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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iron Chef" data-source="post: 21201" data-attributes="member: 858">I have a friend from high school who went on to work in the commercial comics industry, doing work for both Marvel and DC ( and later Image).  Before he landed a "real" job, he had amassed quite an impressive portfolio with which he use to take with him everywhere he went.  He would show his work to anyone who was interested but especially liked to go to "cons" (conventions) where he would wait in line for hours at a time sometimes just to get a chance to show his stuff to an established artist so that they would critique his work.  Eventually, he caught the eye of some pros and they gave him an assignment (two page layout of Batman vs. Predator if memory serves) just so they could see his chops at doing already well established characters.  He even went so far to do his own inking and needless to say, got the job which ultimately led to bigger and better things.  Not really sure how tough the manga biz is (especially in Japan), but the moral of the story I guess is to get yourself a portfolio together if you haven't already done so... you never know who you might run into once in Japan. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite122" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>