Amy Kim Kibuishi
| Amy Kim Kibuishi | |
|---|---|
Amy Kim Kibuishi in 2006 | |
| Born | Amy Kim Ganter 1980 (age 45–46) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Writer, Artist |
| https://felaxx.blogspot.com/ | |
Amy Kim Kibuishi (née Ganter) (born 1980 in Binghamton, New York),[1] is an American author and illustrator of original English-language manga.
Career
Kibuishi is a winner in the fourth Rising Stars of Manga[2] competition, winning the third-place prize of $1,000 and a trophy for her story The Hopeless Romantic and the Hapless Girl.[3] In 2005, Kibuishi created the character designs and comic art for the original Diner Dash video game by Gamelab.[4] She later authored Tokyopop's Sorcerers & Secretaries,[5] the story of Josh, a "bad boy," who falls for Nicole, a university student and part-time secretary who writes the story of the sorcerer Ellon in her dream journal.[6]
Kibuishi is also a contributor to the second and fourth volumes of the Flight series of comics anthologies, telling Food from the Sea a "manga-derived tale of an epic clash between a fish seller and a clam seller" in volume 4.[7] She has adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps novella, Deep Trouble, for the graphic novel Terror Trips. Terror Trips also has stories illustrated by Jill Thompson and Jamie Tolagson.[8] She is also the creator of the defunct webcomic Reman Mythology.[9]
By 2007, Kibuishi had stopped creating manga and webcomics to focus on her new family, describing herself as a "former cartoonist" on her blog.[10] This changed when she announced the launch of her new graphic novel The Rema Chronicles in July 2021.[11] It is scheduled to be published by Scholastic Graphix in 2022.[12]
Influences
Kibuishi says that after out-growing superhero comics like Spawn and X-Men, she became influenced by the more realistic comics she discovered while on a childhood trip to Korea.[5] She cites Japanese manga series Ranma ½ as an influence.[13]
Personal life
Kibuishi is married to comics artist Kazu Kibuishi.[13] They reside in Bellevue, Washington and have two children together. Kibuishi told the story of her "third first kiss" with her future husband for the book First Kiss (Then Tell).[14]
References
- ^ Democrat and Chronicle staff. (April 9, 2006). "Especially for teens". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Pg. 7C
- ^ Paniccia, Mark (Editor) (December 2004). Rising Stars of Manga, Vol. 4, Los Angeles: Tokyopop. ISBN 1-59182-538-5. Pg. 52
- ^ Brady, Matt (June 7, 2005). "RISING STARS IV: AMY KIM GANTER ON SORCERERS & SECRETARIES Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine". Retrieved on 2006-11-23
- ^ "Diner Dash: Details & Credits". Metacritic. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Gumbrecht, Jamie (April 14, 2006). "Graphic novelists drawing a crowd". Lexington Herald-Leader. Health & Family section, Pg. 5
- ^ Staff. (February 20, 2006). "Sorcerers and Secretaries". Publishers Weekly. Pg. 142
- ^ Flagg, Gordon (May 15, 2007). "Flight, v. 4". Booklist. Pg. 28
- ^ Abbott, Alana (May 1, 2007). "Terror Trips". School Library Journal. Pg. 168
- ^ Jiayi, Patricia (May 26, 2006). "School hit by manga mania". Pasadena Star-News
- ^ Kibuishi, Amy Kim (August 16, 2011). "Amy Kim Kibuishi's Little Blog" "Amy Kim Kibuishi's blog". Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)". Retrieved on February 13, 2022 - ^ Kibuishi, Amy Kim. "Felaxx's Gallery: Amy Kim Kibuishi's Little Blog," The Rema Chronicles
- ^ The Scholastic Store "The Rema Chronicles #1: Realm of the Blue Mist"
- ^ a b Jiayi, Patricia (July 2, 2006). "Creativity takes 'Flight'". Pasadena Star-News
- ^ Doyle, Miranda (February 1, 2007). "First Kiss (Then Tell): A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments". School Library Journal. Pg. 133