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Operations Director @mangamavericks /@manga_mavericks & @Lum_Squad podcast host / BFA - SVA / Master’s - Northwestern / https://t.co/yM1zh9cZm1
Jul 25 25 tweets 5 min read
The Smiling Friends panel at #SDCC2025 began with showing a full episode of season 3!

Episode was about Pim and Charlie helping a guy called Silly Samuel be taken seriously while Allan and the Boss try to pass the health inspection for the office. Image
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Zack and Michael were supposed to do a live-drawing but the pens and tablets are not working so they just jumped into Q&A about the episode.
Nov 21, 2021 25 tweets 11 min read
Ready to start the #AzukiAnimeNYC panel, @ReadAzuki’s first live industry panel at a con! Introducing Azuki and hosts @VamptVo & CEO Abbas Jeffery! They’ve got a lot of new additions to their catalog to announce today!
Nov 20, 2021 18 tweets 6 min read
After a chaotic line just to get into the panels area, we managed to get to our next panel - the @jnovelclub panel, already in progress! (Guess they started a bit early? we were only a minute late). PRISONER VILLAINESS novel! This was was much-demanded and a brisk 2-book read!
Nov 20, 2021 33 tweets 5 min read
My next panel, Serving Magical Person Realness feat. @OkazuYuri, @WeekesPrincess, @dezinpub, and @MicheleKiricha1! Another full house, all ready to have a gay old time! Kiara’s intro to queer anime/manga was Loveless when she was 12!
Nov 20, 2021 37 tweets 9 min read
Next up for me at #AnimeNYC, the Localize This! Panel, feat. a Mt. Rushmore of localization, @ZackDavisson, Carl Horn, Mari Morimoto, Lynzee Loveridge, & @OkazuYuri! It’s a full house! Mari’s been in the business so long she gets 2 slides! She’s been in the industry three years longer than Carl Horn! 😎🔥
Nov 20, 2021 27 tweets 10 min read
At the @DarkHorseComics panel feat. @ZackDavisson & Carl Horn! Giving a history of Dark Horse’s relationship with publishing manga. Dark Horse started doing manga in 88, Viz was founded just a year before in 87. Contrary to what some younger fans may think, Manga localization was happening before the internet!
Nov 20, 2021 22 tweets 7 min read
Time for my first panel of #AnimeNYC day 2, the @yenpress panel! Featuring Mark and editors Riley, Carl, and Peyton! Plus Atsushi and Dasani from Bungo Stray Dogs!
Nov 19, 2021 22 tweets 6 min read
My final ANYC panel of the day - Inside the Manga industry! Feat. @MangaJerk, @ajani22121, @theceoofdeath, @NikDraperIvey, & @KoyukiPanda! Introducing the localizers on the panel! Everyone has a unique career and skill set and different stories about how they started working in manga!
Nov 19, 2021 26 tweets 9 min read
@denpa_books panel time @animenyc! ImageImage Ed was originally thinking of just talking about all the supply chain at this one (which I would have loved personally!) - but he’s also got a lot of cool news and announcements to make! ImageImageImage
Nov 19, 2021 22 tweets 11 min read
First ANYC panel of the day - @Comikeymedia! Looking forward to what they’ve got in store!! 🔥 ImageImageImageImage Co-founders Omar and Henry and project manager Eric introduce themselves and Comikey! They want to make a platform where fans can enjoy all types of comics under one roof! ImageImageImage