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Updating Old Comics

Some of you may have noticed already, but I’ve started to replace the older comics on the site with the version that appears in the graphic novel.

Original vs Graphi Novel Version

Why am I doing this?

The comics from the first two years are significantly rougher than the later comics. They look as though they were drawn by a different person. And you could say that they were – I was a very different artist at the beginning of Life After the B.O.E.

When I made the graphic novel, Life After the B.O.E. the Book,  I redrew many of the older comics to polish them up and to reflect my improvement as an artist.

I left the web comics as is for the past three years, but I think it’s time that they, too, get updated.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be updating the remainder of the older comics.

That Moment

That Moment

Even though Life After the B.O.E. ended almost three years ago, sometimes I come across a friend’s status update or I’m told a story that needs to be made in to a comic!

Life After the B.O.E trivia: Did you know Adam’s apartment in Hachinohe, Aomori-ken was the model for the March 11, 2011 comic?

Washlet

A direct sequel to the comic “Toilet” from 2007.

Nijikai | Life After the B.O.E. - Washlet

After my most recent trip to Japan, I reaffirmed my appreciation for the ubiquity of washlets in Japan.

No Kancho

No Kancho - Nijikai | Life After the B.O.E.

Even though Life After the B.O.E. ended almost two years ago, sometimes I get an email from a JET that needs to be made in to a comic!

Thanks Marcus!

CLAIR Forum

Last year, I was asked by CLAIR to write an article about my experiences on the JET Programme and the influence the JET Programme had on my post-JET life for the JET Plaza section their publication, CLAIR Forum.

I talk about my 10 year journey as an animation school dropout who went on JET in 2002 to an illustrator/comic book artist returning to Japan in 2012 to exhibit at the International Manga Festival.

If you’d like to read the article, the PDF can be download here (the English version is on the 3rd page).

Or you can read/download the whole June issue of CLAIR Forum from the CLAIR Forum homepage (Japanese).

CLAIR Forum June 2013

Here’s a link to all the JET Plaza articles on the JET Programme website (English).

Hand Towel

Nijikai: Hand Towel

Even though Life After the B.O.E. ended almost two years ago, sometimes I come across a friend’s status update that needs to be made in to a comic!

Thanks for posting this hilarious status update, Thomas!

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