#314 Tiny Comics, Novel Manga, and Manga Translation for India




Deconstructing Comics show

Summary: (http://deconstructingcomics.com/kumar/2012/04/okashinafutari.jpg)Brian John Mitchell talks about his Kickstarter project (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462361469/silber-mini-comics-collection) to fund the making of his matchbook-sized comics. Two of these books involved a collaboration with Dave Sim! "Rook Bartly (http://rookbartly.deviantart.com/)" (US Air Force active duty member Jason) tells us about "Okashi na Futari", the Japanese novel series whose author has hired him to draw a manga version of the story. Then, Kumar returns to tell us about a couple of his recent manga translation projects, "Stupid Guy Goes to India" (which landed him an interview in the March 25 Mumbai Sunday Mid-Day (http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaperhome.aspx?issue=25032012&edd=Mumbai), pg 38-39) and Osamu Tezuka's "Adolf". All this, plus the announcement of the winning "what do you like about Deconstructing Comics" entry!