Kevin

Your business cards could read "manga surgeon," maybe clients will see they should pay your Doctor Money ??

Still processing the part of this post that implies you've only been at this for five years, based on the quality of your work I assumed you'd been doing it since God created Adam

I've had the pleasure of having Madeleine letter a couple of my series. (This one isn't mine, though.) Glad to see a publisher repping letterers--they are such an important part of making an excellent localized reading experience!

Another ANYC in the books! I still can't get enough of the camaraderie and good vibes at this show. Wishing everyone another year of love and taking delight in their hobbies (or jobs!), until we meet again.

Aidan has been agitating for Billy Bat to get an English release for as long as I've known him, and I couldn't be happier for him and Brandon!

For this kit we're trying to master seam removal, with decidedly mixed results

If I ran a gym for fighting game enthusiasts, I'd give a discount on early-morning classes and call it the Wake-Up Special.

Looks fantastic!
(I already had this comment locked and loaded before I saw Brandon said exactly the same thing...guess you know it's true, then!)

That is my kind of pile!

Wild that this is just...gold Sharpie. No primer, no prep, just grab a marker and go to town. Coverage and brilliance are superb.

Erica Friedman wants to talk to you, and believe me, you want to hear her!

I'm given to understand that Anime NYC has removed the scanlation panel from their schedule pending further review. I appreciate their quick response to the concerns voiced by my fellow professionals. Looking forward to the con!

I feel like if it were a legitimate publisher, they wouldn't be talking about "scanning" as a step in the process (since presumably they'd have the actual files?). Maybe it would be a step for older or more obscure titles, I guess?

Skeptical at best to see @animenyc.bsky.social, which is attended by scads of industry professionals every year, also hosting a "scanlation 101" panel.

Finally! It's Issak print release day!! If you love great historical fiction and terrific adventure, treat yourself to volume 1 of this fantastic series!

Is this the most Paul Starr post possibly ever

Here's the full list, by the way. While the Screentoneys are lighthearted, they're also a reminder of the sheer, mind-boggling amount of pure talent that's out there working hard to bring YOU awesome novels and comic books! There's so many colleagues I love and appreciate on this list!

I won!! 😂🥰 The Screentoneys are a silly thing industry pros do purely for themselves, which makes it even more poignant to me that this legitimately gives me a warm glow inside. Thanks, Screentoneys!

This kit also has some of the most miniscule stickers I've ever worked with.

Then again, got to admit the results look 🔥🔥🔥

Anyone building Gquuuuuux for their first gunpla? I think one runner here has more parts than the entire Zaku that I built for my first kit. It's wild what they're doing with HG these days, but I wonder if we'll reach a point where would-be builders are intimidated.

Volume 5 of The Apothecary Diaries is here in print, and it's a big chunk o' book!

I think we're on pretty much the same page, then--but yes, these sorts of difference between languages are part of the fascination of translating!

It's always dicey to assume some detail is trivial or not "necessary," but I'm with you that this hyperspecificity seems to be an overall trait of much Japanese writing, and could perhaps be finessed on the basis of "it reads as 'ordinary' in Japanese, so it should read as 'ordinary' in English."

I think there's a real discussion to be had about how much of this specificity needs to be translated as how much, as you suggest, can be translated by silence, assumed to be understood by English-language readers.

Certainly not if the second-place team insists on pitting at the exact same time as the first-placed one for every stop...

Under the circumstances, this is a very good year to be celebrating Trans Day of Visibility. STILL thrilled to be working in an industry with so many talented trans folks, and LGBTQ+ individuals of every stripe!

big "making a whole bowl of oatmeal even though dinner is in just a couple hours" vibes today

Just a passing thought, but it is just wild that I get to do what I do for a living

Ben Kenobi voice: "Mushishi... Now there's a name I've not heard in a long time."