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This month, I’m making my long overdue return to my “Creative Conversations” series! In these episodes, I’ll be talking to people in various creative fields making things today who were greatly inspired by anime & manga, and are using that inspiration today to make cool things! This time, I’m talking to illustrator, artist, and comic creator Laura Watton, who has been self-publishing her manga-inspired comic Biomecha in the UK since 1995! Listen as we discuss Laura’s influences, what the comic scene in the UK is like versus the American, and how it felt growing up as an anime & manga fan in the UK during the 80s & 90s.

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Laura’s older anime & manga recommendations:

• Sailor Moon (Pre-order the new, more affordable manga re-release vol 1 at Rightstuf or Book Depository!)
• Bubblegum Crisis (Get the complete bluray set at Rightstuf of direct from Animeigo!)
• Ranma 1/2 (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or from Book Depository!)
• Battle Angel Alita (Get the original manga from Rightstuf or from Book Depository!)

Follow Laura & her work online!

• Laura’s homepage: Pink Apple Jam
• @PinkAppleJamArt on Twitter & @PinkAppleJam on Instagram
• Laura’s comic Biomecha on her homepage as well as on Tapas!
• Buy Laura’s book You Will Be Able To Draw Manga By The End of This Book on Amazon & Book Depository
• Laura’s Etsy shop PinkAppleJam as well as OldTaku Vintage

My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their Twitter!

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Also mentioned on this episode: check out Trigun Reanimated! 

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Thanks for listening!