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Trip to NY + Question about Doujinshi

Journal Entry: Sat Aug 2, 2008, 8:15 AM
August 02th 2008





Trip to New York


Hey there guys! *waves shyly* so hum, I'm going on a trip to NewYork with a buddy of mine in 2 weeks, and I've started to freak out a little. We'll be staying on the 47th street right next to Broadway, and I seriously have no idea what we're gonna do there. 8D... so huh, anyone wants to give me some advice on how to spend an awesome weekend in NY is super mega extra welcomed! XD;



Doujinshi Questions


So.. okay, I've been wondering about that for a long while now, and *ktshy 's latest journal about this... anime doujinka festival just got me wondering even more so HERE I AM ASKING MY QUESTION.

..Where do people PRINT their doujinshis??

... At the risk of sounding really stupid, isn't it like.. Illegal here? XD; I mean, hey, I'm all for selling doujinshis and all, and this isn't about .. legality or not, but I'm just wondering. I would think they'd... go to Lulu.com or something, but there is a strong policy about Fanwork so.. I guess it can't be there! .. and I suppose you can't really send it to a Pro printer either? ... so they do it at home?

Seriously, I'd really like to know! It eats at me at night D=
... ahahah yeah no , but im still really curious. So thanks to anyone who answers that! :heart:

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Commissions -lack of- Progress


CLOSED! D=
I promise, I'll get to work on them soon. I just have so much going on. Aaah.

I opened commissions to the people in the Waiting list (look here, at the bottom of the journal [link])
Those in the Waiting list have priority.

So for those concerned, here's the schedule so far !
(FROM THE WAITING LIST- THEY HAVE PRIORITY)
FIRST

[link] DONE! $*OceanLord -Lucian
[link] DONE! $~The-Lancastrian - Caolan
[link] DONE! $*Kycha - Isaac Nathaniel
[link] DONE! $*cerena - Lyselle
[link] DONE! $*Endling - Ree

SECOND
[link] DONE! $=alexds1 - Luca
[link] DONE! $=alexds1 - Pinter
[link] DONE! $*GermanCityGirl - Tanake Trang
[link] DONE! $~blue-fire - Dafydd
[link] DONE! $*Audley - Castor


THIRD
*Hubby-N-Dad - Waiting for Info
$*Verdokai - Jason Shields
~Longleggedgit - Waiting for Info
$~WeezalGurl - Waiting for Info
*Shonk-ness - Waiting for Info

FOURTH
$*OceanLord - Waiting for Info
*Audley Waiting for Info
$*GermanCityGirl - Bebe Adame
~wellington - Her Portrait

(NOT FROM THE WAITING LIST- DONE WHEN THE ONES ABOVE ARE DONE)
FIRST
*NekoAiTorankusu - Waiting for Info
~licchan - Waiting for Info
=kyan - Waiting for Info
*Spellatio - Jishmael
~Sol-Sanctum - Waiting for Info

SECOND
~valvigirl - Waiting for Info
~dimespin - Waiting for Info
*emperial - Marlu
*emperial - Third
*emperial - Artist's choice
THIRD
*emperial - Artist's choice
*aceinit - Waiting for Info
*aceinit - Waiting for Info

It's easier for everyone to keep up with those on my journal D= Sorry for those who don'T give a crap! 8D eehee.






  • Mood: Excited
  • Listening to: Coldplay
  • Reading: tmnt comics D= *dies*
  • Watching: ...tmnt DVDs.. D= *redies*
  • Playing: ROCKBAND8D

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Haha, I live 10 blocks away! If you want a bunch of rambling about NYC things I can send you a note or something.
Allo!
je sais que c'est poche, mais un des amis de ma soeur que je watche a demandé la même question cette année, alors au lieu de te redire tout, je vais juste t'obliger à tout le lire, mwahahaha :
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Y'a ben des choses à faire, alors ça dé;pend beaucoup de ce que tu aimes faire....

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Gosh. Walk a couple of blocks down to 42nd Street Times Square and take your pick. Tons of places to visit and explore. Hope you're bringing some money though, for that area atleast.

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Lulu always seemed very expensive to me (even though it is high quality). I'm not sure about their fanwork policy, but I didn't think printers were particularly bothered by that sort of thing.

I'm no expert, but there's always this list over at Onikimono that has some traditional and print-on-demand companies listed. Print-on-demand is usually cheaper, but people who have used Comixpress.com and Ka-blam.com may attest to the fact that their services are not always speedy. I've never printed with them, but a quick Google search brings up some compliments and some complaints.

Then again, you can always go to your local Kinkos and print yourself. I think they staple them there, too. Yay Kinkos. And there may be some local printers around you who would do this sort of stuff at a different price. Time for investigation, I suppose. :)

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Hey, you! Yeah, you, the artist. You deserve an ORANGE. :orange:
Doujinshi are illegal in the US, yes. I think it's only okay to do in Japan. As far as printing goes, I have no idea, though. The process of producing a book in the West or in Japan is probably dramatically different, just as the laws about copyright.
once, a friend and i did a 75 page doujin perfect bound through Dream Weaver Press. but then their printers died or something right after our order and they no longer do it. they were the only ones we knew that would do fanwork. :(
ok. this is a long one but:
as soon as you get there get a foldout map with a compas from one of the thousands of souvenere shops. one of those things saved my skin on numerous occasions.
then there's;
the empire state building (with an awsomely friendly comicbook store. next to it)
The museum of modern art.
midtown comics
Times square
the metrapolitan museum
the gugenheim museum
the museum of american folk art
the financial district which leads to chinatown, which leads to soho
theres a bunch of other stuff but thats all i could do in 6 days. with little to no rest.
wear sturdy or walking shooes. (unless you can afford cab everywhere)
dont go ennywhere allone, if you get confronted or appear to be being hussled just shout f*ck off! as loud as you can. people will stare and thus the nare do wells will back off.

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wow, right in the city. Lucky you! I've been working in the city for a while. I think Time square is over rated. St.Marks is a really fun place to hang out. Lots of Novelty shops. Moroccan restaurants , Jap toy shop, Chocolate Bald man , Bubble Tea, and other interesting things. Chinatown has a really good Chinese restaurant that I like called Joe SHanghi, theres also an arcade which is rare these days. It's called Chinatown Fair ( I think, theres no big sign). I would check the news stands to see the interesting events happening in the city the time of your stay. The last things that YOU HAVE to see is Kinokuniya across the street from Bryant Park! YOU HAVE to see that. Tons of Japanese books on the first floor and then TONS of MANGA on the 2nd... and tasty green tea in their Cafe =)
I think I filled up a week of activities =).

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At the Metropolitan Museum, there's currently an exhibit which is all about fashion based on superheroes. [link]

You might enjoy that!
Also my other favorite place is Forbidden planet!
(comic book shop near union square)

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