[VANITY] Freeper B-Chan's latest book released

brucelewis.com ^ | 2005.09.20 | B-Chan

[B-Chan]

Draw Manga, my latest book was released today. A couple of reviews are already on the Net. My sincere thanks to all of you out there who encouraged and otherwise helped me write it. I couldn't have done it without you.

[B-Chan]

Sorry for the vanity, folks. I just wanted to let you all know that I occasionally do something other than reading and posting to FR!

[Ninian Dryhope]

Congratulations!

[Americanwolf]

could have fooled us.... :) j/k Congrats!

[MEG33]

Congratulations!

[msnimje]

Congratulations and thanks for teaching me a new word - MANGA!!

[B-Chan]

Thanks, and I'm glad you've discovered manga. It's a fun hobby.

[JerseyHighlander]

Is there a step by step tutorial on how to draw His Noodly Appendage, manga style?

Congrats!

[Deetes]

Cool. Congratulations !!!

[Bon mots]

Did you self publish?

I am in the process of doing the same thing, and was curious about the best way to proceed.

(I don't write about manga though...)

[kingu]

Any copies available direct from the author? My daughter is heavily into this, and an autographed copy sounds like a very nice Christmas present.

[Socratic]

A project pursued - a culmination reached - a success attained. Congrats! (May your sales match your already-achieved success).

[Spirited]

Congratulations....

[B-Chan]

Although I have published my own stuff in the past, this book is not self-published. The publisher is Collins & Brown, an imprint of UK multimedia giant Chrysalis. Thanks to their marketing power, the book is available worldwide (in French as well as in English). You can order it online or buy it at your local book shop.

Good luck and have fun with your self-publishing project! It's a worthwhile pursuit.

[B-Chan]

Although I don't have copies of the book to give away, I'd be happy to send your daughter an autographed sketch if you let me know where to send it.

Alternatively, you two could come visit me the next time an anime convention in your area has me as a guest. You can check my website (brucelewis.com) for dates and places. I'd be happy to meet the both of you at a convention, and of course I'd be flattered to sign any autographs you might request.

[B-Chan]

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

[B-Chan]

Sorry -- I'm strictly a PG-13 cartoonist!

[Eepsy]

Is it suitable for a house with small children? I've picked up "how to draw" manga books before (big shoujo fan, me), but they were all a little too...how shall I say...bouncy-bouncy to have lying around the house with a curious four year old around.

[Bon mots]

Congratulations, and thanks for the response. I wish you the best of luck and much success with your latest book.

I'll show your book to my son, who is interested in Manga.

[TotusTuus]

CongratuB-Chanlations!

[jboot]

Congrats!

Some of us remember drawing manga when manga wasn't cool. (I self-published for a few years in the late '80s, selling mostly at one-day comic and Trek cons. It never even paid for my materials, let alone the rent.) It's great to see the art form finally maturing here in the states! Keep 'em coming.

[ELS]

Congratulations!

(OT: Have you seen The Catholic Monarchist Blog)

[GVnana]

Congratulations.

[Khurkris]

Congrats and much good fortune to YOU!

[B-Chan]

Thanks, and thanks also for the URL!

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

My congradulations and thank you for the education.

“Manga” is the Spanish word for sleeve, so I wondered what the devil you were doing drawing/painting sleeves. :)

Also, now I know what one of the things my nephew does for a living. He is a professional animated cartoonist, and on the side he likes to draw “manga” characters to relax. I didn’t know these manga characters had a name and was a specialized Japanese art. Next time I talk to “R,” his aunt will sound a little intelligent (hopefully).

[annalex]

Best of luck with your book. Always enjoy your posts.

[Jeff Head]

Congrats B-Chan! Glad your efforts have paid off with this official publication and here's hoping that it is a blockbuster for you.

Hey everyone, here's another officially published Freeper.

[Snake65]

Excellent!

