def in Japan: a comic diary

[Philip Grow]

Ah, it isn't. It easily could, really, but no. I play forum mafia from time to time, and, though it's just a game, it is unbelievably frustrating trying to reason with people about it. No different than anything else, really.

Hope all is well. Look forward to the next comic.

 

[nahadef]

Ah, there's many more, I just haven't been posting! Thanks for asking.

 

[Tamayo]

Ah, there's many more, I just haven't been posting! Thanks for asking.

Please do post! I love them more and more with each new addition.

 

[thomas]

I concur. Please share with us!

 

[nahadef]

Thanks, it's appreciated!

I'm still doing them, but the last two weeks I've been collecting them and translating them to print up zines to sell here... Very busy and hard to translate! Sometimes, the ideas are Western in a way that's hard to get across.

Not this one, this is just the way I am, loving stationary equipment.

 

[nahadef]

 

[Tamayo]

Holy hell, I know the feeling.

 

[nahadef]

 

[nahadef]

I printed up booklets this week, with Japanese translations, then attended a club art event. It was the first of its sort in Sapporo, that I know of. It was a treat. I felt young and less fat. About one in three bought either one or three books, and I had people ask to buy the posters and postcards I'd made as advertisements, and not figured anyone would want. And I watched people flip through my stuff and smile, and sometimes laugh out loud. For me, there's a deep head-nodding in my work, not a laugh out loud quality, but it seems for Japanese, the things I find curious are more amusing to them. This crowd was the Japanese-equivalent of the hipster, so I don't expect it to carry across the country, but it was positive, and I'll continue to translate my stuff, and make more things available. I really want to print a book within a year from now, and this seems to be the way to go about it, since I don't want to start writing fiction anytime soon.

And one more of this month's strips. I'm taking my time in writing them, and am a few strips behind in colouring due to preparing for this.

My mom had pneumonia for a month, and I felt really ****** that I couldn't visit.

 

[Tamayo]

It's great to hear that things are going well for you! We can only hope that it grows on the Japanese like it has for us here on the forum.

 

[nahadef]

I got behind a bit on drawing. I have a pile of pencils done, waiting for inks and colors. I'm feeling a little fresher too, since I was so busy this month.

 

[nahadef]

 

[nahadef]

The last week has been been good! Catching up with the last two weeks pencils.

 

[nahadef]

 

[nahadef]

 

[Tamayo]

Laughed out loud. Keep them coming!

 

[nahadef]

Still working at it

 

[Trond]

Just finished reading them all (Backwards though :|) have to say I found a lot of them to be very true to situations I have endured. Also, I find a few of them very comical and was laughing along as I was reading them.

 

[nahadef]

Thanks a lot, that's great to hear!

 

[nahadef]

 

[Davey]

haha I'm laughing more and more

 

[nahadef]

Maybe a somewhat confusing one... The park has a train, which I learned is stored in a giant shed in the hidden area of the track.

 

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