket mellan den 19 maj och 16 september. Det känns som en stor grej, inte bara då jag är en serietecknare (serier ses inte i allas ögon som tillräckligt fin konst att den ska få ställas ut), utan även faktumet att jag som mangatecknare får ställa ut mina verk. Mangastilen jag har upplever jag stöter bort en del inom konstkretsar som antingen ser den som för mainstream eller "kopierad" (då de inte förstår att manga är en bred konstform med olika uttryck) eller att den ses som smutsig populärkultur. Men teamet bakom AvestaArt verkar istället sett min stil och mina verk som en tillgång, som kan locka andra grupper till Verket och skapa nya möten. Det uppskattar jag mycket! Tack!<br />
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Passa på om ni är i trakten och åk till Avesta för att se hela utställningen, den är så imponernande! Hänger fram till den 16 september och jag kommer komma förbi innan den tas ner för att hålla mangakurser, för skolklasser och eventuellt för allmänhet också.<br />
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Nu lite kort om en annan sak jag jobbat frenetiskt med hela våren och under sommaren:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bokus.com/cgi-bin/product_search.cgi?series=Nosebleed%20Studio%20l%E4r%20dig%20teckna%20manga" target="_blank"><b>Nosebleed Studio lär dig teckna manga </b></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bokus.com/cgi-bin/product_search.cgi?series=Nosebleed%20Studio%20l%E4r%20dig%20teckna%20manga" target="_blank"><b><span class="st">–</span> Serieskapande! </b></a></span></h2>
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Vår efterlänktade uppföljare till Karaktärsdesign-boken vi gjorde 2017, och denna bok är dessutom nästan 100 sidor tjockare! Vi går igenom ALLT grundläggande för att skapa egen manga, från idé och manus till teckning, tuschning, rastrering, textning och sist men inte minst publicering! Om du drömmer om att bli en mangatecknare så är detta boken för dig!<br />
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Vi är så stolta att vi lyckades göra klart denna bok. Ända upp till dagarna innan tryck lade vi till saker i den, det var ju så mycket vi ville ha med! Vi i Nosebleed Studio har ju jobbat professionellt men manga i mer än 10 år, vilket blir totalt över 50 års erfarenheter som vi ville ha ned på papper. Otroligt svårt, men jag tror vi lyckades, med en del hjälp från våra testläsare som gav ovärderlig feedback på skisserna.<br />
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Boken släpps på NärCon Sommar i helgen, med försläppsfirande på torsdagen kl. 18-19, då den säljs med 10% rabatt (org. pris 299 kr vid våra bord). Ska du till NärCon så kan jag lova att du inte vill missa detta!<br />
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Missa inte heller våra andra event på NärCon Sommar:<br />
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Fredag 13:00-14:00 i Workshop-salen<br />
<b>Teckna manga med Nosebleed Studio</b><br />
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Fredag 17:00-18:30 i Artist Alley<br />
<b>Gratis Chibi-porträtt!</b><br />
Regler: Man kan anmäla sig när som under torsdagen och fredagen
genom att skriva sitt namn på en liten lapp och stoppa den i en låda vid
Nosebleed Studios bord i Artist Alley. 17.00 lottar vi fram 15 lyckliga
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Lördag 14:30-15:30 i Workshop-salen<br />
<b>Visa dina serier och bilder för Nosebleed Studio!</b><br />
Ta med de
bilder och serier du vill få feedback på, antingen i en pärm eller på
din platta/mobil. Du kommer få råd i hur du kan utveckla din stil, vad
du ska träna på, hur du kan utveckla dina serier och svar på dina frågor
kring hur man blir mangateckare. Se till att vara i tid, det kan bli
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Sist men inte minst, så har min kära kollega <b>Åsa Ekström</b> <span class="st">–</span> som arbetar som mangatecknare i Japan och gett ut böcker på löpande band, medverkat i utställningar, media och publiceringar i tidningar i mangans hemland (fantastiskt!) <span class="st">– börjat blogga på sin japanska blogg om olika svenska mangainspirerade tecknade serier för att lyfta fram oss för hennes japanska läsare, och hon gjorde två inlägg med Nosebleed Studios böcker (<a href="https://ameblo.jp/hokuoujoshi/" target="_blank">bl.a. en med min Mjau!</a>)!! Så otroligt snällt av henne, och hedrande att få en så fin liten text om sin serie, på japanska~</span><br />
<span class="st">Gå in och kika om ni vill träna på er japanska, eller använd Google Översätt för att hänga med, hihi. </span><br />
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<span class="st">Åsas egna serier är bl.a. <a href="https://www.sfbok.se/produkt/sayonara-september-del-2-98670" target="_blank"><i>Sayonara September</i></a> (en av mina egna favoriter bland svensk manga) och </span><span class="st"><i><a href="https://www.sfbok.se/produkt/nordiska-tjejen-asa-upptacker-japans-mysterier-vol-1-142613" target="_blank">Hokuō jyoshi Åsa ga mitsuketa Nihon no fushigi</a> </i>(den serie böcker hon gjort i Japan som blivit en stor hit där!). Kolla in dem! </span><br />
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TL;DR: Urhunden suger och borde kraftigt reformeras eller läggas ner.<br />
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Igår steg jag upp på Studionscenen på SIS i Kulturhuset i Stockholm och rev sönder det diplom som hade mitt namn och gavs till mig för nominering (för tredje året i rad) till Unghunden för främjande av barn och ungdomsserier. Min handling följs här av en förklaring och mitt officiella statement.<br />
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Urhunden, som delas ut av en autonom jury med kopplingar till Seriefrämjandet, har existerat sedan 90-talet. Den tituleras av en del som "Sveriges främsta seriepris" men är ett skamfullt skämt till sådant, vars funktion söndrar seriekommunityt och bygger onödig rivalitet mellan grupper i vår bransch som inte borde se varandra som konkurrenter.<br />
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Vi är många som länge kännt att detta pris är en fars, som inte ser eller bekräftar de ansträngningar vi gör och de verk vi skapar enbart för att vi inte valt en naivistisk teckningsstil eller ett självbiografiskt tema. Inget ont om de som gör, jag är själv ett stort fan, men då Urhundens jury med år av allt för lika val av pristagare gjort det hela till en enkel gissningslek så har priset snarare skapat en likriktning i såväl utgivning som det som av en hel del utanför seriemarknaden uppfattas som "svenska serier". Exempel: den katalog som Kulturrådet producerade till Angoulême-mässan 2015, vilken uteslutande valt ut ett axplock av Galagos tecknare som representanter för Sveriges hela seriekultur. Och vi alla vet ju att det är en grav missrepresentation.<br />
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Det som varje år viskas i de kretsar jag hänger i bland serieskapare med fiktion, fantastik, skräck, komedi som genrer och semirealism eller manga som stilistiska manér, är att det åter igen var " the usual suspects" som fick nomineringar och pris. Även om några av oss med jämna mellanrum får medverka i nomineringslistorna så vet vi att loppet är redan vunnet av den där självbiografiska serien om en problemfylld barndom.<br />
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Förstå mig rätt, jag uppskattar dessa serier. Inga av de som vunnit Urhunden har inte förtjänat priset. Men att ställa deras mot en fantasy- eller skräckserie eller en komisk manga är som att jämföra äpplen med gurkor. Det är absurt. Att dessutom en liten klick personer ska bedömma detta helt på egen smak är rätt så förlegat och elitistiskt. I min mening känns juryn som en grupp personer som nästan uteslutande är äldre seriefantaster som inte själva skapar serier och därför vill hålla sig i svängen och behålla lite makt över en bransch i kraftig föryngringsprocess (med tanke på att det idag på de olika serieskolorna i landet examineras ca 70-100 nya unga tecknare varje år!).<br />
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Det hela resulterar i ett pris som känns överflödigt och irrelevant för majoriteten av Seriesverige. Ett pris som bara ett fåtal har något personligt intresse i, där en liten jury och några få tecknare och förläggare likt apor plockar varandras loppor, medan vi andra står och tittar på och känner oss lite äcklade av denna nepotistiska dans. Och utanför allt, i verkligheten, existerar ändå inte ens priset i vanliga människors medvetande över huvud taget. Trots sina dryga 30 år på nacken är priset i stort sett okänt utanför den lilla elitistiska serieklicken som högtidligt tystnar när juryn på scen presenterar sin favvislista.<br />
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Sedan har vi alltså Unghunden. Priset för insatser för barn- och ungdomsserier. Detta pris är alltså inte till ett verk, utan ges till en person, som därefter är diskad från alla andra priser så vida hen inte börjar göra naivistiskt ritade och självbiografiska serier eller något annat av det snäva seriefokus som juryn har. Det är ett "här får du ett pris, sen får du aldrig mer något pris"-pris, hur mycket fantastiskt man än gör. Exempel: Johan Unenge, som fick Unghunden på 90-talet och gjort så mycket för barnserierna sedan dess. (Tack, Johan, för din passion!) Att Unghunden inte utvecklats till ett pris där specifika barn- och ungdomsserieverk får nomineringar och priser (var för sig såklart) visar på att intresset (eller kompetensen) inom juryn inte legat i att främja barnserier över huvud taget. Som förläggare finns det ju knappt någon morrot, bara lite tråkig blast i form av en möjlig nominering eller pris, som sedan följs av att ens fortsatta ansträngningar efter mottaget diplom ignoreras.<br />
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Om man tar sig en titt på de som fått pris och nominerats till pris för bästa originalsvenska serieverk sedan starten (över 100 titlar), är det ett annat pinsamt faktum som görs klart; endast ett par titlar av kreatörer med icke nordeuropeiska namn. Som "andra generationens invandrare" känner jag att detta är en tydlig signal i sig. En signal som verkligen inte hjälper att varken bredda och diversifiera seriebranschen eller att skapa en inbjudande och uppskattande miljö för de av oss som inte heter -sson eller -qvist. Nu sitter nog juryn och himlar med ögonen och suckar att etnicitet ska ju inte påverka kvalitétsgranskningen. Men se, där stöter vi på ett problem. Om detta pris nu ska vara ett av landets viktigaste seriepriser, så måste det också ta sitt ansvar. I en så vit bransch som våran är etnicitet visst det otroligt viktigt i vad som premieras, lyfts fram och ges uppskattning. Vill vi ha en Zlatan-effekt i vår bransch så måste vi låta "invandrarkids" vara med och sparka boll. Och det görs bäst genom att priser som Urhunden lyfter fram sådana kreatörer och uppmärksammar förlagen på att det finns poäng att tjäna in på att inte bara ge ut vita personers berättelser.<br />
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Kontentan av detta kritiska blogginlägg är att jag (och flera av mina vänner) önskar se förändring omgående. Antingen en kraftig reformering av hela priset, eller lägg ner skiten. Kanske börja om på nytt? Dags att Seriefrämjandet släpper sin hand från detta elitistiska projekt och startar ett nytt pris med helt andra premisser: fler kategorier (inklusive separata priser för barnserier och ungdomsserier så att dessa börjar blomstra igen!). Och speciellt då priset faktiskt inte ger några prispengar borde inte antalet prisvinnare spela någon som helst roll. Utöver det måste juryn förändras, breddas och utökas så att den bättre representerar alla delar av vår otroligt breda seriekultur. Kanske även omröstningar som är vägledande eller lyfter ett verk, så att läsarnas röster också får höras.<br />
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Eller döp om Urhunden till "Självbiografiska seriepriset", så är vi nöjda. Men kom inte och påstå att det i sin nuvarande form på något sätt är rättvist eller rimligt.NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-55511436373482490822018-04-13T21:15:00.000+02:002018-04-19T10:29:14.853+02:00Report from Leipzig Manga-Comic-Con 2018<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Some weeks ago, I visited one of Germany's biggest comics event, <a href="http://www.manga-comic-con.de/" target="_blank">Leipzig Manga-Comic-Con</a>, which has since a couple of years ago been a part of the huuuge <a href="http://www.leipziger-buchmesse.de/" target="_blank">Leipzig Book Fair</a> in the middle/end of March. The German manga scene has grown steadily for the past two decades and dominates the comics part of the fair. Here's my report from the event and as always I include some cool artists I met there and tips for you who might think of going there to sell your own comics and art!</div>
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The comics and manga part was in one of the five halls. The rest is the book fair...!</div>
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Inbetween the halls was a glass hallway which was so big I bet you could fit a commercial airline in there, or two. This was where a lot of the food courts where and naturally the cosplayers too because of the sunlight, good for photos!</div>
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Now I want to show you the German manga publishers. Lets start with the three biggest: <b><a href="https://www.carlsen.de/manga" target="_blank">Carlsen Manga</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.egmont-manga.de/" target="_blank">Egmont Manga</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.tokyopop.de/" target="_blank">Tokyopop</a></b>. </div>
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These three manga publishers is behind the majority of the manga that is published in Germany. All of them also have their own German manga artists, whom are seen as an asset to their publishers as they have their own big fanbases and the publishers own the International rights and can sell licenses for their mangas. This was clearly show as both Egmont Manga showed of <a href="http://www.niloo.club/" target="_blank">Niloo</a>'s debut manga <a href="https://www.egmont-manga.de/buch/mein-erstes-mal-01-schmetterlinge-im-bauch/" target="_blank"><i>Mein erste Mal</i></a> and Tokyopop showed off <a href="https://www.tokyopop.de/sophie-schoenhammer-anna-backhausen/" target="_blank">Anna Backhausen and Sophie Shönhammer</a>'s manga <i><a href="https://www.tokyopop.de/manga/tokyopop-manga/boys-love/sternensammler/" target="_blank">Sternen sammler</a></i>. </div>
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Two publishers with roots in other countries that has established themselves on the German manga market: <b><a href="https://www.paninishop.de/serie/comics-alben" target="_blank">Panini Comics</a></b> from Italy and <b><a href="https://www.kaze-online.de/Programm/Manga/" target="_blank">Kazé Manga</a></b> from France. </div>
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Both of these only publish imported Japanese manga and don't publish German artists, yet. Panini Comics also publishes other comics besides manga.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Among the newer publishers are <b><a href="https://www.pyramond.de/" target="_blank">Pyramond</a></b>, focusing on Non-Japanese manga and comics by Non-Japanese artists but with a Japanese aesthetical inspiration, and it is going very well! </span>Another proof that that the German manga market have matured enough so that the prejudice about who can and can not make manga is irrelevant.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Pyramond is also my publisher of my mangas <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> and <i>Mjau!</i>. </span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></div>
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<span class="aboutme-realname n fn" itemprop="name"><a href="https://nayght-tsuki.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Désirée Kunstmann</a> </span>and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/NanaYaa" target="_blank">Nana Yaa</a>, two amazing manga artists mostly self-publishing but also published with publishers. Désirée at Delfinium Prints and Nana at Tokyopop. Nana is also part of the American Tokyopop initiative<i> <a href="https://www.tokyopop.com/womenofmanga/" target="_blank">"International Women of Manga"</a></i> that I'm also a part of.</div>
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<a href="https://ckjohnson.jimdo.com/" target="_blank">CKJohnson</a> and <a href="https://kleine-mondbucht.jimdo.com/" target="_blank">Sabrina Ehnert</a>, two super talented illustrators. Sabrina's children's book <span id="goog_1908067168"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><i>Friedwalds grose Reise<span id="goog_1908067169"></span></i></a> was of course in my bag on the way home. Signed. </div>
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The twins <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gin.zarbo/?hl=de" target="_blank">Gin Zarbo</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ban_zarbo/?hl=de" target="_blank">Ban Zarbo</a>, super cool and skilled manga artists and also part of Tokyopop's <i>"International Women of Manga"</i> with Nana and I.</div>
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German-Japanese <a href="https://mikiko.art/" target="_blank">Mikiko Ponczeck</a>, now living in London (I met her at last years London Comic Con too). She makes a living drawing manga full time, partly thanks to her <a href="https://tapas.io/Mikiko/series" target="_blank">webcomics on Tapas</a>. </div>
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One part of the fair is called <a href="http://www.manga-comic-con.de/mcckreativ/" target="_blank">MCC Kreativ</a>, and this is their Artist Alley. A bit cheaper than a booth.</div>
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One of the super cool artists I met in the MCC Kreativ is <a href="http://pearsfears.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">PearsFears</a>, who also make webcomics. Mostly BL, which is super popular in Germany, so she was not alone. </div>
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In the middle of the comics and manga part of Leipzig MCC, this stage was the drinking spot for everyone thirsty for the news withing the German manga scene. Publishers had booked time slots on stage and presented their newest books.</div>
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My publisher Christian Allmann presenting the upcoming titles at Pyramond, among others my own kitten manga <i>Mjau!.</i></div>
