I’m proud to call Chie Kutsuwada and Inko, two absolutely incredible Brighton-based Manga artists my friends. This didn’t stop me being nervous asking if they’d be up for contributing pages to a new Rosie and Jacinda comic I was working on.
Comic pages pages don’t draw themselves and I’m very aware of the effort that goes into them. So, thrilled that they agreed to do Rosie and Jacinda, I thought they couldn’t possibly take on another story of mine too.
Thing is, I’d had a script for a twelve page character driven, sci-fi set story floating around for a few years. I’d been struggling to find the right artist. A few people agreed to do it then backed out (twelve pages of comic art is a lot of work), some folk said no right off the bat and some artists just weren’t right for this story (including myself).
I was astonished and overjoyed that Chie and Inko agreed to draw Two Sons from Tempo Lush Tales as well as Rosie and Jacinda. They were so easy to work with and the pages came out better than I could have hoped. After a long journey the script was in perfect hands!
On top of all that, I’m proud that this is the first time that Inko and Chie have ever worked on the same comic pages together! Here’s a sneaky peak…
