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Stan, Fingers crossed to see you! :>

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Stan, :>

Fingers crossed that the Supanova committee give you a invite! :>

Have fun in Hawaii! I heard that there are some really huges waves out there! :>

tldno :>
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well what i was afriad would happean at work happeaned :(
sign and i had to work that whole weekend "sigh" maybe next year
Its not any fun, unless they bleed some...
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In the Usagi Cover Art thread, Mr. Sakai mentioned an appearance in January out here at Cal Poly Pomona.

It's a bit of a drive out to the Hawthorne signing, so I was wondering if anyone had any details on when exactly the January appearance will be?
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blackjack wrote:In the Usagi Cover Art thread, Mr. Sakai mentioned an appearance in January out here at Cal Poly Pomona.

It's a bit of a drive out to the Hawthorne signing, so I was wondering if anyone had any details on when exactly the January appearance will be?
I don't think this one is open to the public. I will check on this. I will be part of a manga symposium with Fred Schodt and others for the Dept of Language & Literature held on Feb 17. I was told the room only seats 100.
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The manga symposium at Cal State Pomona is indeed open to the public. I'll post details as I receive them.
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Found this on their website:
Marauding Rabbits, Starry-Eyed Girls, Battling Boys, ‘Ordinary Ladies’: Japanese (American) Manga in Review
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 1:30-5:30 p.m., Hahn 101

Providing the plenary address will be Frederik L. Schodt, the premier scholar on manga in English and author of the seminal, Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics and Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Also featured will be Stan Sakai, the creator of the long running and highly successful samurai rabbit Usagi Yojimbo series, providing a step-by-step demonstration of how a manga story is written and drawn. Kinko Ito, professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas, will speak to the genre of ladies comics, its emergence in the 1980s to its newest trends in the 21st century. Matthew A. Thorn, associate professor at Japan’s only Department of Comic Art in the School of Cartoon and Comic Art at Kyoto Seika University and an expert on girls shôjo manga, will round out the program.

Organized by the Department of Asian Languages & Literatures; co-sponsored with PBI.
Contact: Lynne Miyake, (909) 621-8931

http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/program.shtml
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Found this on their website. I thought it was funny that Stan is listed as "Stanley Sakai":
Marauding Rabbits, Starry-Eyed Girls, Battling Boys, ‘Ordinary Ladies’: Japanese (American) Manga in Review
Friday, February 17, 2006 - 1:30-5:30 p.m., Hahn 101

Providing the plenary address will be Frederik L. Schodt, the premier scholar on manga in English and author of the seminal, Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics and Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Also featured will be Stanley Sakai, the creator of the long running and highly successful samurai rabbit Usagi Yojimbo series, providing a step-by-step demonstration of how a manga story is written and drawn. Kinko Ito, professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas, will speak to the genre of ladies comics, its emergence in the 1980s to its newest trends in the 21st century. Matthew A. Thorn, associate professor at Japan’s only Department of Comic Art in the School of Cartoon and Comic Art at Kyoto Seika University and an expert on girls shôjo manga, will round out the program.

Organized by the Department of Asian Languages & Literatures; co-sponsored with PBI.
Contact: Lynne Miyake, (909) 621-8931

http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/program.shtml
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Friday, February 17, 2006

Pomona College
Pacific Basin Institute, Hahn 101

420 N Harvard Ave, Claremont, CA 91711
Cost: Free, Time: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Lynne Miyake Tel: (909) 621-8931

www.pomona.edu/pbi

Providing the plenary address will be Frederik L. Schodt, the premier scholar on manga in English and author of the seminal, Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics and Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga. Also featured will be Stanley Sakai, the creator of the long running and highly successful samurai rabbit Usagi Yojimbo series, providing a step-by-step demonstration of how a manga story is written and drawn. Kinko Ito, professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas, will speak to the genre of ladies comics, its emergence in the 1980s to its newest trends in the 21st century. Matthew A. Thorn, associate professor at Japan¿s only Department of Comic Art in the School of Cartoon and Comic Art at Kyoto Seika University and an expert on girls sh¿jo manga, will round out the program.

