Dramacon

Overview

When manga writer Christie settles in the artist alley of her first ever anime convention, she sees it as an opportunity to promote the comic she had started with her boyfriend. But when a mysterious cosplayer sweeps Christie off her feet, her life is suddenly filled with the excitement and spontaneity of a new love. But what do you do when you fall in love with someone who is going to be miles away from you in just a couple of days? Tokyopop

Editorial Reviews

Set at a comic convention, this story shouldn't be as entertaining and fun as it is. But it's a little gem: the plot trips along, and though the art is good, not breathtaking, the Russian-born Canadian artist/author has clearly mastered the now international visual language of manga. The heroine is Chris, a self-willed girl who is taken for granted by her boyfriend, Derek. Chris meets the dark and mysterious Matt, who seems to understand her completely, and hijinks ensue. Sounds corny as hell, but the narrative is smart, witty and moving. The characters tap into the manga archetypes, which makes them breathe and have moments of being larger-than-life. Chris goes through self-doubt to self-knowledge and learns a bit of bravery along the way. It's astonishing to reflect that all the action takes place in the hotel rooms and convention floors where kids sell their homemade comics. Under the noses of adults, these "cons" have slipped into popular culture as a new land of rebels, mentors and wisdom-what road trips and the Haight once were. They're a perfect place for a growing-up story. Using every visual manga convention to its fullest, this ripping little tale is strong and expressive enough to reveal real emotional depth. (Nov.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

Author Information

Bio of Svetlana Chmakova

Svetlana was born and raised in Russia and moved to Canada at the tender age of 16. She slept through Sheridan College but they still gave her a three-year Classical Animation Diploma (yeah, she ' s still waiting for them to figure out they made a mistake and come back to take it from her). Svetlana is currently a freelance artist, working on stuff that mostly has nothing to do with animation. Oops. She suspects it has something to do with the fact that comics now own her soul. Svetlana has drawn for how-to-draw-manga books, RPG manuals, toy designs, animation, book covers and illustrations. Her current works include two manga-style online comics ' ' Chasing Rainbows ' on http://www.girlamatic.com and ' Night Silver ' at http://www.wirepop.com Favorite hobbies are: sleeping, reading more comics than is healthy for her wallet and fighting with the family cat over chair territory. To find out more please visit her website at http://www.svetlania.com (while you're there, tell it she says hi... >.>).

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Additional Info

Imprint

TOKYOPOP

Filesize

56.69 MB

Number of Pages

192

eBook ISBN

9781598161298