[Travis McGee]

Congrats on getting published! You draw purty gude two!

[B-Chan]

Thank you. I enjoyed your books a great deal!

[B-Chan]

Other than strictly anatomical illustrations, there's no nudity (certainly nothing risque) in DRAW MANGA. I stick to PG-13 standards in my books. After all, my mom reads them!

[Jeff Head]

Thank you, and again, best of luck. You've worked very hard for this for a long time and deserve every minute of it and more. I hope it leads to a lot more publication and notice for your work.

[Sam Cree]

Congratulations, B-Chan. Very impressing.

[B-Chan]

Gracias.

[Sam Cree]

Art ping!

This one's a little different. I think it very nice that there are Freepers who are successful artists. B-Chan is usually self effacing on the subject, but I think most of us understand that many comic artists have highly developed skills. Better skills than some fine artists in fact.

Anyhow, congrats again to B-Chan.

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "Other than strictly anatomical illustrations, there's no nudity (certainly nothing risque) in DRAW MANGA. I stick to PG-13 standards in my books. After all, my mom reads them!"

I draw and paint nudes all the time, some risque, since my primary focus is the human form. My Mom, an almost stereotypical blue-haired grandma, enjoys my work. (Or says she does, at any rate.) Since most of my fine arts work leans abstract, maybe she doesn't know what she's looking at. Nah, she knows what she's looking at. Of course, Manga is mainly aimed at a younger audience (with the exception of Manga erotica, which is another form entirely).

The first depiction of a nude woman I ever saw was one of my grandfather's sculptures: a third-scale, reclining nude in wood, sculpted when he was in his thirties. My brother and I thought it was really cool until we found out who the model was. Talk about your icky Oedipal moment. (My grandmother wasn't about to have him 'import' a model for that kind of work.)

Sorry. Rambling. Congratulations on publication of your book. Since my teenage daughter adores Manga, you've given me a great Xmas idea.

[Sam Cree]

Rembrandt fan, is there a website where your work can be viewed? I'd love to see some of it, especially since it's figurative.

Humorous about that model!

BTW, my daughter, who just graduated from art school (photography) called me up the other day - she and an artist friend were discussing Rembrandt, but weren't really sure what works he was really famous for, though they thought mainly the self portraits. I tend to agree, though the Night Watch bubbled up from my long distant education.

[Rembrandt_fan]

I'd be hard-pressed to say which works Rembrandt is most famous for, since he worked in such a variety of media--etching, pen and ink, brush and ink, charcoal, oils--that no single piece springs to mind when I think of him; it all kind of comes together in my head like a big, colorful gestalt. I guess his final self-portrait and 'Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer' would be considered his more famous oils. The reason I like Rembrandt so much is that--when viewing his works--I can imagine the thinking that went on behind a given piece: the way he solved technical problems, the way he approached his subjects. I think I understand, for example, why he was driven to render religious subjects in spite of the demands of the market, which was spare for religiously themed work at that time and place (much as it is now). I could be fooling myself, of course: empathy run amok--but feel that I know him.

[Republicanprofessor]

Hey, Rembrandt fan, you didn't answer Sam's question about where your work could be seen. (Or maybe you did it privately, which is okay.)

No time to really chat. Way too busy lately...

Thanks for the fun post, Sam.

[Rembrandt_fan]

I sent Sam my website URL. Didn't flash it on an open post for a few reasons: One, it feels a little unseemly to post the URL of what is essentially a commercially-oriented on-line portfolio on FR, and Two, I've had a few serious-sounding threats from some more, er, unstable posters--one badly disguised neo-nazi, in particular, and one very, very strange cockfighting fan with whom I took serious issue. I don't want to make finding me that easy. I'm too old to handle housecalls from bloodsport enthusiasts and Stormfront trolls, although a slightly younger me might've welcomed the prospect.

[kanawa]

Hope your book is doing well Bump

[B-Chan]

Thanks!