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Going back to Germany is for me like meeting relatives that lives far away. This is my second big event in the country since <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2015/08/convention-report-from-dokomi-in.html" target="_blank">DoKomi in 2015</a> and I have made so many friends online since then that I was elated to meet in person. Some of them have become really close friends like <a href="http://www.chasm-project.com/" target="_blank">Marika Herzog</a>, whom joined me for the Italian event <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/12/report-from-fumettopolis.html" target="_blank">FumettoPolis last year</a>.</div>
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Some artists I have mostly admired on a distance, like <a href="https://www.reyhansartwork.com/" target="_blank">Reyhan Yildirim</a>, one of my "artist-crushes". This time I was brave enough to talk to her and got one of her mangas signed. Yaaay!!</div>
To be able to meet all these amazing and kind artists that I have followed for so many years, and to hang out with them in the evenings too, it was a dream come true! ❤<br />
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Last but not least, this event was the pre-release of <i>Sword Princess Amaltea vol. 1</i> in Germany, and thus marks another step in my career. I signed so many books (thank you everyone for buying it!!) and feel so honored to be part of this flourishing and high-quality manga scene.</div>
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Besides the snow storms covering the city in an almost Arctic aura, this trip was a well needed boost for me as a Swedish manga artist and fan. In Sweden, last year was the first year since the end of the 90'ies where no Japanese manga was published in Sweden. No publishers dare to put in the effort anymore. I could write a whole blog entry about it, but in short; the editors at the big comic publishers in Sweden are either not interested or not knowledged enough to do the job. Plus the kids here are too good at reading English (and the American manga distributors reach us well). So for me, seeing how the German publishers put money and time into manga, and get rewarded likewise, makes me both happy and envious. They prove that manga was not just a fad. Maybe this is where the Swedish manga publishers would have been if they wouldn't have given up that easily.<br />
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Last but not least, here's my tips for you who want to go sell at Leipzig MCC (based on my experiences of the fair):<br />
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<li>Book the tables waaaay in advance. The MCC Kreative seemed to have some issues with tables going fast or something, which was partly why so many artists had their own booths. </li>
<li>Book hotels and traveling tickets early too. I went by train, which was not as awefull as some seem to think. Took 10 hours from Sweden but I only payed 200 euro for the tickets (both ways included). </li>
<li>Fanart was apparently an issue, I heard, they discuss how much should be allowed. Check the rules before you apply, if you are a fanartist. </li>
<li>Manga, webstyles and fiction or funny cartoons seemed to be the dominating part of the artists selling, so that might be something to keep in mind.</li>
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NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-45630119202321415912018-03-25T18:35:00.000+02:002018-03-25T18:35:47.918+02:002018 - My Year Of Global BreakthroughEvery year, I usually make a blog entry about what my coming year should be all about. Like a view ahead. I try to make these blog entries early in the year, but this time, my year have already been so hectic that I did not have time until now to do it.... So, here goes!<br />
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I also used to do New Year's resolutions, but have stopped doing it, because I learned that I sometimes have a hard time controlling what will happend to my time, when opportunities sometimes litteraly gets dropped from the sky and I just have to catch them.<br />
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My previous "My Year Of"-blog entries can be found here (some of them in Swedish):<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2009/01/2009-ret-d-allt-ska-hnda.html" target="_blank">2009</a> - Året då allt ska hända!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2010/01/2010-aret-da-allt-kommer-att-handa.html" target="_blank">2010</a> - Året då allt kommer att hända!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2011/01/2011-men-var-lite-stolt-for-fan.html" target="_blank">2011</a> - Men var lite stolt för fan!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2012/01/2012-year-of-new-beginnigs.html">2012</a> - The year of new beginings!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2013/01/2013-lets-draw.html">2013</a> - Let's draw!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2014/01/2014-year-of-reaping-fruits.html">2014</a> - A year of reaping the fruits<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2015/01/2015-year-of-new-challanges.html">2015</a> - The year of new challanges!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2016/02/2016-time-to-evolve.html" target="_blank">2016</a> - Time to evolve!<br />
<a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/02/2017-my-year-of-fullfilling-dreams.html" target="_blank">2017</a> - My year of fulfilling my dreams<br />
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This year will be epic, both career-wise and personally. I am sure I will remember 2018. Here's why:<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Career: </b></span><br />My mangas <a href="http://natalia.batista.se/Mjau/index.html" target="_blank"><b><i>Mjau!</i></b></a> and <a href="http://natalia.batista.se/spa/" target="_blank"><b><i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i></b></a> will be released in 4 countries (USA, Germany, Italy and Czech Republic) all through the year. I will be travelling a lot and visiting events in each country to promote the mangas.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Personally: </b></span><br />My bf and I will build our own house, by hand. More info and photos to come... </li>
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The German and Italian versions of <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> is already out! Here's the German one:<br />
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Thus, my year will be filled with travelling, bulding, travelling, building, travelling... and even more building!<br />
This is my plan:<br />
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<i><b>April:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan (the comic art school where I teach every week) while demo-ing the old house.<br />
Finish a short comic for an anthology project, while working on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgl0aJxnnhD/?hl=sv&taken-by=nosebleedstudio" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio's upcoming second "how to make manga"-book</a>. <br />
✿<b> 27th of April:</b> Sell books with Nosebleed Studio at <a href="https://j-popcon.dk/da/" target="_blank">J-popCon</a> in Denmark. <br />
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<i><b>May:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while finishing the demo of the house and start preparing the base. <br />
Release my watercolor manga <a href="http://www.rabensjogren.se/bocker/171949-sjojungfrun-minna" target="_blank">Sjöjungfrun Minna</a> and the free manga magazine <i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/every_girl_is_a_hero/" target="_blank">Every Girl Is A Hero</a></i> at Stockholm International Comics Festival (more about the project in an upcoming blog entry), plus working on Nosebleed Studio's "how to draw manga"-book. <br />
✿ <b>5-6th of May:</b> Sell books with Nosebleed Studio at <a href="http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Bibliotek/Serieteket/Evenemang/2018/Stockholms-Internationella-Seriefestival-2018/">Stockholm International Comics Festival</a> in Stockholm, Sweden. <br />
✿ <b>10-11th of May: </b>Sell books with Nosebleed Studio at <a href="https://www.kodachi.se/book/kodachicon2018">KodachiCon</a> in Lund, Sweden. <br />
✿ <b>17-20th of May:</b> Sign books at Zanir's booth at <a href="https://www.animefest.cz/">AnimeFest</a> in Brno, Czech Republic.<br />
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<i><b>June:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while finishing the base of the house and hopefully start with the wodden frame. <br />
Some more work on Nosebleed Studio's "how to make manga"-book. <br />
✿ <b>19-20th of June: </b>Visit Armenia to do workshops as part of the Every Girl Is A Hero-project.<br />
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<i><b>July:</b></i><br />
Summer break for classes at Serieskolan, so we will work full time with the house. Hopefully finishing the wooden frame, and possibly the roof too.<br />
Hopefully releasing the Nosebleed Studio "how to make manga"-book at NärCon Sommar. <br />
✿ <b>5-8th of July:</b> Sign books at Tokyopop's booth at <a href="http://www.anime-expo.org/">Anime Expo</a> in Los Angeles, USA.<br />
✿ <b>26-29th of July: </b>Sell at <a href="http://portal.narcon.se/">NärCon Sommar</a> in Linköping, Sweden.<br />
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<i><b>August:</b></i><br />
Summer break still, but school starts at the end of the month so we will try to work as much as possible with the house. Hopefully finishing the roof AND the walls with exterior siding and all. <br />
✿ <b>3-5th of August:</b> Sign books at Pyramond's booth at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnimagiC.de/">Animagic</a> in Mannheim, Germany.<br />
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<i><b>September:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while hopefully start work on the inside of the house, starting with the clay floors.<br />
✿ <b>27-30th September:</b> Sell books with Nosebleed Studio at <a href="http://www.bokmassan.se/">Gothenburg Book Fair</a> in Göteborg, Sweden. <br />
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<i><b>October:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while working on the inside of the house; interior walls and bathroom.<br />
Maybe some spare time to start working on some future projects... <br />
✿ <b>31st Oct - 4th Nov:</b> Visiting <a href="https://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/lcg/home/">Lucca Comics & Games</a> in Lucca, Italy.<br />
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<i><b>November:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while working on the inside of the house; bathroom and kitchen.<br />
Maybe some spare time to start working on some future projects...<br />
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<i><b>December:</b></i><br />
Part time work at Serieskolan while working on the inside of the house; the rest... Hopefully moving in before New Years Eve, but I think it will take some more weeks, maybe even until February 2019.<br />
Maybe some spare time to start working on some future projects... <br />
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So, as you can see, I have my whole year planned out for me! I love this! I am that kind of person, who likes knowing what I will be doing not just a week or a month from now, but preferably a year from now! I think it's partly because I am a storyteller, and good storytelling is all about planning. Without a plan, you can't fore-shadow things or make a good dramaturgy for the whole story. That is why I make these posts; it's like writing a story <span class="st">–</span> the story of my own life.<br />
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Let's finish this wall-of-text-entry with the cover design for the Every Girl Is A Hero-magazine I'm going to release in May. More info soon!<br />
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Btw, this is my tenth year blogging, yaaay! <br />
I posted my first blog entry back in August 20th 2008. So I will try to make some special entry here on that date.<br />
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NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-12847750259484772222018-02-18T21:12:00.000+01:002018-02-18T21:12:03.538+01:002017 - In retrospect I usually make a summary of the past year, but since I now use mostly my instagram (or at least more than I blog) I will make this summary even more summarized than normal. If you want more details, check out my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nataliasmanga/" target="_blank">instagram</a>.<br />
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So, here's some important things I did 2017:<br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Visited a bunch of comic conventions!</b></span> <br />(links to my blog reports):<br />23-26th of February: <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/04/rapport-fran-narcon-vinter-och.html" target="_blank"><b>NärCon Vinter</b></a> (Linköping, Sweden)<br />1-2nd of April: <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/04/rapport-fran-narcon-vinter-och.html" target="_blank"><b>Malmö Seriefest</b></a> (Malmö, Sweden)<br />14-16th of April: <b>GothCon</b> (Göteborg, Sweden)<br />21-23th of April: <b>J-popCon</b> (Copenhagen, Denmark)<br />26-27th of May: <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/07/rapport-fran-nordsken.html" target="_blank"><b>Nordsken</b></a> (Skellefteå, Sweden)<br />27-30th of July: <b>NärCon Sommar</b> (Linköping, Sweden)<br />15-18th of September: <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/12/report-from-fumettopolis.html" target="_blank"><b>FumettoPolis</b></a> (Novara, Italy)<br />28th Sept - 1st Oct: <b>Göteborg Book Fair </b>(Göteborg, Sweden)<br />27-29th of October: <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2017/12/london-comic-con-2017-report.html" target="_blank"><b>MCM London Comic Con</b></a> (London, United Kingdom)<br />28th of December: <b>Mellandags-marknad!</b> (Panora, Malmö, Sweden) </li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Signed a bunch of International deals!</b></span><br />Not just one or two, I signed 6 International contracts for publishing deals for my mangas:<br /><br />
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<i><b>Sword Princess Amaltea</b></i> will be published as an omnibus by <a href="https://www.zanir.cz/tituly/amaltea" target="_blank">Zanir</a> in Czech in April 2018<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>Mjau! </b></i>and
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<i><b>Sword Princess Amaltea </b></i>was published by
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<i><b>Mjau! </b></i>will be published by <a href="http://www.phoenixdreamspublishing.com/" target="_blank">Phoenix Dreams Publishing</a> in the US in early Spring of 2018 and <i><b>Sword Princess Amaltea </b></i>will be published by <a href="https://www.tokyopop.com/" target="_blank">Tokyopop</a> in the US starting in June 2018.</li>
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So, in the end, I'm pretty satisfied with this year. Couldn't have asked for a better year, actually. This year was a year of travelling, a year of completion, a year of International recognition and a year of a lot of new friends! <br />
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And in my private life, big things have been happening as well... oh, what the heck, I'll tell you!<br />
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Me and my BF have <b>bought a house</b>! A tiny 50 square meter house that we will rebuild to our liking. All on our own. THIS HAS BEEN MY DREAM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME! It is finally coming true!<br />
<br />Here's a photo of the cottage right now. It will look totally different in a year or so, when we're done with it. I will keep you posted now and then, I promise. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's the bigger house in the back. The one in the front is a small <br />guest house in terrible shape, that needs to come down too. </td></tr>
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Thank you so much for reading!</div>
<br />NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-40514848508423457062017-12-30T21:01:00.002+01:002017-12-31T13:29:35.017+01:00London Comic Con 2017 Report! Hey everyone! Let's do an entry in English, for all my (possible) International readers!<br />
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I love doing these kinds of convention reports, both for my self (to remember what was good and not so good about them) but also to let other con goers and artists that might be interested in knowing a bit more about them.<br />
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So, here's a long overdue report from this year's London Comic Con, back in 27th-29th of October:<br />
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I had been trying to get here before, but the tables at the Comic Village (the comic artist part of the convention) is really, really diffucult to snatch (like at most big conventions nowadays). They release them in the begining of August and one table with one entrace ticket costs £80 (very fair price for an event with over 100 000 visitors!). <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Comic Village, pre opening. </td></tr>
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I was a little scared to go alone, so I brought two comic creator friends called Sam and Nora, who call them selves <a href="http://www.studiodhuppi.com/" target="_blank">Studio Dhuppi</a> and make the LGBTQ comic <a href="https://tapas.io/series/ComeQUEER" target="_blank"><i>Come Queer With Me</i></a>. Check them out! <br />
My boyfriend also tagged along and helped me out a whole lot, plus was a great travel companion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Sam at our table in the Comic Village.</td></tr>
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My issue with not going before was that I did not have any new comics in
English that I could sell. But since Mjau! was Kickstarted with Phoenix
Dreams Publishing the month before, we could do a quick print run of 50
exclusive "pre release" books, that I could sell at the con!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My side of the table! I sold <i><a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studios-10-years-jubilee-anthology/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology</a></i>!</td></tr>
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The convention was huuuge. This is a photo of just one part of one of the spacious halls filled to the brink with nerdy stores, companies, studios and asian fast food restaurants.<br />
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And here's some photos from the Comic Village! There was soo many tables there. Rows and rows and rows with fantastic artists, creations and projects! <br />
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One thing I actually am a big fan of is the fact that Comic Village has a
ban on selling fanart. So all the se tables was original artworks!
