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Posted on August 17, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, Consuming, costume, Creating, events, Japan, manga, needlework, pictures, workshops | Tags: anime, AnimeIowa, Chris Ayres, conventions, cosplay, Doctor Who, ferrets, Greg Ayres, Jan Scott-Frazier, Kyle Hebert, Lea Hernandez, Madame de Pompadour, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, natsukashii, Robert Axelrod, Satoshi Kon, The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga |
Noisy, joyous, full of life. Reading old radio plays with Kyle Hebert at the helm. Hanging out with Jan Scott-Frazier. Dinner with the Brothers Ayres. Meeting Lea Hernandez again for the first time in sixteen years. Rubber ducky racing. Host and maid cafes. Judging the Masquerade and gaping at some lovely cosplay (including my first-ever [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2011. Filed under: Creating, designing, Japan, manga, needlework, workshops, writing | Tags: Akita International University, animation, anime, Anime UK, Arts, Dr. Darren-Jon Ashmore, Japan, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, principles of collaboration, Reza Ben Gajra, Steve Kyte, Takarazuka, Tezuka Production |
Creative collaboration = me+. I’ve gained and learned so much by working with gifted people. Find out more about them and what we made together.
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Posted on June 26, 2011. Filed under: anime, Creating, events, workshops | Tags: animation, anime, Balenciaga, Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Cinema, Basho, Chinese animation, Fan Ming, Hayao Miyazaki, Helen McCarthy workshops, Ippei Okamoto, Osamu Tezuka, Princess Iron Fan, Reza Ben Gajra, Tadahito Mochinaga |
I spend a generous proportion of my time with some of the greatest creative intelligences the world has ever known (definitely more than I spend on housework, admin, and the perpetual hunt for that missing sock.) It’s a never-failing source of delight and energy to explore the worlds of people like Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2011. Filed under: anime, manga, Japan, appearances, events, history, workshops, haiku, pictures | Tags: Gloria Oliver, Lee Martindale, Peter S. Beagle, United States, Anime North, Jana Oliver, Esther Friesner, Lynn Abbey, Elizabeth Moon, Project A-Kon, Laura J. Underwood, Terrance Griep, The Ladies of Trade Town, Project: A-Kon 22, anime convention |
Another weekend, another huge convention. It’s 100ºF in Dallas and the aircon is struggling to cope with A-Kon.
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Posted on May 21, 2011. Filed under: anime, appearances, books, events, Japan, kamishibai, manga, pictures, workshops | Tags: anime, Arts, Charles Wirgman, Frank A. Nankivell, Frederik L. Schodt, Graphic novel, Ippei Okamoto, kamishibai, libraries, manga, Pimlico, Rakuten Kitazawa, Westminister, World War II |
Public libraries are fun, funky and free, and occasionally they invite speakers like me to talk about books and subjects we love!
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Posted on September 13, 2010. Filed under: Creating, history, kamishibai, manga, workshops | Tags: Arts, comics, Creators, Ippei Okamoto, Jason King, kamishibai, manga, manga history, Osamu Tezuka, Shigeru Mizuki, Workers Educational Association |
Read all about Helen’s forthcoming London evening class on manga history.
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Posted on December 14, 2009. Filed under: anime, Creating, manga, workshops, writing | Tags: Ambassador Magma, Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, Astro Boy Essays, Black Jack, Devil Garon, Frederik L. Schodt, Hayao Miyazaki, Higeoyaji, Hyotantsugi, Naoki Urusawa, Ochanomizu, Pluto, Princess Knight, Sapphire, Tetsuwan Atom, Uran |
I’ve had some wonderful pictures in my mailbox recently. My fellow Tezuka fans have kindly sent me their photos of Tezuka merchandise, including The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga, snapped in stores around the world, so I thought I’d share a couple of them. Here’s an amazing Tezuka chess set. Of course, the King/Queen [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2009. Filed under: Creating, needlework, workshops | Tags: education, learning to draw, manga, Manga Cross Stitch, playscheme, workshop |
Why, apart from the money, does a writer or artist want to run summer holiday workshops for children?
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