1:30PM
Introductory Remarks: Lynne K. Miyake (Department of Asian Languages & Literatures, Pomona College)

1:40PM
Introduction: Mage Macchione (Classics Major, Pomona College)

1:45-2:30PM
Frederik L. Schodt (Conference Interpreter, Translator, and Free Lance Writer)
“The Manga Way”

2:30PM
Introduction: Tom Bayles (Japanese Major, Pomona College)

2:35-3:10PM
Stan Sakai (Comics Artist and National Cartoonists Society Award Winner)
“Creating Comics, Making Manga”

3:10PM
Introduction: Chen Jiang (International Relations Major, Pomona College)

3:15-3:50PM
Kinko Ito (Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Gerontology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
“Japanese Ladies' Comics: Now and Then”

3:50PM
Introduction: Julia Fields (Asian Studies Major, Pomona College)

3:55-4:30PM
Matthew A. Thorn (School of Cartoon & Comic Art, Kyoto Seika University)

4:30-5:30PM
Open Discussion

5:30PM
Buffet Dinner (hall outside room 101)
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The symposium went very well. It was good to see Fred Schodt again. He was our translator when Sharon and I went to Japan as guests of Tezuka. It was also nice to meet Matt Thorn, a professor of manga at a university in Kyoto, and Kinko Ito, a university professor from Arkansas and manga author.

We were taken out for a very nice Afghan lunch, and a buffet dinner of Hawaiian and Chinese food was provided.

I used a document camera for the first time during my presentation, and I loved using it. I could draw on a piece of paper, and it would be projected up on the wall--much easier than drawing on an easel, and the fairly large room could see what I was doing with no problem. The document camera could also project visuals of my script, thumbnails, and original art.

Unfortunately, it's been a warm, dry month and my allergies are still in full bloom--watery eyes, sniffly nose, scratchy throat--so I was drinking water and sucking on cough drops like there was no tomorrow. It rained last night, so hopefully the pollen count will be lowered a lot. This is the worst year for my allergies ever.

I'll be doing a presentation for Cynlee's class next week.
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Need to know....

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I was looking at te iCon Convention in Stony Brook and it says you will be appearing there. is that True? It would be a great honor to meet the creator of Usagi.

Rich
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rikgoon wrote:I was looking at te iCon Convention in Stony Brook and it says you will be appearing there. is that True? It would be a great honor to meet the creator of Usagi.

Rich
Yes, I will be at I-Con next weekend. It will be a very short trip for me--flying in Friday evening, and back to LA Sunday night.

I won't have a dealer table there--so if there is anything you would like me to bring--a particular issue to complete your collection, finger puppet, etc--let me know. Either e-mail me or post it here.
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Fangurl wrote:Will you be appearing at Comic-con in San Diego in July?
Yes, I will be there. It will be my 28th consecutive SD Con. I will have a booth there.
IM hoping to go this year :D Meet up with some firends, and John LoL!- I hope I get to go! Then I can see ya' again!
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Hi Stan, just wondering when you say that you wont have a dealer table does that mean you wont be selling any original artwork or doing any sketches?
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RRappap767 wrote:Hi Stan, just wondering when you say that you wont have a dealer table does that mean you wont be selling any original artwork or doing any sketches?
I was told that I'll be sharing part of Hal Holbrook's (?) table in the dealers' room for sketches and autographs. But if you see me around, I'm usually happy to do something for you. As I've said in the past, if you want a free sketch, I ask that you supply your own paper, it must be personalized to someone, and I do not take requests for particular characters.

I will be doing a few presentation at about noon on Saturday and Sunday.

I guess I'll bring a few drawings with me, as well.

I'll be traveling light, so if there are any books, comics, a calendar, Art of UY, etc that you want me to bring, let me know.
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Thanks for the reply Stan, Actually I was looking foward to purchasing some Usagi original covers like the ones you brought to Anthrocon in Philly. Also, if its possible a more detailed personalized sketch that I would be willing to pay for. One last thing I will be coming on Saturday, do you know a good time to catch you at the table. Thanks.
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