Compared to any other con, where the Artist Alley usually overflows of
often unlicensed fanart and many times stolen trademarked logos etc.,
this was such a breath of fresh air for the artist community. Instead of
competing with fanart (which because of the original characters being
Internaional franchizes with huge PR budgets, that some fanart seller is
leaching upon) we where actually on equal playing field!<br />
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Don't
get me wrong. I love fanart that are made to show the original creator
you love their works, or made as part of a fanart competition held by
the original artist. But selling it? No. Unless the original artist
and copyright holder have given you their written permission to profit
from something they have worked hard on to build up, then that fanart
seller is a thief. That's my honest opinion. So the Comic Village rule
of banning fanart is in my mind the most legal and fair way to organize
such an event.<br />
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Let's "meet" some of the artists at the con! <br />
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Two artists that caught my eye was <a href="https://dungeoncrunch.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tom Oliver</a> and <a href="http://claudetc.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Claude TC</a> because I really liked both their styles and themes; fantasy and comedy! Go check them out! Plus awesome fancy prints~<br />
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These three amazing artists travelled far, just like we did, for this con! They are <a href="https://tapas.io/series/Humor-me" target="_blank">Marvin</a>, <a href="https://tapas.io/series/The-Old-House-on-Lewis-Street" target="_blank">Mrion</a> and <a href="https://tapas.io/series/Backdoor" target="_blank">BLOP</a> from France! Just jaw-dropping art and interesting stories, from historical to fantasy to slice-of-life.<br />
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Last but not least,I really liked <a href="https://studiodanbaku.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dan Scarlett</a>'s style, a bit of manga mixed with more animation-ish styles, if you know what I mean. <br />
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As always, these trips makes perfect "date-trips" for me and my bf too (because when you date a workaholic like me, you have to live with all date-trips being partly work!). So we crammed in some tourism too, and just like <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2012/10/new-york-comic-con-report.html" target="_blank">when we went to New York to visit Comic Con</a>, we make sure we check out some dinosaur sceletons while traveling. National History Museum and Brittish Museum made the trip perfect!<br />
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All in all, London Comic Con was just as amazing as I expected. Not as big as New York Comic Con (but still HUGE) but in some ways I liked this trip more. Probably because I had a table this time, I love experiencing a con from sitting at an artist table selling. And it was great being at a con and actually being able to speak to the buyers that come up to your table (not like when I visited <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2015/08/convention-report-from-dokomi-in.html" target="_blank">DoKomi</a> in Germany, my German is terrible), and network a lot with other artists!<br />
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Sam, Nora and I also got to be interviewed by the UK culture website <a href="https://thepanoptic.co.uk/2017/11/02/mcm-comic-con-art-indie-publishing/" target="_blank">The Panoptic</a>. Check out the interview, where we talked about why we decided to come to London Comic Con, about self-publishing and working with publishers. <br />
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Here's some tips for you who would like to sell at London Comic Con in October one day:<br />
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<li>Make sure to get a table in the Comic Village (this is the hardest part!). Keep your eyes at their Twitter account in the end of July/beginning of August. Remember to also book extra tickets when booking the table if you are more than one artist at the table. </li>
<li>Book flight tickets and hotels waaaaay in advance, they are hard to catch the last weeks before the event. And get the Oyster Card for the subway as soon as you arrive in the city.</li>
<li>If you travel far, by plane, you might want to ship your books/merch instead of carrying it in your bags. We asked the hotel and got to ship the books to them, they were so kind to take them in and we could pick them up when checking in.</li>
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So I highly recommend this con for anyone who wants to go sell at a comic convention in the UK!<br />
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Thanks for reading!NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-12121080319328883132017-12-29T20:39:00.000+01:002017-12-29T20:39:39.000+01:00Report from FumettoPolis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The 14-18th of September this year, I returned to Italy and my newfound and old manga friends there, as I was invited to the comic festival <b>FumettoPolis</b> in Novara. Big thanks to the amazing <a href="https://ilpuci.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"><b>Daniele Rudoni</b></a>, organizer of <a href="https://fumettopolis.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">FumettoPolis</a> and one of the heads behind <a href="http://www.indieversus.com/" target="_blank">IndieVersus</a>, an online platform for artists an fans to meet. </div>
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<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/demoniacalchild/" target="_blank">Marika Herzog</a></b> from Germany, the creator of <a href="http://www.chasm-project.com/home.html?L=1" target="_blank">CHASM</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Demon-Lord-Camio-Marika-Herzog/dp/3770480422" target="_blank">Demon Lord Camio</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://maarialaurinen.com/" target="_blank"><b>Maaria Laurinen</b></a> from Finland, the creator of <a href="http://phantomlandcomic.com/" target="_blank">Phantomland</a>.<br />
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<b>Fillis</b> and <b>Rafael</b> from <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/" target="_blank"><b>Mangatellers</b></a> from Greece, the creators of <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/run.html" target="_blank">RUN</a> and <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/wifi-wars.html" target="_blank">Wi Fi Wars</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Novara is a beautiful city situated close to Milan in the north of Italy. <br />
The town is historic and the houses so inspiring and pretty!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All through town, you could see these advertisements for the festival.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The festival took place in the castle in the middle of the city!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the castle, the comic market was held in this long hallway. <br />
So cool to be standing in this historical building and selling <br />
modern comic art, like a fantastic mix of old and new~</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They also held a special area open for live painting! <br />
So the artists, both invited and exhibitors, could sit down and show <br />
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of her main characters from Phantomland.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me while live painting. Wacom supported this event <br />
with great hardware with all our favourite programs avaliable, <br />
so we could paint just like at home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Together with the other invited manga artists, I also participated <br />
in this panel on stage, where we talked about the working conditions of <br />
European manga artists, the view on manga in our countries and much more.<br />
It was also livestreamed for the IndieVersus viesers, I think. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> Now let me introduce you to some of the exhibitors!</i></b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I met these lovely artists, <b>Elena</b> (<a href="http://ofride.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Ofride</a>) and <b><a href="http://www.misshall.net/" target="_blank">Giulia Adragna</a></b> <br />
back in October 2016 at Lucca Comics&Games. They are so kind and talented!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though a lot of the artists where clearly had inspirations from manga <br />
and/or online comics, there where also other kinds of comics represented, <br />
like this horror comic project <a href="http://www.thenoisecomicbook.it/" target="_blank">The NOISE</a> by Pietro Gandolfi. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KyodaiManga/" target="_blank">Kyōdai Manga</a> </b>is a manga artist collective just like <br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/NosebleedStudio" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio</a> (my group here in Sweden)! <br />
So cool to see others also forming these kinds of collectives <br />
to help each other out, it is a great way to get things done and <br />
keep up the work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.edizioninupress.com/" target="_blank">NuPress</a></b> is another such collective, but with many more members and they also produce<br />
a magazine/anthology called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NuName.comics/" target="_blank">NuName</a> regularly with their members works. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This jawdropping comic,<a href="https://lacalacadeazucar.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> La Calaca de Azucar</a>, by Cristina Guidetti <br />
and Eleonora Gatta is a fairly new work, which will be online and in print I think. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tatailab.com/" target="_blank"><b>TataiLab</b></a> is an awesome gang of artists and creators that make <br />
impressive comic projects and print them in luxurious hardcovers. <br />
I am always amazed by what new things they put out!</td></tr>
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The festival also included an exhibition of the works of us invited International guests. Both high-quality prints of our manga pages, as well as a life size cut out stand of our characters. </div>
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To be able to take a photo next to your own character like this is
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comic artists do... haha!<br />
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What was also super cool was the fact I got to hold this baby in my hands:<br />
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Ett inlägg delat av <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nataliasmanga/" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" target="_blank"> Natalia Batista, mangaka</a> (@nataliasmanga) <time datetime="2017-11-14T14:32:08+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">14 Nov 2017 kl. 6:32 PST</time></div>
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<br />I am greateful to <a href="https://www.kasaobake.it/#" target="_blank"><b>Kasaobake</b></a>'s chief editor and publisher Elena Toma who decided to take a chance on <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> and print it! First book is out and second soon to come~<br /><br />
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All in all, the festival was not as huge as i.e. <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2016/11/report-fron-lucca-comics-games.html" target="_blank">Lucca Comics&Games</a>, but even better; the focus was on the artists and the networking, and this seemed to be why so many artists attended. Not the stress and pressure of a huge event with high costs for the exhibitors, more of a friendly, cozy environment where new friendships can be made. <br /><br />So I highly recommend this event to other artists who wants to go to an Italian comic event!<br /><br />Thank you for reading!</div>
NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-33919720302551347312017-12-13T21:22:00.000+01:002017-12-13T21:33:05.107+01:00EVEN MORE BIG NEWS!Let's do this in English, because this will be about the future International publishing deals of my mangas!<br />
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My latest entry was actually 3 months ago... WOW! This is probably one of the longest pauses I have done on this blog. You who follow me on Instagram have seen that this pause has not been because I did not do manga <span class="st">– </span>on the contrary! So this blog entry will be a summary of my past 3 months, and all the amazing things that have happened!<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">14th-18th of September:</span> Attended <b>FumettoPolis</b> in Novara, Italy and released book 1 of Sword Princess Amaltea in Italian (I will do a separate report about this in some days).<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">28th of September to 1st of October:</span> Attended the <b>Gothenburg Book Fair</b>, which by now have become one of my "must-vists" of the year, partly due to this year yet again getting the honorable assignment to interview an invited comic artist from Brazil, on behaf of the Brazilian Embassy. This year it was <a href="http://www.marycagnin.com/" target="_blank">Mary Cagnin</a>, and amazing artist with such a jawdropping skills in water coloring! Check out her tutorials!<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">1st-31st of October:</span> I did the <b>Inktober</b> challange again, and gave away the artworks as always. Third year in a row, and I did not miss one day! You can find all of them on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nataliasmanga/" target="_blank">instagram</a> but here's one of my favourites:<br />
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Ett inlägg delat av Natalia Batista, mangaka (@nataliasmanga) <time datetime="2017-10-06T20:33:12+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Okt 6, 2017 kl. 1:33 PDT</time></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">5th of October:</span> I finally annouced this; my manga Sword Princess Amaltea will be released in the US by <a href="https://www.tokyopop.com/" target="_blank"><b>Tokyopop</b></a>!! AAAAAAAHH!! *faints*
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Ett inlägg delat av Natalia Batista, mangaka (@nataliasmanga) <time datetime="2017-10-05T19:08:36+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Okt 5, 2017 kl. 12:08 PDT</time></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">26th-31st of October: </span>Travelled to London, UK, and attended <b>London Comic Con</b>, to sell my mangas in the Comic Village section (I will do a separate report about this in some days).<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">3rd, 11th and 18th of November:</span> Held signings sessions and <b>play tests with the <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/sword-princess/" target="_blank">Sword Princess RPG</a> </b>book at three locations in Sweden; Kulturhuset in Stockholm and the nerdy bookstore SF-bokhandeln in Malmö and Gothenburg. It went well and we had some fun moments with the fans.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">19th of November:</span> I could finally annouce another great news; both my mangas Sword Princess Amaltea and Mjau! will be published by <a href="https://www.pyramond.de/" target="_blank"><b>PYRAMOND</b></a> in Germany! AAAAAAHH!! *faints again*<br />
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Ett inlägg delat av Natalia Batista, mangaka (@nataliasmanga) <time datetime="2017-11-19T19:39:08+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Nov 19, 2017 kl. 11:39 PST</time></div>
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During all this time, I also finished painting my <b>mermaid water color manga</b> and gave it to a company who scan them professionally. I got them back this week and will be doing the lettering (digitally) and prepare it for print before the deadline in the beginning of January. A lot of work!<br />
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I also held a whole bunch of <b>manga workshops</b> all over; in Malmö, Stockholm, Mariestad, Knivsta and Arlöv. It's a bit tiring with all the travelling (I probably wasted about 50 hours on just travelling to and from workshops during this Fall), but I forget that when I'm finally there, doing the workshop. I wish I could just teleport myself to and from the workshops, haha... <br />
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In November, I did a press release about the RPG book and ended up in several local news papers, like <a href="http://lund.lokaltidningen.se/nyheter/2017-11-21/-Rollspel-v%C3%A4nder-p%C3%A5-k%C3%B6nsmaktsordningen-393894.html" target="_blank">Lokaltidningen Lund</a>, <a href="http://malmo.lokaltidningen.se/nyheter/2017-11-22/-Rollspel-v%C3%A4nder-p%C3%A5-k%C3%B6nsmaktsordningen-395387.html" target="_blank">Lokaltidningen Malmö</a>, <a href="https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-11-22/starka-kvinnor-tar-plats-i-serierna" target="_blank">Sydsvenskan</a>, <a href="https://tidningenhalla.se/lund/#arkiv" target="_blank">Hallå Lund</a> and <a href="http://www.fria.nu/artikel/132015" target="_blank">Fria Tidningen</a>. <br />
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Also, I am part of the group of comic artist that will organize the annual comic fanzine festival <a href="http://seriefest.blogspot.se/" target="_blank"><b>Malmö Seriefest</b></a>, and this will be our 4th year in a row! It will be held on the 3rd-4th of March 2018 and the tables (which we give out for free to artists) was filled up in less than one minute when we released them last week! WOW! I am so glad to feel that what I was part of initiating now have become something so desireable! We will have more than 150 comic artists represented, so don't miss it if you're able to get here!<br />
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This coming 2 months will be intense, tho. I have to:<br />
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<li>Prepare the pages of my mermaid manga <i>Sjöjungfrun Minna</i> for print <br />DEADLINE: 8th of January</li>
<li>Do the book keeping for Nosebleed Studio!<br />DEADLINE: 29th of December</li>
<li>Prepare the pages of <i>Sword Princess Amaltea </i>vol 1 for PYRAMOND. <br />DEADLINE: Sometime in December</li>
<li>Prepare the originals and other perks for the backers of the <i>Mjau! English Collection Kickstarter</i>.<br />DEADLINE: Early January at the latest!</li>
<li>Prepare the release of a HUGE SECRET PROJECT that will be my focus of 2018 and 2019!<br />DEADLINE: Early January.</li>
<li>Draw a 30 page short story manga as part of the project <i>Every Girl Is A Hero </i>(more about that in a later blog entry) <br />DEADLINE: 31st of January or mid February at the latest!</li>
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How will I survive, you might ask? Well, as always, I have my master level skill: <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Dicipline!!</b> </span><br />
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So, now I better get back to my work!<br />
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Last but not least, don't miss out on our December Sale at <a href="http://www.nosebleed-studio.com/" target="_blank"><b>Nosebleed Studio</b></a>! Or click on the image below to get there~<br />
