![]() ![]() Remember at the time there wasn't too much out there and it wasn't well marketed. LINDSAY: Initially, I was interested in any manga I could get my hands on. What was it about the form that attracted you to manga, and what were the particular titles and creators who appealed to you? It really captured my interest stylistically and content wise. I was lucky to find out about anime when I did. It offered more than the typical Saturday morning cartoon, which was more or less targeted at an age group I was growing out of. At first, anime seemed like a much darker and mature take on animation (of course I later found out that anime ran the whole spectrum of genres and stories, e.g. ![]() I think the first thing I saw was VAMPIRE HUNTER D, which was a shocking change of pace from the Disney-ish types of works I was accustomed to. One day I was hanging out with my cousin and she was showing me a couple of videos she rented at her local video game store. I've always been into animation more than comics. LINDSAY: I came across anime before manga. Or at least anything that got my attention.Īt what point were you first exposed to manga and anime, and what were your initial reactions to it or your feelings? There just wasn't too much of it around at first. I can't say that I started off looking at manga. Basically, if the comic were linked to an animated movie or video game that I liked, I'd probably take some interest in it. Titles like ALADDIN, GARGOYLES, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, and the like. I suppose I read the kind of stuff that would appeal to young girls, the stuff that was easily available at grocery stores and bookstores. LINDSAY: The first experiences I can remember consciously seeking out comics would be in the early 90's when I was around 10. What was your first experience with comics? What kind of comics were they, and what were the titles? Lindsay answered these questions back in November not long after I hatched the idea to Q&A the RSoM2 winners: It's a lovely, fanciful story that portrays two very different points of view. Lindsay's partner Jared Hodges provided lovely screen toning for her story, the tale of a girl and her pet ferret. Cibos signed a multi-volume book deal with them.Īccording to the introduction to her winning short as published in THE RISING STARS OF MANGA 2, Lindsay was born in Winter Park, Florida and currently lives in Altamonte, FL where she works as a freelance artist - at least until her time became full up producing PEACH FUZZ, the manga series. And as Valmont said, SUCCESS! TOKYOPOP announced earlier this year that they were indeed going to turn Lindsay's winning entry, "Peach Fuzz," into a full-fledged manga series, as Ms. ![]() Charlie #24 proudly presents (drum roll it, babeeee) Lindsay Cibos, the Grand Prize Winner of the TOKYOPOP's second Rising Stars of Manga contest! Lindsay won the $2500 prize last year and an opportunity to pitch her concept to a group of editors at TOKYOPOP and turn it into an actual manga series. ![]()
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