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Manga

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DUMmIES

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by Kensuke Okabayashi

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2007 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

Published simultaneously in Canada

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About the Author

Kensuke Okabayashi is a professional freelance illustrator/sequential artist.

Born and raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Kensuke has been inspired by

manga artists such as Fujiko Fukio, Osamu Tezuka, and Rumiko Takahashi

since childhood. While shopping his manga portfolio in Japan, he visited

various animation and comic book studios to hone his skills. There Kensuke

met with Matsumoto Leiji and Akazuka Fujio and interned with other manga

artists.

After studying music and psychology at Wheaton College in Illinois, Kensuke

shifted his focus from playing the piano to honing his art skills. He earned his

BFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City after studying

traditional painting and further developing his drawing skills. Upon graduat-

ing, he began picking up illustration and storyboard clients. His works even-

tually caught the eyes of several illustration agencies that currently represent

him. His recent storyboard clients include Diesel Clothing, Diet Coke, Diet

Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Absolut Vodka, Wendy’s, Allstate, State Farm, Canon Digital,

All Nippon Airways, and Camel.

In addition to storyboards, Kensuke also actively illustrates for mainstream

entertainment industry clients, including Wizards of the Coast, Takara Toys

U.S.A., Kensington Books, Skyzone Entertainment, and Carl Fisher Music.

Inspired by his past experience of working long hours at a well-known coffee

shop corporation, Kensuke developed and illustrated his creator-owned

comic book series titled JAVA!, which portrays the quirky futuristic society of

Neo Seattle, where mankind must consume coffee in order to live. The title

attracted attention and was picked up by Committed Comics and published

as a miniseries. His main character, Java (a high-power caffeine girl fighting

crime), received positive reviews from major comic book review sites as well

as from readers and distribution. Kensuke continues to work on creator-

owned projects with other established colleagues and writers in the industry.

His upcoming publication projects include Image Comics, Arcana

Publications, and Archaia Press. His online portfolio is posted at his studio

Web site at www.piggybackstudios.com.

On the side, Kensuke continues to draw from life and teaches art. He taught

illustration courses at Mercer College of New Jersey for several years. He cur-

rently teaches studio art classes at the Education Alliance Art School in New

York City. When not drawing or painting in his studio, Kensuke still enjoys

playing the piano from time to time and honing his martial arts skills regu-

larly at a local Tae Kwon Do club.

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