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My mangas are reaching out into the world! I've signed <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> with <a href="https://www.kasaobake.it/" target="_blank"><b>Kasaobake</b></a> in Italy and <a href="https://www.zanir.cz/" target="_blank"><b>Zanir</b></a> in the Czech Republic, and am right now <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phoenixdreamspublish/mjau-manga-collection/" target="_blank">crowdfunding</a> <i>Mjau!</i> with my American publisher <a href="http://www.phoenixdreamspublishing.com/" target="_blank"><b>Phoenix Dreams Publishing</b></a>. AMAZING!!<br />
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To check off so many publishing deals this year is even making me feel motion sickness, haha. No, just kidding, I'm super happy! I have been working hard for these deals, and will work even harder to make then fruitfull. I'm planing trips to all these countries to promote my books. Signing the publishing deals is just the beginning...!<br />
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The first trip is already this week end! Thanks to my dear friend <b><a href="https://ilpuci.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Daniele Rudoni</a></b> who is a professional Italian comic artist, comics teacher and organizer of the event <a href="https://fumettopolis.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>FumettoPolis</b></a> in Novara, close to Milan. I am invited to FumettoPolis, together with four other amazing European manga creators:<br />
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<b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/demoniacalchild/" target="_blank">Marika Herzog</a></b> from Germany, the creator of <a href="http://www.chasm-project.com/home.html?L=1" target="_blank">CHASM</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Demon-Lord-Camio-Marika-Herzog/dp/3770480422" target="_blank">Demon Lord Camio</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://maarialaurinen.com/" target="_blank"><b>Maaria Laurinen</b></a> from Finland, the creator of <a href="http://phantomlandcomic.com/" target="_blank">Phantomland</a>.<br />
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<b>Fillis</b> and <b>Rafael</b> from <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/" target="_blank"><b>Mangatellers</b></a> from Greece, the creators of <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/run.html" target="_blank">RUN</a> and <a href="http://www.mangatellers.gr/wifi-wars.html" target="_blank">Wi Fi Wars</a>.<br />
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An amazing representation for European Manga, don't you agree? I am so glad to be part of this gang of talented manga creators, and as I know all of them personally I can ensure they are all great people too! It will be fun meeting them again in person this week end! ❤ <br />
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Organized by Daniele and two manga publishers in Italy, Kasaobake and Mangasenpai, one work each by us guests is also being published in this beautiful collection, with cover art by Maaria and Marika:<br />
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It's really inconceivable to think that all these great mangas are made here, in Europe. I remember about 10-15 years ago, when people said "you're not making real manga, you are not as good as the Japanese artists". That's as far from reality right now as physically possible. The non-Japanese manga artists I know are so friggin talented and experienced right now, it's impossible to call them other than professional. And there's mostly the smaller and newer publishers that seem to be the only ones recognizing this... <br />
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☆☆☆ Volume 1 of Sword Princess Amaltea, in Italian!! ☆☆☆</div>
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I am so amazed!! Can't wait to hold it in my hands! I'll have to make a longer blogpost later about this Italian journey for Amaltea, because it startet way back in 2014, or even earlier, when I got published in <a href="http://doraetosmanga.altervista.org/" target="_blank">Doraetos Manga</a>. To reach this point, with the series being in print i one of the biggest comics nations in the world... it's incredible!<br />
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At the event, I will participate in the following:<br />
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Selling the <i><b>Comic2Bite</b></i> anthology and other works at the <b>International Booth</b> at FumettoPolis.<br />
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Singing <b><i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i></b> at <b>Kasaobake's booth</b>.<br />
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<b>Saturday 11:30: </b>Panel about Sword Princess Amaltea on stage, with me and my publisher Kasaobake.<br />
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<b>Saturday 15:00:</b> Live drawing on a Cintiq in the Performance Area.<br />
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<b>Sunday 16:00:</b> Panel about Comic2Bite with all the invited guests.<br />
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If any of you readers are coming, please stop by and say hi, and get yourself a copy of my mangas!<br />
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NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-6277068638362616472017-07-21T17:11:00.000+02:002017-07-21T17:11:20.559+02:00NärCon Sommar nästa vecka!!Wiiii!! Årets största svenska mangakonvent, NärCon Sommar, går av stapeln nästa vecka!<br />
Nosebleed Studio ska såklart dit, och vi har skapat ett Facebook-event för det, med alla våra happenings uppradade. De finns även med i NärCon-appen!<br />
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Och hålla följande happenings:<br />
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<span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Release av boken<i> Nosebleed Studio reser i den svenska historien</i></b></span></span><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><b>Plats:</b> Nosebleed Studios bord i NärCreative<br /> <b>Tid: </b>Torsdag 27 juli kl.17.30-19.30</span></span> </span><br />
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NärCreative och släpper sin nya mangabok! Den innehåller tre berättelser
på temat svensk historia och resande, om häxprocesserna på 1600-talet,
utvandringen till Amerika på 1800-talet och de finska krigsbarnen på
1930-talet. Allt i högklassiga mangastilar av de bästa mangatecknarna i
Sverige. Boken släpps på NärCon och studion h<span class="text_exposed_show">åller
releasetal och bjuder på läsk och godis på torsdagen 17.00-19.00. Alla
som köper boken under detta event får dessutom 10% rabatt och såklart
fina signeringar i böckerna.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Teckna Manga Workshop: Karaktärsdesign med Elise Rosberg </b></span></span></span><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show">Nosebleed Studio har gett ut en ny lär-dig-teckna-manga-bok med ett
inkluderande perspektiv. I den får du lära dig skapa dina egna figurer,
med varierade kroppsformer, etniciteter, funktionsvariationer, åldrar
och könsidentiteter. Elise Rosberg från Nosebleed Studio lär ut steg för
steg hur du skapar din egen unika mangakaraktär. Ta med egna pennor och
papper.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Manus-workshop med Natalia Batista</b></span></span></span><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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få ner det hela på papper? Serietecknaren Natalia Batista, medlem i
svenska mangakollektivet Nosebleed Studio, har arbetat med att göra
serier och lära ut serieskapande i 10 år. Hon ger matnyttiga trix och
tips under en praktisk workshop, där du får skapa ditt eget manus. Ta
med egna pennor och papper, samt alla bra idéerna i ditt huvud!<br /><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gratis Chibi-porträtt!</b></span></span></span><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><span class="text_exposed_show"><b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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ett väldigt populärt event så kom i god tid om du vill få en chans att
bli avritad av riktiga proffs!</span></span><br />
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NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-16780538224356725132017-07-10T23:15:00.000+02:002017-07-10T23:15:05.718+02:00Nosebleed Studio reser i den svenska historien!Nu är den äntligen på väg! Nosebleed Studios nästa antologi, med svensk historia och resande som tema. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Omslaget är ett samarbete mellan Joakim Waller och mig: <br />Jag skissade, han tecknade och färglade, jag layoutade och gjorde loggan.</td></tr>
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Det är till denna bok som jag slitit med min senaste manga, Adjö
Sverige, en 42 sidors berättelse om 15-åriga Selma Augusta Ankarberg som reste
över Atlanten med sin syster Christina och hennes make Carl-Philip i
mars 1881. <br />
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Allt det är sant. Selma existerade, hennes syster och deras familj
också. Och de reste över Atlanten, på riktigt. Allt detta researchade
jag så gott det kunde, jag lade säkert över 80 timmar på research om
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Jag har också jobbat med dialekt, för jag vill att man känner att det hela utspelar sig i Östergötland på 1800-talet (utan att det skulle bli helt oläsligt). Det var inte det lättaste, men jag bad om lite hjälp i facebook-gruppen <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/617212651639641/" target="_blank">Nätverk för serieskapare</a> (som jag f.ö. är grundare av, idag en av de främsta facebookgrupperna för svenska serieskapare, kan varmt rekommendera den för dig som vill få mer kontakt med andra serieskapare på facebook).<br />
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Detta är min första helt historiska serie, där jag gjorde grundliga efterforskningar och letade bilder som en galning. Det var frustrerande, stundvis plågsamt så, men också så spännande. Ju mer jag grävde desto djupare fick jag en bild av Selma. Av att hitta hennes historia fick jag en bild av en ung kvinna som fått lära sig att rå om sig själv. En tjej med skinn på näsan. Så tolkade jag i alla fall henne. <br />
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Att skapa historiska serier är något helt nytt för mig. Istället för att skapa något från inget handlar det snarare om att lägga bitarna på plats utifrån den fakta man funnit. Det är nästan lite som att gå baklänges. Även om det är ett annorlunda arbetssätt så tycker jag om utmaningen. Jag kan nästan lova att detta inte blir den sista historiska serien jag kommer göra!<br />
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Boken släpper vi även som e-bok på engelska, och till den ska jag finurla lite på den engelska översättningen... Den måste ju också utstråla viss historisk och lantlig karaktär. Jag ska få lite hjälp med detta av två amerikanska facebook-vänner. Detta är en sida innan jag ändrat engelskan. Den känns inte rätt, att Selmas far talar med så ren engelska, han är ju en enkel man. <br />
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Teckningsmässigt ville jag arbeta med mina favoritmaterial: stålstift och mangapapper. Den är tuschad med Tachikawa Maru-pen och Pilot-tusch på I-C Inc mangapapper i format B4.<br />
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Under hela processen har jag lagt upp bilder på min instagram, samt även några små filmer när jag tuschar:<br />
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Boken släpper vi till <b>NärCon Sommar</b> i slutet av juli, men vi håller just nu en tävling där man kan vinna ett exemplar av boken!<br />
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bild eller skriva en text på temat "resande i svensk historia". Du får
tolka temat precis hur du vill, från bokstavligt till mer abstrakt. Det
måste vara på svenska och barnvänligt.<br /> <br /> Ladda upp din bild eller text på instagram eller facebook med hashtagen <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/nosebleedstudioreser">#NosebleedStudioreser</a>.<br /> Det får vara max 1 bild per person, och max 1500 tecken för text-bidrag. <b>Deadlinen är den 15 juli.</b><br /> <br />
Vi kommer att utse 3 vinnare som vinner en varsin gratis bok. Vi kommer
även göra reklam för vinnarna genom att posta deras bidrag på våra
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Missa inte chansen att vinna ditt eget exemplar av vår bok! Just nu är det inte så många som laddat upp bilder och texter, så chanserna är mycket goda!NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-70341821065062663032017-07-03T00:09:00.000+02:002017-07-03T00:18:54.620+02:00Rapport från NordskenHoppla, här har det varit tyst ett tag nu (ja, så inleder jag nästan varje blogginlägg, jag vet). Som vanligt har jag varit för upptagen med att skapa serier för att hinna med bloggen <span class="st">–</span> mer om det i nästa blogginlägg som kommer om en vecka (typ...).<br />
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Nu tänkte jag rapportera lite från<b> Nordsken 2017 </b>som jag besökte i slutet av maj. Jag blev inbjuden som en av de officiella gästerna, ett hedrande erbjudande jag inte kunde tacka nej till! <br />
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Jag passade först på att hålla en mangaworkshop på Skellefteå bibliotek, vilken praktiskt nog låg dörr i dörr med hotellet där jag bodde. Det var en välbesökt workshop med flitiga deltagare!<br />
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Såhär ser tavlan ut efter en av mina 2 h mangaworkshops.</td></tr>
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Förutom att jag fick göra affischen (se förra blogginlägget) för
årets Nordsken så fick jag även resan betald och höll diverse framträdanden (så som speldemo av <i><a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/sword-princess/" target="_blank">Sword Princess</a></i>)
och signeringar. Bl.a. satt jag i panelsamtal med <b>Johan Wanloo </b>och <b>Kim W Andersson</b> (båda seriemästare med gedigna karriärer!) samt i samtal med <b>Tomas Härenstam</b> från <a href="http://frialigan.se/" target="_blank">Fria Ligan</a> om att utveckla rollspel, modererad av <b>Johan Kimrin</b> från <a href="http://shop.apartforlag.se/" target="_blank">Apart förlag</a>. Två bra samtal med mycket lärdomar för publiken såväl som för mig!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">På mässan fanns massa kul att hitta på, <br />
bland annat ett helt rum med flipperspel och arkadmaskiner!</td></tr>
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Mässan var otroligt stor! Över 10 000 besökare och ett fantastiskt varierat mässgolv, såväl som flera våningar och rum med aktiviteter. Deras artist alley var visserligen ganska liten och tyvärr lite ouppmärksammad och undangömd kände jag, men det kan vara för att detta var första gången de var i dessa lokalerna så saker har nog inte riktigt kommit till sin rätta ännu.<br />
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De hade dessutom sin egen in-house tv-studio! Så ballt! Helt uppstyrt av gymnasieelever som studerar tv och film. Jag fick vara med i en av deras sändingar:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kyaaah! En av mina hemliga idoler Alvaro Tapia hade utställning!!</td></tr>
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Det var mycket som var superkul och coolt med Nordsken 2017, men det som ändå måste ha tagit hem priset för mig var att Alvaro Tapia, illustratören till de svenska Harry Potter-bokomslagen (f.ö. de snyggaste i hela välden!) och en av mina personliga husgudar, hade en utsällning och var på plats själv där! OCH JAG FICK TRÄFFA HONOM!! <br />
Här är beviset:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jag, Johan Linder (projektledare för Nordsken), <br />
Ola Skogäng (lärare på <a href="http://www.medlefors.se/utbildning-berattande-och-serietecknande/" target="_blank">Medelfors serietecknarutbildning</a>) med bäbis <br />
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Inte bara är Alvaro Tapia <span class="st">–</span> som f.ö. var svår att få en autograf av för han hade inga formella signeringstider utan man kunde oftast hitta honom signerandes lite var stans på mässan <span class="st">–</span> en mycket trevlig och rolig person att snacka med, utan dessutom är han från Lund precis som jag!! Vi stod och snackade om stadsdelarna och att växa upp i stan, så ballt!! Jag var en lycklig fangirl!<br />
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Efter en smockfull med produktiv vår kom sommaren med välförtjänad tid för nöjen. Ett par veckor efter Nordsken tog Serieskolans läsår slut, tårar föll och kramar utdelades. Dagen efter drog jag och sambon till Sweden Rock och lyssnade på metal! Så firar man att semestern har startat!<br />
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🌟 Tack för att du läste! 🌟<br />
Nästa inlägg kommer handla om mina serier, jag lovar!!</div>
NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-8709137375522782952017-05-18T17:25:00.000+02:002017-05-18T17:31:11.993+02:00Jag kommer till Nordsken!Nästa helg kommer jag till spelmässan Nordsken i Skellefteå, på Kraft Arena!<br />
Jag har fått den stora äran att vara inbjuden gäst i år, och fick även lova att göra den officiella affisch- och annonsbilden för årets mässa. Såhär blev den:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puuh! Det var ett ordentligt jobb, men jag blev rätt så nöjd till slut! <br />
Första gången jag testade på att seriöst göra ett 5-punktsperspektiv. <br />
Vet inte om jag lyckades helt men nöjd är jag!</td></tr>
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Jag kommer såklart ha med mig den nya rollspelsboken Sword Princess, som utspelar sig i Amalteas matriarkaliska värld. Vill du testa på den så missa inte speldemot på fredagen, det är begränsat antal platser.<br />
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Här kan ni se mitt schema:<br />
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Och såhär snygg ser boken ut!<br />
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Jag kommer även hålla en <a href="https://bibliotek.skelleftea.se/web/arena/detail-calendar?p_auth=YvqBLeal&p_p_id=articleDetail_WAR_arenaportlets&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-3&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=5&p_r_p_687834046_facet_queries=&_articleDetail_WAR_arenaportlets_back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbibliotek.skelleftea.se%2Fweb%2Farena%2Fwelcome%3Fp_auth%3DYvqBLeal%26p_p_id%3DlistArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets%26p_p_lifecycle%3D1%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-3%26p_p_col_pos%3D2%26p_p_col_count%3D5%26_listArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets_facet_queries%3D%26_listArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets_search_item_no%3D4%26_listArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets_sort_advice%3Dfield%253DEventStartDate%2526direction%253DAscending%26_listArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets_search_type%3Dsolr%26_listArticleView_WAR_arenaportlets_search_query%3Dcontent_type%253AKalender&p_r_p_687834046_search_item_no=4&p_r_p_687834046_sort_advice=field%3DEventStartDate%26direction%3DAscending&p_r_p_687834046_search_item_id=8ade8d9c-5b8a2317-015b-a523ff65-026e%3AArticle%3A0&p_r_p_687834046_search_type=solr&p_r_p_687834046_search_query=content_type%3AKalender" target="_blank">workshop i mangateckning på Skellefteå bibliotek</a> på fredag morgon, 10-12. Det är begränsat antal platser så se till att komma i god tid eller boka er plats i förväg om ni vill vara med!<br />
