Amy Kim Ganter
Amy Kim Ganter | |
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Amy Kim Ganter (right) with Ovi Nedelcu (left), and Kazu Kibuishi (center). | |
Born |
1980 Binghamton, New York |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Pseudonym(s) | Amy Kim Kibuishi |
http://felaxx.blogspot.com/ |
Amy Kim Ganter (born 1980 in Binghamton, New York),[1] is an American author and illustrator of original English-language manga.
Career
Ganter 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] She later authored Tokyopop's Sorcerers & Secretaries,[4] 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.[5]
Ganter 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.[6] 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.[7] She is also the creator of the defunct webcomic Reman Mythology.[8]
Since 2007, she has left off manga and webcomic creation, describing herself as a "former cartoonist" on her new blog.[9]
Influences
Ganter 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.[4] She cites Japanese manga series Ranma 1/2 as an influence.[10]
Personal life
Ganter is married to comics artist and Flight editor Kazu Kibuishi;[10] they reside in Bellevue, Washington. Ganter told the story of her "third first kiss" with her future husband for the book First Kiss (Then Tell).[11]
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
- 1 2 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. "Felaxx's Gallery: Amy Kim Kibuishi's Little Blog," http://felaxx.blogspot.com/
- 1 2 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