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Jag kommer även ha signeringar och sitta på scen med andra serieskapare och berätta om vad jag pysslar med just ny, om rollspelet och om Amaltea bland annat.<br />
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<b> Fredag 26 maj:</b><br />
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13:00 – 14:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Signering</b><span style="font-size: small;"> (Nordskens signeringsbord)</span></span><br />
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15:20 – 15:50<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Föreläsning på Nordskenkonferensen</b></span> (OBS! Endast för konferensdeltagare)<br />
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16:30 – 18:00<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://nordsken.se/activities/speldemo-av-sword-princess" target="_blank">Speldemo</a> av Sword Princess </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Rum Serieskolan, vån 2, nummer 10)</span></span><br />
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<b>Lördag 27 maj:</b><br />
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11:00 – 27/5 12:00<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://nordsken.se/activities/seriesnack" target="_blank">Seriesnack</a> tillsammans med Johan Wanloo och Kim W Andresson</span></b> (Föreläsningsscenen, vån 2)<br />
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27/5 12:00 – 27/5 13:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Signering</b><span style="font-size: small;"> (Nordskens signeringsbord)</span></span><br />
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27/5 15:00 – 27/5 16:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://nordsken.se/activities/vaelbekant-men-med-en-twist" target="_blank">Rollspelssnack</a> tillsammans med Fria Ligan</b></span> (Föreläsningsscenen, vån 2)<br />
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27/5 16:00 – 27/5 18:00<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Signering</b><span style="font-size: small;"> (Nordskens signeringsbord)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jag kommer ha med mina böcker till salu på signeringsbordet och under slutet av speldemot. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">☼ Hoppas vi ses på Nordsken! ☼</span></span></div>
NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-13759966560116076642017-04-09T20:45:00.000+02:002017-04-11T17:38:48.217+02:00Rapport från NärCon Vinter och Seriefest + Inför GothCon och J-popConOjoj, va segt det har varit att försöka skriva! Eller ja, jag har varit MEGAupptagen!<br />
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Så, låt oss börja med en återblick...<br />
Detta har hänt:<br />
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(Linköping, 23-26 februari)<br />
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Jag hade bord med mina vänner i <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio</a>, och vi fick en superbra plats i korridoren så alla såg oss! Vi höll två mycket välbesökta workshops (båda med över 30-40 deltagare!) och ett superpoppis chibiporträtt-event... Så poppis att vi tyvärr fick avbryta det för att våra händer värkte och det var över 50 pers kvar i kön. Kön startade faktiskt redan 1,5 h innan eventet skulle startat!! Wow!<br />
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Här är några av de lyckliga som fick sig ett gratis chibiporträtt!<br />
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Vi hade även en Karaktärsdesignstävling och fick in lite drygt 15 bidrag! Wow! Vinnarna utlyste vi på plats och via vår Instagram, de vann varsitt exemplar av vår teckningsbok <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studio-lar-dig-teckna-manga-karaktarsdesign/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio lär dig rita manga! — Karaktärsdesign</a>:<br />
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Men något av det bästa med NärCon Vinter var ändå detta: <br />
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Helt fantastiskt att få se någon cosplaya ens karaktär!! Jag har sett ett antal cosplaya mina mangakaraktärer men det är alltid så smickrande, hedrande och underbart varje gång! Tack!!<br />
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Efter NärCon Vinter var det måla, måla, måla som gällde! Jag hann göra flera uppdateringar på min instagram, bl.a. lite videor som denna:<br />
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<script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>Jag stressade som tusan för att jag var hundra procent säker på att jag inte skulle hinna till min deadline för min Sjöjungfru Minna-serie. Så stressad att jag hade svårt att sova och fick ont i kroppen... Så jag mailade min redaktör Fabian och bad om mer tid... varpå han svarar "Men vi flyttade ju deadlinen till i höst, med släpp våren 2018"... <br />
FATTA ATT JAG HÖLL PÅ ATT TRILLA AV STOLEN!<br />
Japp, som han skriver flyttade vi på deadlinen, men detta hade jag helt glömt bort!! Så jag har stressat helt i onödan!<br />
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Detta fick jag dessutom reda på i lagom tid innan Malmö Seriefest, som jag ju är med och arrangerar, så det passade perfekt. Snabbt bytte jag från serietecknarhatten till organisatörsmössan och lade all tid på att göra det så bra som möjligt. Därav den långa tystnaden på min Instagram. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Rapport från Malmö Seriefest</b></span><br />
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Så förra helgen gick festivalen av stapeln! Det var ett riktigt bra arrangemang tycker jag. Vi har växt i år, med stöd av Kultur Skåne och Malmö stadsbibliotek mer involverade. Biblioteket hade gjort festivalen till ett av sina huvudarrangemang (yay!!) så vi fick i år ta del av deras marknadsföringskanaler genom att vi syntes på annonspelarna i stan. Dessutom kontaktade företaget som har hand om skärmarna på bussar och tåg i regionen oss och bad om foton och info, så där syntes vi också!<br />
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Våra medarrangörer vad ABF som stod för ansökan till Region Skåne samt Seriefrämjandet som fixade vår ena gäst Max Gustafson. Den andra gästen Liv Strömqvist fixade vi. Utöver dem var dem mängder med aktiviteter i hela biblioteket samt fansinmarknaden som flyttat upp i Ljusets kalender och växt med 50% sedan förra året:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liv föreläser i Slottet i Malmö stadsbibliotek, Malmö Seriefest 2017.</td></tr>
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Totalt besökte 1200 personer Malmö Seriefest 2017, vilket också är en markant ökning från förra årets 700. Året innan dess var 500 så vi ökar stadigt och exponentiellt! <br />
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Det var också en del medieuppmärksamhet på festivalen: <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://24malmo.se/2017/04/01/stor-seriemassa-i-malmo/" target="_blank">24 Malmö | Stor seriemässa i Malmö</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-04-01/malmos-egen-seriefest-vaxer-sig-storre-for-varje-ar" target="_blank">Sydsvenskan | Malmös egen seriefest växer sig större för varje år</a></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.skd.se/2017/04/02/seriefest-som-vaxer/" target="_blank">Skånska Dagbladet | Seriefest som växer</a></span></b><br />
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På plats var även Malmökanalen och intervjuade utställarna. Inslaget sändes på måndagen.<br />
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Detta är en av mina bäbisar! Jag älskar att organisera saker, och denna seriefestival växte ur ett behov men också en dröm och vision. Även om den kan växa mycket mer känner jag redan att den uppfyller den drömmen jag hade, en plats där fansinskapare och serietecknare av alla sorter kan mötas, visa upp sina verk och prata med varandra. Det hela går i rätt riktning!<br />
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Puuh, med det över kan jag andas ut. Men inte ligger jag på sofflocket och latar mig! Redan denna helg ska jag iväg till nästa event:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>GothCon</b></span><br />
(Göteborg, 14-16 april)<br />
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Spelkonventet <a href="http://www.gothcon.se/xli/" target="_blank">GothCon</a> har blivit ett av mina stammismål under årets konventstunré. I början var det bara för att hänga, spela brädspel och träffa vänner. På senare år har jag dock haft bord i Artist Alley och sålt där, med mycket gott resultat! Mangafans finns det där med, om än lite äldre än de på mangakonventen, och min fantasyserie <a href="http://www.swordprincessamaltea.com/" target="_blank">Sword Princess Amaltea</a> har gått mycket bra i denna krets.<br />
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Som jag skrivit om tidigare var det på förra årets GothCon som jag träffade Daniel från Saga Games, som direkt kände igen min serie för kollegans dotter är ett fan av den. Jag frågade om vi inte kunde göra ett rollspel ihop och direkt nappade han på det! Snabbspolar vi ett år fram så är vi idag klara med rollspelet, och släpper det på mässan i helgen!<br />
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Om du är i Göteborg eller kanske t.o.m. på GothCon, missa då inte våra signeringar och speldemo i N-huset på fredag och lördag! Gratis inträde~<br />
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Vi fixade ett <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1748758595415329/" target="_blank">facebook-event</a> för det hela också, så klicka att du kommer, vetja'! <br />
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Som jag längtar efter att hålla i rollspelsboken!! Jag har inte ens fått se den! XD<br />
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Helgen efter det blir det ännu ett event...<br />
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(Köpenhamn, 21-23 april)<br />
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<a href="https://j-popcon.dk/en/" target="_blank">J-popCon</a> är ett manga- och Cosplay-konvent i Köpenhamn, ett av Nosebleed Studios favoritevent på året (vi besöker det varje år!).<br />
I år har vi med oss vår nya teckningsbok, och kommer hålla mangaworkshops:<br />
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<b>Lördag 22 april</b><br />
16.00 - 17.00 Manga Workshop: Character Design <br />
18.00 - 19.00 Manga Workshop: Body And Clothes<br />
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❤ Hoppas vi ses på något av eventen i april! ❤</div>
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För mig och Nosebleed Studio kommer det vara ett fullspäckat schema! <span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details">Vi kommer som vanligt ha alla våra böcker till salu vid vårt bord i
NärCreative, bl.a. vår supernya teckningshandbok <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studio-lar-dig-teckna-manga-karaktarsdesign/" target="_blank"><i>Nosebleed Studio lär dig teckna manga! — Karaktärsdesign</i></a>!! Den släpps först i butikerna och skickas först ut från vår hemsida efter 1:a mars, så detta är en smyg-för-försäljning, hehe!</span><br />
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Vi kommer även hålla fyra event på NärCon Vinter:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Nosebleed Studios Karaktärsdesigntävling!</b></span><br />
Ta chansen att delta i Nosebleed Studios Karaktärsdesigntävling! Lämna in en kopia (ej original!) av en bild som du ritat på din egen seriefigur eller karaktär senast 17.00 på fredagen. Vi kommer utse 3<br />
vinnare som får varsitt exemplar av vår nya bok <i>Nosebleed Studio lär dig teckna manga! <span class="_4n-j _3cht fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details">—</span> Karaktärsdesign</i>. Bilden behöver inte vara i mangastil, men det får inte vara fanart och du måste ha tecknat den själv. Signera bilden och skriv ditt namn, telefonnummer och email på baksidan. Vinnarna offentliggörs på lördag morgon samt via Nosebleed Studios Facebook och Instagram.<br />
<b>Deadline:</b> 17.00 fredag<br />
<b>Plats: </b>vid vårt bord i NärCreative<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mangaworkshop: Karaktärsdesign</b></span><br />
med <b>Natalia Batista</b> från Nosebleed Studio<br />
Lär dig skapa din egen mangafigur, steg för steg. Natalia Batista är mangatecknare, serieteckningslärare och medlem i Sveriges främsta mangatecknarstudio Nosebleed Studio. Hon kommer ge tips och tricks för hur man ritar ett ansikte och designar en intressant frisyr.<br />
<b>Tid: </b>Fredag 17:30-18:30<br />
<b>Plats:</b> M110B<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mangaworkshop: Klädesdesign</b></span><br />
med <b>Elise Rosberg</b> från Nosebleed Studio<br />
Lär dig skapa din egen mangafigur, steg för steg. Elise Rosberg är mangatecknare, serieteckningslärare och medlem i Sveriges främsta mangatecknarstudio Nosebleed Studio. Hon kommer ge tips och tricks för hur man ritar en kropp och designar kläder som passar karaktären.<br />
<b>Tid:</b> Lördag 14:30-15:30<br />
<b>Plats:</b> M110B<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gratis Chibi-poträtt!</b></span><br />
Favorit i repris! Nosebleed Studio tecknar gratis chibi-mangaporträtt, ett väldigt populärt event så kom i god tid om du vill få en chans att bli avritad av riktiga proffs!<br />
<b>Tid:</b> Lördag kl. 16.00-17.00<br />
<b>Plats:</b> vårt bord i NärCreative<br />
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Missa inte allt detta superkuliga som vi kommer göra på NärCon Vinter, som tar plats på Anders Ljungstedts Gymnasium från torsdag den 23:e februari 13:37 till söndag den 26:e februari kl. 12.00! Vi kommer ha vårt bokbord uppe alla dagar i alla fall 10:00-19:00. NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-30369347731677536982017-02-10T14:24:00.000+01:002017-02-10T14:24:08.402+01:002017 - My year of fullfilling dreamsSo, um... Every year, I make New Year's resolutions for what to accomplish the upcoming year. It has previously helped me to keep myself on trackwith plans and fullfill my dreams.<br />
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The last year or two, you can see (if you track my ersolutions back in time) I have started to fail miserably. I'm not sure why. If I would guess, either the plans I put up for myself is not important enough for me, or they just get pushed aside by more urging/interesting/financially motivated stuff I do.<br />
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Let's check the New Year's resolutions I did för 2016:<b> </b><br />
<b>I will make an animation!</b><br />
Aah, perfect example. I actually had this plan for 2015 as well, and gave myself a second chance by aiming to do it in 2016 instead. But no, that was not what happened. Don't get me wrong, I truly want to make animation, and I did do some few cuts during 2016, but in the end of Spring I got several more urging and financially motivated projects (like the <i>Sword Princess</i> RPG-book I'm about to release with <a href="http://www.sagagames.com/" target="_blank">Saga Games</a> in April, and the full color Mermaid manga I'm making with <a href="http://www.rabensjogren.se/" target="_blank">Rabén & Sjögren</a>, to be released this Fall). Also, <a href="http://www.nosebleed-studio.com/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio</a> started working on our "how to draw manga"-guidebook, which is actually going to be out in stores next month! All this made me quite preocupied during the mid and end of 2016. I'm not regretting them, so I guess the animation project need to stay on the shelf a little longer.<br />
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My second resolution was:<br />
<b>I will go to Japan again! </b><br />
Well, yeah, no. That didn't happen. See all excuses above for explanation. I did however visit Lucca Comics & Games in Italy, which I think helped me alot both in my creativity and my career. This is not me finding excuses, but I actually truly think this trip helped me a lot more than a trip to Japan would. I have realized from several years of looking to Japan and studying (and even attempting to enter) their comic market, that it is perhaps not the working environment I wish to subject myself to. I like having spare time and a chance to do other projects than draw all the time. <br />
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Previous years, I have put a grade on my performance of these resolutions, but I'll not do that this year. It won't do me any good.<br />
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And I also usually make new ones, on the New Years Eve, but to be honest I don't even remember if I did any or what it was this year. So this year, I think I will just let my spirit and dreams take me whereever, and not focus so much on the bigger picture. Also, I do have personal plans I want to achieve this year, but since I still feel it's a little too early to tell the whole world about them, I'll keep the mystery a little longer. Hopefully, I'll make a longer blog entry about it this year. *mysterious smile*<br />
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Next, I want to address my travel plans for 2017!<br />
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<b>23-26 of February</b>: <a href="http://2017.vinter.narcon.se/" target="_blank">NärCon Vinter</a> in Linköping, Sweden<br />
<b>4 of March:</b> <a href="http://www.scifiworld.se/" target="_blank">Scifi-mässan</a> in Malmö, Sweden <br />
<b>1-2 of April:</b> <a href="http://www.seriefest.se/" target="_blank">Malmö Seriefest</a> in Malmö, Sweden<br />
<b>14-16 of April: </b><a href="http://www.gothcon.se/xl/" target="_blank">GothCon</a> in Gothenburg, Sweden<br />
<b>21-23 of April</b>: <a href="http://www.j-popcon.dk/en/" target="_blank">J-popCon</a> in Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
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<b>November:</b> Maybe<b> </b><a href="http://www.comiccon.se/">Comic Con Gamex</a> in Stockholm, Sweden<br />
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As you can see, the event for the Fall of 2017 is quite vague, so I'm still keeping it open for changes.<br />
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I will mostly be selling with <b>Nosebleed Studio</b> in the Artist Alley, except on the following events:<br />
<b>Scifi-mässan:</b> I'll be in the booth of the publisher Apart förlag, signing<i> Sword Princess Amaltea</i>.<br />
<b>GothCon: </b>I'll be selling my books next to Saga Games, who will sell my RPG-book <i>Sword Princess.</i><br />
<b>Nordsken: </b>I'm invited as their official guest, so I'll be selling and signing my books on certain times, more about that in a later blog entry.<br />
<b>Göteborg Book Fair: </b>I will be signing in the booth of Kolik förlag <i>(Sword Princess Amaltea</i>) and Rabén & Sjögren (<i>Sjöjungfrun Minna</i>).<br />
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A small preview of two of the pages of my mermaid manga, work in progress:<br />
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My plans this year is to draw, draw, draw all through February - June, making both my 70 page mermaid manga in water colors, and my 42 page historical manga for Nosebleed Studio's next anthology (to be released at NärCon in July). In June and July, I have some game design projects (exciting, but right now secret!). In the Fall, I don't have any plans more than just working at Serieskolan (teaching, my day job) and perhaps take up the animation project if I have time. We'll see...<br />
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Wow, this was supposed to be a short blog entry, but as always I just keep babbling about my life. Since this is kind of like my personal diary, I usually just write what I think I need to document. <br />
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<br />NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-67235335215476362482017-01-21T22:08:00.001+01:002017-01-23T19:02:06.607+01:002016 - In retrospectTime for a summary of the past year. Initially I'll warn you. This entry will be littered with<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>Bad Excuses</b></span></i>. When I look back at the past year, I feel a little embarrassed. I havn't done as much as I could have, I feel. Well, maybe I feel like this because the past year was mostly planing, planing and planing. I spent most of my time planing big things for my future, but I didn't get to start any of them yet. Well, you'll get more explanations in the text below.<br />
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What the heck did I do in January?? I usually make these yearly reports based on my blog entries, but as I have been less and less active here on the blog, I have NO entries from January! Instead, I have turned especially to Instagram to promote my everyday life as a mangaka. According to my Instagram uploads, I worked on my manga <i>When I Close My Eyes</i> to <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studios-10-years-jubilee-anthology/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology</a> all through January and finished the inking by the end of the month.<br />
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At the same time I worked two days every week at Serieskolan (the Comic Art School), my day job so to say. I now have a routine, working monday and tuesday at the school and the rest of the week wth my comics. This is my <i><b>B</b></i><b><i>ad Excuse no. 1</i></b>, for not making so many comics this year. I love my job at the school, and feel blessed to work there, but it also takes a lot of my focus, time and energy. <br />
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In January, I also did some animation. Sadly, that's pretty much where I stopped (except for some few hours in April), mostly because of lack of time. <b><i>Bad Excuse no. 2</i></b>. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(wow, this is going fast..!)</span><br />
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I visited <b>NärCon Vinter 12-14th of February</b> with Nosebleed Studio and sold our books. Sword Princess Amaltea volume 3 sold out on Saturday, my usual mistake to bring to few books. I made a report here at the blog with some complaints about how the panel I held was treated by the organizers. <br />
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I was also invited to talk in Swedish national radio about how manga came to Sweden, as some kind of expert since I work at the Comic Art School and am one of the few Swedish mangakas published. You can listen to it here (In Swedish):<br />
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<a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=4283&artikel=6372065" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sveriges Radio - PP3 | Så blev mangan stor i Sverige</span></b></a><br />
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I also worked at the school, while screen toneing my manga <i>When I Close My Eyes</i>, organizing events with <a href="http://www.svenskatecknare.se/medlem/2016/02/17/nya-krafter-i-svenska-tecknare-syd/" target="_blank">Svenska Tecknare Syd</a> (Swedish union for illustrators and comic artists) and planing for the next <a href="http://seriefest.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Malmö Seriefest</a>, a local comic convention I am the founder and one of the organizers of. These are not excuses! I want to put my time and focus on not only helping myself but also others in showing their works to the world, so these commitments are important to me. <br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">March</span></i></span><br />
In March, most of my time went to three things; working at the school,
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<b>5th of March: </b><a href="http://www.scifiworld.se/" target="_blank">SciFi-mässan</a><b> in Malmö, Sweden</b><br />
<b>18th-20th of March: </b><a href="https://j-popcon.dk/en/" target="_blank">J-popCon</a><b> in Copenhagen, Denmark</b><br />
<b> 25th-28th of March: </b><a href="http://www.gothcon.se/cms/" target="_blank">GothCon</a><b> in Gothenburg, Sweden</b><br />
They where all in different forms: I signed Sword Princess Amaltea in the booth of the publisher <b>Apart</b> at the SciFi fair, since the CO of the company Johan Kimrin is a friend of mine. At J-popCon, I was selling with Nosebleed Studio and holding a lecutre. At GothCon I was sellign on my own, since Nosebleed Studio didn't go there. GothCon is for fantasy and table top gaming so I wanted to focus on my fantasy manga Sword Princess Amaltea, and sold pretty well.<br />
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It was at GothCon I met Daniel at <a href="http://www.sagagames.com/" target="_blank"><b>Saga Games</b></a>, the key person to my next project. We started talking about my manga and Daniel proposed we do a RPG book together in the world of Sword Princess Amaltea. I was of course super interested!!<br />
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I was also in the media spotlight this month: first interviewed by My Bergström, a friend of mine, for the librarians magazine <a href="https://issuu.com/rivista_ab/docs/bif_1_2016?e=7806783%2F33952264" target="_blank">Biblioteket i Fokus</a>, about my work as a manga artist and my works, and then I was featured at the Swedish national television show Superlördag for kids. The latter practically made me famous among all the 8-10-year olds I met the following months, haha. I talked about drawing manga and drew a little portrait of the show host Tobbe, a well-known Swedish magician. <br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">April</span></i></span><br />
Finally time for Malmö Seriefest, which I am part of the organizers of. It took place on the 2-3 of April at the Malmö City library. The video below shows a part of it. All in all we had about 700 participants in 2 days, which is an increase since 2015 when about 500 showed up. Success!!<br />
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The rest of the month was for some much needed artist rest, mostly focusing on work with Nosebleed Studio, the Comic Art School and holding several manga workshops at schools and libraries.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">May</span></i></span><br />
So, after some months of hard work, finally we had out new book, and sold it at <a href="http://www.kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Litteratur/Evenemang/2016/Stockholms-internationella-seriefestival-2016/" target="_blank">Stockholm International Comic Festival</a><b> on 7-8th of May</b>. As 2016 is Nosebleed Studio's 10th year together (Yup! That's a looong time!), our book was dedicated to all these years together with the theme of 'friendship'. This is the magnificent result:<br />
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I also made a <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2016/04/when-i-close-my-eyes.html" target="_blank">blog entry about my manga in the book</a>, <i>When I Close My Eyes</i>, a 40-page short story manga about a young traveller in need of friendship. <br />
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With this new book, we also travelled to <a href="http://confusion.nu/" target="_blank">Confusion</a><b> in Gothenburg on the 13-15th of May</b>, the biggest manga convention on the west coast of Sweden. We love coming back to this event, it's one of our fav events of the year! <br />
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I also got to make a very cool thing at the nerdy book store SF-bokhandeln's new store: a painted pilar! (Yup, I painted it all myself! Took like 40 hours or something...) <br />
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At this time, I was planing my next big projects, and therefore took a trip to Stockholm to meet my editor <b>Fabian at Raben & Sjögren</b>, a Swedish childrens book publisher. We plan to make a children's comic book together, a new story about my mermaid character Minna from my previous manga <i>Hooked On You</i>. So exciting! And my plan is to make it all in water colors... <br />
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In Stockholm, I also met up with <b>Tomas at Saga Games</b>, the writer with whom I will be making the RPG-book about Amaltea's world. This is also a super exciting project! How many manga artists can say their manga has been turned into a playable RPG?! Not many! And soon I'm one of them! <br />
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In the middle of the month, I was invited by my friend <b>Daniele Rudoni</b> to do a livestream as part of <a href="http://www.indieversus.com/" target="_blank">Indieversus</a> "Meet the artist"-event. Other great artists like <b>JP Ahonen</b> and <b>Sam Chapman</b> has been featured on their livestream webinar, so I felt very honored to get to be part of this! Basically I was drawing a digital painting and replying to questions for 2-3 hours, and it<a href="http://www.indieversus.com/prodotto/batista30-may-2016/" target="_blank"> is all online for you to watch, in English, at their site</a>. Go check it out and also see what other events they'll have!<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">July</span></i></span><br />
I started the month with turning 30! Yay, now I'm officially "an old lady", haha. Just kidding.<br />
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In July, most of my time went to drawing storyboards for my Mermaid Minna water color manga for Raben & Sjögren, while writing down lore about the world in Sword Princess Amaltea, for the RPG book. Writing is actually kinda fun. I wouldn't mind writing a book one day. You know, one of those without pictures in it... Ok, maybe some pictures. I can't help myself, haha.<br />
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During all this, I also had two week-long manga courses at two different
cultural houses. It was so much fun to get to teach young kids for more
than a short 2 hours event. The week-long courses let's you get to know
each other, and we even got time to make a fanzine together. They were
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I wanted some new merch for the upcoming <a href="http://portal.narcon.se/en/" target="_blank">NärCon Summer</a> <b>in Linköping on the 28-31st of July</b>. <br />
This is the biggest manga convention in Sweden with about 8000 visitors, and one of our regular events of the year. We held a well attended manga drawing workshop (all seats were full!) and finihed it off by announcing out next project; a "How to draw manga"-book in Swedish. It was 10 years since there last was such a book being printed in Swedish, and we also want to make ours fresh and new and more body and gender positive. We asked the participants what they wished to have in the book and got some great tips.<br />
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In August, I finally made another video for my youtube channel. I seriously need to give it more time, since it is actually the one of my social media accounts that has the most followers, haha...<br />
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I made a little mini project for a card game developer I met at GothCon in April, some illustrations for his pitch of the game to a bigger developer. We'll see if it pans out to something, would be cool to get to make illustrations for card and board games one day, since I'm a total board game nerd, haha.<br />
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Except for that, and some illustrations for the RPG-book, most of my summer went for resting, and resting... and well, more resting, of what I gan recall. So you know, all that about "not enough time" is truly <b>Bad Excuses</b>. Haha...<br />
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Oh, right! Summer vacation was over at the Comic Art School, so I went back to work.<br />
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So I went on vacation! To my father's new (and old) home: Portugal. He moved to Sweden when he was only 25 y o or so, and now that he's 67 and finally retired, he's moving back. So I helped him go look at surely over 10 different houses in pursuit of The Right One. And in the end, after some looking, we found it! Sadly, he changed his mind when I had returned home, but he's happy with the new one he chose and that's all that counts. <br />
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At home again I trvelled to the biggest book fair in all of the Nordic countries; the <a href="https://bokmassan.se/" target="_blank">Gotheburg Book Fair</a> <b>on the 22th-25th of September</b>. There I not only signed countless of Amaltea books, but also took the stage a couple of times at the booth of the Swedish Comic's Assocciation (Seriefrämjandet). One of the times was to interview the Brazilian comic artist <a href="http://bianca-pinheiro.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Bianca Pinheiro</a>, invited by the Brazilian Embassy. Such a fun and nice person she is! I found a new friend in her and after the intevew we had time to go around and talk about the comic markets and politics and all kinds of stuff. I'm so glad I got the honorable task to interview her!<br />
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No, it's Inktober! I repeated last year's popular event by making a small inked illustration ever day on my instagram and give it away to the first comment on the pic. A really fun event with several of my follower keeping a close eye on my account all days long, haha. I'm so sorry for making your eyes hurt, my friends!<br />
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In the end of October and beginning of November, I went with my boyfriend Emil to Italy for the first time in my life, and this was no ordinary vacation. We went to the famous <a href="http://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/2016/home/" target="_blank">Lucca Comics & Games</a><b> in Lucca, Italy, on the 28th of October to the 1st of November</b>, the biggest popcultural event in all of Europe, I think, with over 250 000 visitors! </div>
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I had wanted to go there for some time now, especially because I have gained so many Italian online friend thanks to the publishing of my Sword Princess Amaltea in the Italian manga web magazine Doraetos Manga (since 2014). I got to meet many of them, and talk about both work, life, tools, the future of manga and all kinds of interesting stuff. I made <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2016/11/report-fron-lucca-comics-games.html" target="_blank">a loooong report from the festival itself here at the blog</a>, so you can go check it out so see more photos from this amazing event. </div>
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I feel every time I go on an international trip to an event like this, I get an extrem boost of energy to make more comics, and after a very tired and somewhat depressing Spring and Summer with my manga page count on an all time low, I felt this trip really made me re-focus and gain some energy back!</div>
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Both November and December mostly went to working on Nosebleed Studio's "How to draw manga"-book. This will be a really good one, we feel, since we once were in the shoes of our potential readers and now can make the "how to"-book of our dreams, with all that which we wished for as young aspiring artists.</div>
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Also some planning of my short story manga for our next antology. It will be out in Summer of 2017 (we pushed it a little to get enough time to make it good!) and will have the theme of Swedish history. I'm planing on taking on a very interesting part of this country's history, namely the Emigration century in the 1800s. I have put maybe 40-50 hours of reseach into this story, probably the most research I've ever done for a short story manga, but I really want to make it authentic and real. I'll make a longer blog entry about it soon, and also start updating my instagram with pics from it. So don't forget to follow my instagram to see sneak peeks from the process.</div>
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All throught the year, I also kept publishing my manga Sword Princess Amaltea online at it's own homepage. Once a week with only a few delays or missed weeks. But I don't know how many reads it, and how well it is spreading... I wanted to track how many visits the site, and preferably have some advertisement on it, but right when I made the site EU changed the laws and now all homepages who wants to track the user's activity (which Google Ads and other advertisement sites wants to do if you use them) then you have to ask for permission from the user first. That's why we see this annoying bar on top of every site nowadays. Good for privacy, though! But because of lack of time and effort, I havn't managed to make it work on my site. <b>Bad excuse no. 3</b>. </div>
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Well, that was pretty much all of my 2016. A year of... planning? Yes. A
lot of planning. Sketching storyboards, researching, writing and
so on... This might sound like another <b>Bad Excuse</b>, but I hope you understand. Some years have to be like this. But if everything goes according to keikaku (keikaku = plan in Japanese) I will have not one, not two, not three but FOUR books out next year! Nosebleed Studio's "How to"-book and the Sword Princess RPG-book in the Spring, while the Mermaid Minna book and Nosebleed Studio's Swedish History Anthology in the Fall. That will be epic! I look forward to holding them all in my hands, cradeling them like small babies... lol</div>
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Okay, so even if this year was a <b>Bad Excuse</b> year, with lot of resting and not as much manga making as I'm used to, the whole year still feels like a small step forward. Or a big one, in some ways. I need to be proud, and I think I am. </div>
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NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-80623918556167678452016-12-16T11:19:00.000+01:002016-12-16T11:19:40.778+01:00Recensioner, recensioner, recensioner....Detta kommer kanske bli ett lite bittert inlägg, men what-the-heck, nu kör vi!<br />
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Så, vi har fått några recensioner på <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studios-10-years-jubilee-anthology/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology</a> sedan den kom ut i våras. Med vanan inne tänkte jag "recensera" recensionerna, haha...<br />
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Vi startar starkt med en ganska gedigen recension av Johannes Genberg på DAST Magazine:<br /><br />
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Trots den klichéartade inledningen om "storögd stil" och "finns svensk manga?" (som visserligen är ett långt intro för att sedan framhäva hur svenska våra berättelser är) så är det en rätt okej recension. Kan ju inte säga att jag inte blev ganska nöjd med de fina orden Johannes skriver min egen serie:<br />
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"Natalia Batistas (bilden th) When I close my eyes förtjänar
ett hedersomnämnande för sitt enormt välgjorda berättarflöde och
genomtänkta bildspråk. Efter att ha läst hennes feministiska storverk Sword Princess Amalthea så var det intressant att få betrakta något väldigt annorlunda: en helt opolitisk och jättesorglig kort historia.
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Manga i allmänhet är ett känslomässigt uttrycksfullt medium men det
har här gett vika för mer realistiska och dova känslouttryck. De tre
sista sidorna är så känslostarka utan att ens visa huvudpersonens
ansikte. Amalthea kanske fick mig att tänka, men When I close my eyes
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Tack för de fina orden, Johannes! Riktigt helt opolitisk tror jag inte den var. Jag valde t.ex. inte att köna huvudkaraktären Lo, väldigt medvetet. Tyvärr är det ett politiskt statement i sig, i dagens samhälle, något inte alla klarar av att förstå som ni kan se i de andra recensionerna...<br />
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Över till nästa recension, från BTJ. Kort utdrag ur den:<br /><br />
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Studio är ett kollektiv av unga svenska mangatecknare med anknytning
till Malmö Serieskola. Nu har de jobbat tillsammans i tio år och firar
detta genom en antologi
på temat vänskap. Antologin innehåller fem historier, som alla handlar
om hur viktig vänskap är och hur grymt det är att bli lämnad utanför
gemenskapen. (...) Den näst sista
historien behandlar dels en flicka som vaknar upp i nya världar varje
morgon, och får hjälp av nyfunna vänner medan den sista är en
djurhistoria, där den lilla kattflickan är den enda som
inte blir bjuden på klasskamratens födelsedag. Teckningarna är mycket
proffsiga med typiska mangakaraktärer och historierna är antingen
poetiska och lite mystiska eller lätta att identifiera sig med. All text
är på engelska med många talspråksinslag som wanna,
gonna och nah. Helhetsbetyg: 3."</span></span><div style="text-align: right;">
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Hngh... Recensenten valde att FELköna min karaktär. Lo är inte en flicka. Lo är inte heller en pojke. Visst, detta var lite ett "test" för att se hur många som skulle tolka Lo som endera, och Svante lyckades tolka in mer än jag gav information till. Men det är fortfarande störigt att alla som läser Svantes recension nu kommer ha bilden av Lo som en tjej. Suck...<br /><br />Sen förstår jag inte riktigt helhetsbetyget. Det var en intetsägande recension som mest drog fram fakta och inte riktigt förklarar varför den fick ett så mediokert betyg. Hm...<br />
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Sedan har vi en väldigt kort video-recension av Bokpotaten:<br />
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Jag förstår att Elen får många böcker sända till sig och kanske inte hinner gå igenom alla så noggrant, men jag ifrågasätter lite poängen med en 30-sekunders recension. En recension ska i min mening ha två funktioner:<br />1) Ett sätt för en köpare/läsare för att få en bild av verket och se om den är värd pengarna/tiden. <br />2) En chans för skaparen/förlaget att få konstruktiv feedback som gör att de kan skapa bättre böcker i framtiden.<br />
<br />30 sekunder är inte ens tid nog för att säga vad vissa böcker handlar om, speciellt inte en antologi som vår bok. Och det blir som ni kan se väldigt knasigt när Elen dömer ut hela vår bok baserat på en av serierna i boken. Hm... Vi i Nosebleed Studio får fundera på om det ens är lönt att skicka ett exemplar till någon som inte vill göra en ordentlig utvärdering av boken. Vi kräver inte en avhandling om varje serie, men åtminstone ett par meningar. <br />
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Sist men inte minst gav en av mina italienska vänner oss en recension på Goodreads:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1812888450?book_show_action=true&from_review_page=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Goodreads | Booty from Lucca 2016!</span></a><br /><br />Åh, inte kan ni anklaga min vän för att vara partisk precis, haha! Detta var en hård recension. Jag är lite ledsen att min story inte föll i smaken, men jag anser också att inte alla berättelser passar alla personer. Men en 2:a i betyg är hårt att ta...<br />
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Jag är i ärlighetens namn lite chockad... Jag tycker personligen att detta var några av våra bästa berättelser hittills! Mer
mogna, mångbottnade och varierade... Det kan vara så att alla förväntade sig "MANGA" och när de inte
fick storögda skolflickor eller sexiga bishies så blev de besvikna. <br /><br />Men
det ska inte avstyra oss från att producera bra och varierade historier
och utmana oss själva, även om vi skulle vara "för tidigt ute" med en
del av dem. Våra fansen måste lära sig att vi inte pysslar med klichéer
och kopierade stilar. Vi gör vår egen manga!<br />
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Bilda dig din egen uppfattning av vår antologi genom att köpa den från vår hemsida, som just nu har julrea på boken fram till och med nyår! <br />
<br /><b><a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studios-10-years-jubilee-anthology/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology X-mas Sale!</span></a></b><br /><br />
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<br />NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-24933563879169190132016-11-25T11:44:00.000+01:002018-01-07T21:26:06.871+01:00Report from Lucca Comics & Games Hey everyone!<br />
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Sorry for the long delay... No updates here for a while. Well, it's not because I've been slacking off! Well, ok, maybe just a little. Those <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2016/09/im-making-4-books-at-same-time.html" target="_blank">four books</a> I was to make... so, it turned out differently. Because of external decisions made beyond my power, two of them are postponed to next year:<br />
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<i><b>Sword Princess</b></i>, the RPG book in the world of Amaltea, was supposed to be released before X-mas this year, but as I kinda suspected it would not happend. Which is not a bad thing! The co-author I have on this book , Tomas at Swedish RPG games publisher Saga Games, really want this RPG to become as awesome as it can be, so he's taking his time with the writing. I'm so happy for that! The new release is planned for April 2017!<br />
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<b><i>Mermaid Minna</i></b>, the watercolor comic I was to make with Swedish publisher Rabén & Sjögren, will be released in Fall of 2017 instead of Spring that year. This lets me have more time to think over the story and perfect it, and not rush the artwork either! So it was a much needed time bonus.<br />
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Since September, I have had a lot of other things on my mind instead. Some of them are more personal, and I wish to keep them to my self for a little while longer but hope to make them official in a not so distant future, depending on... erh... things. <br />
But I also had a crazy vacation/work trip (aren't all my vactions work related somehow? Hm...) to Italy in the end of October! <br />
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Me and Emil went to Pisa!</div>
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Or rather, we went to Lucca Comics & Games in Lucca, right next to Pisa, but stayed at a nice hotel in Pisa, which ment this famous crazy building was on our daily path to the train station to and from Lucca.</div>
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Lucca Comics & Games is the biggest comics and games related festival in all of Europe, if you count size and amout of visitors (over 270 000!!). The whole city center, surrounded by a high medievial wall, is turned into a popcultural festival for all ages, like a huge fortress for the nerds! </div>
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The beautiful mix of old historical buildings and cosplayers, elaborate architecture and big rollups with popular characters was like stepping into paradise for someone like me.</div>
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Tents filled with comics next to old chapels, churches and impressive towers. The Panini tent contained comics by the most prominent comic publisher in the country, Panini Comics. Italy is actually the fourth biggest comics market in the world, behind Japan, France and the US.</div>
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Apparently we got very lucky with the weather, everybody we talked to said it usually rains during Lucca Comics, but this year all days was 20-25<span class="wob_t" style="display: inline;"></span>°C = ice cream weather! And the Italians sure knows how to make ice cream!! Yum!🍨</div>
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Both big and small have their place at Lucca Comics! One of the smaller churches in the city contained the "Self Area", a market for the independent and smaller artist collectives and projects, much like a much fancier Artist Alley. </div>
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Inside the church, the jaw-dropping ceiling and walls in combination with the like wise jaw-dropping talent of the artists made me almost faint!!</div>
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Thanks to my helpful and amazing friend <a href="http://davidedellavia.blogspot.se/" target="_blank"><b>Davide Della Via</b></a>, former editor and artist at <b><a href="http://doraetosmanga.altervista.org/" target="_blank">Doraetos Manga</a></b> where my <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> is published in Italian, I got to meet some really great people. Among others, he introduced me to <b>Jessica Marino</b>, the creator of <i><a href="http://www.antithesis-comic.com/" target="_blank">Antithesis</a></i>, a selfpublished comic who won prizes in the <a href="http://www.animeclick.it/news/306-Italian+Indie+Comics+Award" target="_blank">Italian Indie Comic Award</a>, IICA, this year. Such impressive, much wow!</div>
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More super talented artists, and super friendly too! <a href="http://giuliomacaione.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><b>Giulio Macaione</b></a>, <b><a href="http://www.misshall.net/" target="_blank">Giulia Adragna</a></b> and <b>Elena</b> (<a href="http://ofride.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Ofride</a>) whom all sold their selfpublished comics in the "Self Area". I had to buy one of each!</div>
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Beautiful and inspiring watercolor artwork by Ofride. </div>
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Other smart and cool self press designs: fanzines in a book box!</div>
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In another area close to the "Self Area" was the "Meet the editors"-building. This is something I also wrote about in <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2015/02/report-from-international-comics.html" target="_blank">my report from Angoulême 2015</a>, a thing we don't have in Sweden but that I really think would be beneficial to both the artists and the publishers. In Lucca, they did things a bit different than in Angoulême. Instead of having to queue for hours, the artists could submit their portfolio (a set number of pages depending on which publisher) before a certain time, and was assigned a number each. After the editors had reviewed the submissions, they chose which artists to book a meeting with and posted the list with their numbers on the wall you see next to the door. The big group of people in front of the door is aspiring artists, waiting for the list to be put up and hoping their number will be on that list. Oh, the tension!</div>
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This is from inside one of the big comic tents. Booths of publishers or specific famous artist in labyrith-like formations!</div>
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Just like in Angoulême, the tents are raised over actual city squares, which means you see statues and street lights inside, haha. And SO much people. Everywhere!</div>
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This is inside the Games tent, right outside the city gates. It was too huge to fit in any square inside, lol. </div>
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One of the booths in the Games tent was solely dedicated to a live artist studio, where super talented and famous fantasy artists could work on a piece of artwork for hours, in front of the visitors. Such a cool idea, but it must also be stressfull for the poor artists. You got to have nerves of steel!</div>
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All over Lucca city center, the shops had rented out their space to merchandise pop-up stores, with anime figurines, action figures, t-shirts and comic related memorabilia. This was truly like stepping into my fantasy dream city, haha!</div>
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In the corner of the North-East part of town, inside the city wall, was this cool alternative festival called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BORDAFest/" target="_blank">Borda! Fest</a>. The tables was less expensive and thus gave a chance to artists and collectives who would not normally have a chance to sell at Lucca Comics. Such a nice initiative!</div>
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Litteraly the whole city center was affected by the festival. This is the table covers of one of the pizzerias next to the comic tents, a collaboration with one of the publishers. <br />
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As part of the festival, several of the buildings was turned into exhibition halls. The main festival exhibition featured some of the invited artists of the festival. One of the artists was Kamimura from Japan. His beautiful brush strokes was so inspiring!</div>
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One of the national artists was <b>Zerocalcare</b>, a phenomenon by himself as you can see. Next to his exhibited artwork, mostly from his books but also some from his webcomic that gave him his break-though, hangs this board with statistics on his works. He has made 7 books, which each has sold 70 000 - 90 000 copies (!!) and the longes signing session he has had was over 13 hours (!!!). Phew!</div>
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The other Italian artsit is <b>Casty</b>, a <span data-dobid="hdw">immensely popular Mickey Mouse artist. Mickey Mouse, or Topolino as he is called in Italy, is actually home made in Italy, by and for the Italian market, with consent by Disney. </span></div>
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A Frank Cho exhibition, as he was one of the innvited artists.</div>
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Also Joan Cornellà from Spain, who's become famous for his morbid humour. His exhibition was behind a black curtain, for several reasons... </div>
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Last but not least, Zerocalcare's punky illustration for this year's festival, hung in a grandious golden frame.<br />
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And this is some of the books I managed to carry back home with me:<br />
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<i>Anima</i> by Chiara Zuliani<br />
<i>Lumina</i> by <span class="st">Emanuele Tenderini and Linda Cavallini</span><br />
<span class="st"><i>Samurai 2.0</i> (artbook anthology) </span><br />
<span class="st"><i>Hadez</i> by Ilaria Catalani and Silvia Tidei</span><br />
<span class="st"><i>Antithesis</i> by Jessica Marino</span><br />
<span class="st"><i>Grimoire</i> (anthology)</span><br />
<span class="st"><i>Nilihue</i> by Ofride</span><br />
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<i>Agenzia Alfa</i> by Massimo Dall'Oglio<br />
<i>Miss Hall 1</i> by Giulia Adragna<br />
<i>La Fine Dell'Estate</i> by Giulio Macaione<br />
<i>Rock 'n' Punch Riders</i> by Daniele Rudioni<br />
<i>Rogheneach 1</i> by Myriam Savini<br />
<i>Ale & Cucca 1</i> by Elisabetta Cifone<br />
<i>Somnia 3</i> by Liza E. Anzen and Federica Di Meo<br />
<i>Martin Mystère</i><br />
<i>Il Rompicapo Del Contadino </i>by Sam Alden<br />
<i>Romabot </i>by Fabrizio De Fabritiis and Daniele Rudoni<br />
<i>The Story Of Naja</i> by Davide Della Via<br />
<i>Nine Stones</i> by Iayafly<br />
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I was so impressed by what the italian comic market has to offer. This marked is seriously underestimated in Sweden, in my opinion, and especially when it comes to the younger newer artists. I would love to have some of them in Swedish one day, and will happily show the copies I have to editors in Sweden if any of them are reading this. </div>
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After the trip to Lucca, Emil and I went to Novara and Milan with Daniele Rudioni, who is one of the teachers in comic art at the school <a href="http://www.acmenovara.it/" target="_blank">ACME di Novara</a> and Milan. I held two lectures, one in each city, about my comics, my tools (inking) and the Swedish comic marked in general. They where both well attended with about 20-60 at each event. So fun!</div>
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All in all, this trip was just like my previous trips to NY, Angoulême, Tokyo (etc.) very inspiring and helpful for me in my career and creativity. I totally recommend all you artists out there to regularly go to a big International event outside of your own market, because it makes you understand the global comic market so much better. It's also a wonderful opportunity to network with people that do what you do but in another country. I'm so glad I got to meet and hang out with so many nice, helpful, inviting and friendly people. HUGE thank you to <b>Daniele Rudioni</b>, <b>Davide Della Via</b>, <b>Salvatore Pascarella</b>, <b>Federica Di Meo</b>, <b>Dilly </b>and everyone else that I got to meet and hang out with at Lucca and in Novara. Thank YOU!!</div>
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<span id="goog_1749266364"></span><span id="goog_1749266365"></span><br />NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-19705879461178382422016-09-21T10:32:00.000+02:002016-09-21T10:32:44.253+02:00Dags för Bokmässan i Göteborg!Inlägg på svenska denna gången, eftersom detta nog främst berör er som bor i Sverige.<br />
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Årets stora event, Bok- & biblioteksmässan i Göteborg, går av stapeln denna helgen, med start redan imorgon för er som har inträde då.<br />
Jag kommer närvara på mässan i flera olika sammanhang. Först och främst signerar jag <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> i Kolik förlags monter (A01:33).<br />
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Jag kommer även vara uppe på Seriescenen (A02:40) vid två tillfällen:<br />
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<b>Torsdag 13.00-13.20</b><br />
Är med och presenterar <a href="http://serieskolan.com/" target="_blank">Serieskolan</a>.<br />
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<b>Lördag 11.00-11.45</b><br />
Intervjuar den brasilianska serieskaparen <a href="http://bianca-pinheiro.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Bianca Pinheiro</a>.<br />
<br />Sedan är jag även uppe på Ung Scen (A03:22) på lördag 17.00-17.40 och håller en mangaworkshop, så om du vill få lite smarta tips och lära dig rita en egen seriefigur så kom dit!<br />
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Wow, I need to make time to write blog entries more often... <br />
So much has happened since April! The three biggest events of the year, Stockholm International Comics Festival (SIS) and Confusion in May and NärCon Summer in July, came and went like two tornados in my life. It was super fun and Nosebleed Studio sold our new book <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studios-10-years-jubilee-anthology/" target="_blank"><i>Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology</i></a>.<br />
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We also held a manga panel at SIS and a manga workshop at NärCon, and we taped/filmed both of them. Hopefully I can post links to them as soon as I have some time to edit them.<br />
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Now on to what I'm up to right now:<br />
I'm making not one new book, not two new books but FOUR new books!<br />
Two of them are with Nosebleed Studio and two of them with the publishers Rabén & Sjögren and Saga Games. Here they are:<br />
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<b><i>1. Sjöjungfrun Minna</i></b> <br />
(Mermaid Minna, preliinary title)<br />
I'll get to revisit one of my all time favorite characters and settings of my shorter comics; the characters and settings of Hooked On You, my mermaid manga from <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/nosebleed-studio-anthology-seaside-stories/" target="_blank"><i>Nosebleed Studio's Anthology - Seaside Stories</i></a>. This is a collaboration with the childrens book publisher Rabén & Sjögren, and my former editor for the Amaltea books, Fabian Göransson, who now works at this big publisher. I will make a full color manga, about 70 pages long, and my plan is to make it all in watercolors (!!). Hahaha, first time I make such a long story all in color, and not a simple technique to boot. I'll update you about the process as it comes along. To be released in Fall 2017.<br />
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<i><b>2. Sword Princess - Rollspelet i Amalteas värld</b></i> <br />
(Role playing game in the world of Amaltea)<br />
This will be so fun! Me and the RPG publisher Saga Games is making an RPG (pen and paper style) book to take place in the world of<i> </i>my manga <a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/product/sword-princess-amaltea-1/" target="_blank"><i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i></a>. I've been writing down everything I know about the lore and the skilled and experienced RPG-maker Tomas Arfert is writing the gameplay and tables. I'm also making the illustrations for the book. To be released in December 2016! (In Swedish)<br />
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We're making a "how to draw manga"-book!! After 10 years of working as manga artists, we feel ready to give the world a piece of our knowledge and learned experience. We also see a demand of these kinds of books in Swedish, as the old ones are breaking apart and most of them are at least 10 years old. Time for some fresh new input in this field! We're right now in the production process, drawing step-by-steps. To be released in Spring 2017.<br />
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<i><b>4. Nosebleed Studio's Anthology - Swedish History </b></i><br />
As always, we also plan on making a manga anthology for nex year, and our theme for this one is Swedish history! This is so exciting!! We have so many interesting periods and characters from our history to make comics about, it's even hard for me to chose... Well, lyckily I have until December to come up with a story with about 40 pages (bl/w), that's when we start making the book. More about this project later... To be released in Spring 2017.<br />
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Woah, this coming year will be jam-packed with work! But also so fun! <br />
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Thank you for reading, I'll keep you posted on these projects.<br />
<br />NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-57170824571284939092016-04-28T19:52:00.001+02:002016-04-28T19:52:15.309+02:00When I Close My Eyes... Yet another month has passed, and I didn't have time to write anything here... But now I'm back, I hope!<br />
You know, sometimes you just have too much to do, too many commitments, and then you just need to prioritize. I'm sad that I havn't been able to prioritize my blog, and also my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oYzC2l2WNZs6_3b0_gP5Q" target="_blank">Youtube-channel</a> (which actually has quite a following, 4000+! One of my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTVPviobyLk" target="_blank">videos</a> actually have over 100K views! O.o ). I wish I could be more active doing inking videos and tutorials...<br />
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You know what? I think I need to be more selfish now. I need to prioritize my own stuff <span class="st">– my blog and my Youtube-channel </span><span class="st">– to get my own self asteem back. I have been moping around doing routine stuff ever since I finished working on my latest comic When I Close My Eyes, a "short" manga with "only" 42 pages. (Haha, 10 years ago I would have called that a long manga, I guess!) </span><br />
<span class="st">I finished it about 2 months ago, and after that I mostly worked with organizing stuff, like Nosebleed Studio, Malmö Seriefest and other organisations I've been part of. And during that time, I have more and more felt lousy, worthless and untalented...</span><br />
<span class="st">I don't know why!? I mean, my mangas have fans, and a couple of weeks ago I even got to be on Swedish television, on one of the most popular childrens shows on Barnkanalen, called Superlördag (Super Saturday):</span><br />
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<span class="st">After that appearance on the show, I went to some schools and libraries to do manga workshops (unrelated, I had booked them months before) and suddently I was famous! All the little kids had watched the show and wanted my autograph! Haha, of course I enjoyedthe attention (even from a room full of 9-14 y.o. kids) but also felt a bit taken aback by the difference in attitudes people have towards you when you've been on TV. It's crazy...</span><br />
<span class="st"><br /><br />But even though this all happened, I still can't help but feeling like I'm losing a race... I have been sending Sword Princess Amaltea to International publishers and still no positive reply. Only a few so far, so I guess I should try harder, but not getting any response at all from some of them is what makes me confused. Should I wait? Or should I look for others? Or is it a pointless game since my name is unknown in those countries? Do I need to go there personally, maybe even travel to some cons or make myself a name first? So many questions... <br />Still, maybe I just need to put more effort into my Youtube-ing, and they migth notice me... Or does that even matter to them?? Gaaaah!! *confused* </span><br />
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<span class="st">Anyway, this blog entry really should be about the latest manga I have made, When I Close My Eyes. I haven't posted anything here about it, but that's because I now use Instagram alot for quick updates about my everyday life and especially my manga drawing. <br /><br />I updated throughout the process of making this manga. Here are some posts I made:</span><br />
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With this manga, I decided I wanted to do something else than what I have made previously for Nosebleed Studio's anthologies. The previous three anthologies all had storys made by me for sending to Shueisha Ribon Magazine in Japan, for their monthly manga competitions (which I blogged about <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2012/02/my-first-babysteps-in-japans-manga.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://nataliasmangablogg.blogspot.se/2012/06/my-second-review-in-japanese-ribbon.html" target="_blank">here</a>). But after my third entry did not place, probably because it was too mature for their audience, I felt I did not thrive anymore in doing mangas for a competition like theirs. It felt too constricting and I wanted more freedom.<br />
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So the story for When I Close My Eyes was a story I truly felt I wanted to tell. Without rules and restrictions. It's about a your person, Lo, who a lone traveller in our world. And no, I'm not going to tell you anymore, because then I might spoil it for you!<br />
I also tried a new inking technique with fineliners instead of my beloved steel nibs. It was a nice change, and I like the rough and experimental look it gives to the drawings. Less mainstream, which worked better for the story.<br />
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Here's the cover illustration and the beginning pages, as sneak peek:<br />
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The manga was printed in Nosebleed Studio's 10 Years Jubilee Anthology, which will be released at <a href="http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Litteratur/Evenemang/2016/Stockholms-internationella-seriefestival-2016/" target="_blank">Stockholm International Comic Festival</a> on the 7-8th of May! But... we are right now taking preorders via our webshop, and then you also get a discount:<br />
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En av de coola grejerna är:<br />
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Yes, en ny omgång! Och detta året är jag inte ensam arrangör, haha. <br />
Vi är ett litet mysigt team på 5 pers som har utformat denna supercoola seriefestival som går av stapeln i helgen på Malmö stadsbibliotek!<br />
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Förutom den fullsmockade marknaden med över 100 serieskapare representerade, har vi dessutom hjälpt till att arrangera två kändis-föredrag under helgen på biblan! <br />
<a href="http://seriefest.blogspot.se/2016/02/stadsbiblioteket-gastas-av-sara-graner.html" target="_blank"><b>Sara Granér</b></a> berättar om sina satirserier och nya bok på lördagen kl. 13.00, och <a href="http://seriefest.blogspot.se/2016/03/tony-cronstam-till-stadsbiblioteket.html" target="_blank"><b>Tony Cronstam</b></a> håller ett inspirerande framträdande för stora och små på söndagen kl. 12.00. Båda två sker i Slottet, en annan del av stadsbiblioteket. Fansinmarknaden sker i det s.k. Röda rummet.<br />
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Hoppas ni kan komma i helgen! Jag kommer såklart ha ett bord med <a href="http://www.nosebleed-studio.com/" target="_blank"><b>Nosebleed Studio</b></a>, och sälja mina och Nosebleed Studios böcker. Kom förbi och säg hej, om ni är där!<br />
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Bl.a. kommer jag ha <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> 1-3 (hela serien!) som ett paket för bara 295 kr!<br />
Signering ingår! ☺<br />
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På kvällen på lördagen kl. 18.00 är det dessutom seriemingel på nyöppnade seriebutiken/galleriet <a href="http://www.hybriden.tk/" target="_blank"><b>Hybriden</b></a> på Claesgatan 8 i Malmö, i samarbete med <b><i>C'est Bon Kultur</i></b> och <b><i>Tusen Serier</i></b>!<br />
Här kan ni hitta facebook-eventet:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1686667761602386/" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seriefestfesten!!</span></i></b></a></span><br />
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Hoppas vi ses i helgen!NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-39752445045193320122016-02-19T13:40:00.000+01:002016-02-19T14:01:28.464+01:00Rapport från NärCon Vinter + Radiomedverkan!Nytt år, nya event!<br />
Årets första är redan avklarat:<br />
NärCon Vinter 2016!<br />
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Kallt, snöigt men ändå kul.<br />
<a href="http://nosebleed-studio.com/wp/">Nosebleed Studio</a> hade såklart ett bord, där jag även sålde mina böcker och speciellt <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i> 1-3!<br />
Jag ser verkligen fram emot detta året, att kunna åka runt på festivaler och sälja hela serien som en paketlösning. Det är mycket mer lockande för en läsare att investera tid och pengar i en serie som är avslutad. Så det känns så skönt att kunna leverera en avslutad mangabokserie på svensk marknad. Tyvärr är det allt för många svenska mangabokserier som blivit avbrutna mitt i av diverse anledningar (oftast faktiskt för att förlaget inte valde att fortsätta serien).<br />
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Sähär såg vårt bord ut:<br />
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Emil var också med och hjälpte till att bära och sälja,<br />
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Bordet låg sist i raden av Artist Alley bord, men det gjorde inte så mycket för det var mycket genomströmning och rörelse i närheten av vårt bord. Bland annat låg det en föreläsningsscen strax intill, så det lockade en del. <br />
Det var på den scenen som jag höll mitt föredrag... kl. 10 på morgonen på söndagen... <br />
Jo, jag vet vad ni tänker: "Men är inte det lite tidigt, på ett konvent? Sista dagen?" <br />
Precis så tänkte jag också. Och med tanke på att jag var ute 2 månader i förväg med planerandet av föreläsningen med den ansvariga (eller ja, den jag trodde var ansvarig) så förväntade jag mig en lite bättre tid än så. Men det visade sig att flera scheman hade gjorts, att den jag hade kontakt med inte hade rapporterat in sina tider i tid, och då fick de arrangemang hen hade bokat in de sämsta tiderna. <br />
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Suck. Ok, såhär: NärCon är ett arrangemang som liksom alla andra mangakonvent bygger på volontärsarbete. Det innebär att ibland sköts inte saker på bästa sätt, för det beror helt på om personen som fick uppgiften kunde sin uppgift, eller för den delen inte fick för mycket strul under arbetets gång. Och jag kan respektera att inte alla kan få bästa tiden eller att allt klaffar alltid.<br />
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Så jag dök upp en kvart innan mitt föredrag. Min kontaktperson var inte där. Ingen scenansvarig var där heller. Trots att mitt föredrag stod med i det officiella schemat, på hemsidan etc. <br />
Jag väntade till fem i. Fortfarande ingen. När klockan var prick 10 började några besökare sätta sig på stolarna (som f.ö. stod huller om buller efter föregående natts partaj). Men jag kunde inte sätta igång mitt föredrag för all teknik var instuvad i ett låst skåp (mitt föredrag hade en presentation som var på min dator).<br />
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Fem över dök en snubbe upp och frågade mig barskt om det fanns ett mixerbord här för han hade i uppgift att filma föredraget efter mig, som Samuel Anlér (med i NärCon Eventbyrå AB's styrelse) skulle hålla. Jag skakade på huvudet och sa att jag har ingen aning, för jag var inte ansvarig. Han verkade lite förnärmad och gick iväg. <br />
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Tio över tio (jag har nu stått och ursäktat mig för min pyttelilla publik över att jag inte kan sätta igång utan tekniken) kommer tillslut den scenansvariga, som först ber om ursäkt och sedan beklagar sig över att jag inte stod med i hens schema (för att min kontaktperson inte hade kommunicerat med hen). Detta var dock inte riktigt sant, eftersom jag fått mail från denna scenansvarig med schemat där mitt namn stod med på denna tiden, denna scenen och allt. I samma mail stod det att det var en VGA-sladd som fanns, vilket var toppen för min dator har inte HDMI-ingång, bara VGA. På plats visade det sig dock att VGA-sladden var trasig!<br />
Suck....<br />
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Som tur hade jag lekt spådam dagarna innan och införskaffat mig en HDMI-VGA-adapter! Dock var den helt ny, så ytterligare 10 min gick åt att läsa instruktionsmanual och trixa med tekniken (japp, framför min lilla publik). <br />
Äntligen runt 10.20 kunde jag sätta igång mitt föredrag. Scenansvarig sa att jag kunde köra igång, så jag gjorde det. <br />
Mitt föredrag handlade om hur man kan bli professionell tecknare och leva på att rita. Ett föredrag jag hade hoppats att fler i Artist Alley skulle deltagit i, men på grund av den dåliga tiden blev det en liten men intresserad skara som deltog. <br />
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Fem i 11 kom en panda (arbetare) förbi och viftade med två fingrar. Jag förstod inte så jag frågade vad hen menade, och fick svaret att jag skulle avsluta på 2 minuter. Då hade jag ca 10-15 min kvar på mitt föredrag (eftersom jag förlorat 20 min i början ju). Jag sa att jag helst fortsätter tills nästa föreläsare är på plats och kan lämna scenen snabbt då, men pandan svarade snäsigt att Samuel redan var på plats. Vilket han inte var. Jag har träffat Samuel. Jag vet hur han ser ut. Jag svarade att jag inte ser honom, och pandan pekade på en snubbe som INTE var Samuel. Visste pandan ens hur Samuel ser ut? Hm... <br />
Jag fortsatte i rask takt och snabbspolade slutet på 3-5 minuter, tackade för mig (fick en liten applåd för nu var min publik ca 3 ggr större för att folk hade stigit upp - klockan var ju 11!) och gick av scenen. <br />
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Lite sur och sårad smet jag tillbaka till Nosebleed Studios bord som ju stod granne med scenen. Därifrån kunde jag se hur de började rigga upp kamera och mixerbord för Samuels föreläsning. Ingen Samuel. Han dök först upp en kvart senare. Så bråttom var det att få av mig från scenen. <br />
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Förstå mig rätt. Jag klagar inte på folk som jobbar gratis. Jag gör det också, jag vet att man inte kan ha så höga krav på ideella arbetare. Jag klagar inte på att Samuel var sen eller att VGA-sladden var trasig eller att jag fick en dålig tid. Sånt kan hända, det är ingen fara. <br />
Det jag tycker är sårande är behandlingen av en person som jag som tagit mig tid att göra ett föredrag som tog mig flera timmar att bygga och hålla, som får så illa bemötande. Jag har hittills inte ens fått chansen att träffa den person jag hade kontakt med, hen dök inte ens upp och bad om ursäkt. <br />
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Det värsta är att hur mycket jag än gillar NärCon och peppen (jag har ju faktiskt t.o.m. arbetat för dem, var ansvarig för Artist Alley på NärCon Sommar 2015), så är det just NärCon som vi i Nosebleed Studio brukar ha mest strul med. De är de enda som brukar bolla runt oss och glömma bort oss eller behandla mina föredrag såhär. Alla är inte onda såklart, det är många som känner till oss och det vi tillför på konventen i form av inspiration, föredrag, workshops etc. <br />
Som NärCon är uppbyggt saknas det tyvärr viss kontinuitet (vissa personer väljs för en arbetsuppgift för ett år, och sedan inte mer). Detta leder till en del rörighet och okunskap. Jag hade verkligen hoppats att det skulle kunna fixas, så att det inte behöver gå ut över folk som mig som vill bidra och lyfta konventet med den kunskap jag kan tillstå med.<br />
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Denna kritik är i all välmening, och jag hoppas fortfarande på en ursäkt från min kontaktperson.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nu över till något roligare!!</span><br />
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Jag var med i radio igår!<br />
PP3 på P3 har temavecka "Sailor Moon 20 år i Sverige" och jag fick chansen att prata om svensk mangahistoria med dem!<br />
Här kan ni lyssna på inslaget (ca 1 timme in):<br />
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<a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=4283&artikel=6372065"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Så blev mangan stor i Sverige - PP3 i P3</span></b></a><br />
Det var så superhedrande att få prata om Sailor Moon (ååh, min barndom!) och svensk mangamarknad, och jag hoppas att jag representerade den väl! ☺<br />
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Nu ska jag ta tag i tråkiga saker som deklaration etc. <br />
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☆☆☆ Tack för att du läste! ☆☆☆NataliaBatistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559455246744289126noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387622575244126604.post-19136210614854233892016-02-05T13:06:00.000+01:002016-02-05T13:31:04.637+01:002016 - Time to evolve!Prepare for some planning. Lot's of planning! <br />
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Also: New Years Resolutions. <br />
(Oh boy, this will crash and burn...)<br />
First, the resolutions of 2015:<br />
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<b>I will get myself a drivers license!</b><br />
This was actually my resolution for 2014 too. Um.. yeah. I havn't even tried, I'm so sorry (mostly embarrassed towards my parents who gave me a gift card for some of the lessons at a driving school that I have so far not used... 2 years ago). I get extremely embarrassed by talking about this. I hate feeling like I've lost or failed in something, and this is such a thing. To be honest, I'm just too scared to drive. I am so scared for traffic, high ways, driving, myself behind the wheel... I just feel in my gut I will die in the roads some day!<br />
That's why I think I'll have to deal with this in my own time.<br />
So, if I should grade myself, then a E- perhaps? (Not so sure about this alphabetical grading system, haha)<br />
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But I also had another resolution!<br />
<b>I will make an animation!</b><br />
And this I did! Or at least started doing... Did I fail this too?! Bu hu hu hu...<br />
Well, at least I did make about 50 seconds of my animation. Time is not in abundance and too many other projects and work is taking my time (not in a bad way, I like most of it). <br />
I'll give myself a C+ for this. I didn't animate much, but what I did was good!<br />
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And that's why the first of the resolutions for 2016 is:<br />
<b></b><b>I will make an animation!</b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(I give myself a lot of second chanses, haha)</span><b><br /></b>I hope to be able to finish episode 1 (5 min animation) of Mjau! this year. Wish me good luck!<br />
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And the second is:<br />
<b>I will go to Japan again! </b><br />
This is a bit tricky. I want to go, mostly because I want to bring my boyfriend and do it together, but I also wish I had more time to go to London and Paris, and the two main comic events there. <br />
We'll have to see how this year pans out...<br />
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Now over to some planning of the year!<br />
I have already planned for some events me/Nosebleed Studio will have a table at.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Events of 2016 (so far):</b></span></span></i><br />
<b>12-14 of February</b>: <a href="http://2016.vinter.narcon.se/" target="_blank">NärCon Vinter</a> in Linköping <br />
<b>18-20 of March</b>: <a href="http://www.j-popcon.dk/en/" target="_blank">J-popCon</a> in Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
<b>25-27 of March: </b><a href="http://www.gothcon.se/xl/" target="_blank">GothCon</a> in Gothenburg
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<b>2-3 of April:</b> <a href="http://www.seriefest.se/" target="_blank">Malmö Seriefest</a> in Malmö </div>
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<b>7-8 of May: </b><a href="http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Litteratur/Evenemang/2015/Stockholms-internationella-seriefestival-2015/" target="_blank">Stockholm International Comics Festival</a> (S.I.S.)</div>
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<b>13-15 of May: </b><a href="http://confusion.nu/" target="_blank">Confusion</a> in Gothenburg<b><br /></b></div>
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<b>28-31 of July: </b><a href="http://portal.narcon.se/" target="_blank">NärCon</a> in Linköping </div>
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<b>September: </b><a href="http://www.comiccon.se/">Comic Con Malmö</a> in Malmö </div>
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<b>September: </b><a href="http://www.bokmassan.se/">Göteborg Book Fair</a> in Gothenburg<b><br /></b></div>
<b>November: </b><a href="http://www.comiccon.se/">Comic Con Gamex</a> in Stockholm<br />
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As I mentioned, I would also love to go to one or both or <a href="http://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/" target="_blank">Japan Expo</a> in Paris and <a href="http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/" target="_blank">MCM London ComicCon</a>, but mostly as a visitor so I can get a chance to talk to publishers about <i>Sword Princess Amaltea</i>.<br />
We'll have to see...<br />
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Apart from this, my year will be filled with working at <a href="http://serieskolan.kvarnby.fhsk.se/" target="_blank">Serieskolan</a> in Malmö, making 2 books together with <a href="http://www.nosebleed-studio.com/" target="_blank">Nosebleed Studio</a> (more about that in upcoming blog entries), and animating.<br />
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This will be a year I need to focus on what I want to make. So I'll use my time wisely.<br />
Hope you have time to focus on your own passions too!<br />
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