Beautiful Hanami

Cherry tree near my house, inokashira kouen, Me and Jesse my Emo friend, magic lanterns.


Finally it's here! Japans time of enjoyous and happy delicious cherry blossom viewing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami

Comics about comics

I have finally finished my 3 page documentary comic about Comiket; the worlds largest Comic Market held 2 times a year here in Tokyo. Well, frankly the comic is more about me, and how very painful it was as a foreigner to get into the market. I'm sure other gaijins have done/tried it before, but I definitely have not seen any, and for good reason - the application process was ridiculously complicated and charmingly enough all in japanese of course!

Above is a sneak peak, the whole comic will be published in Sweden in the Magazine Shojo Stars during the year (possbibly I will get back with a slightly more precise date here... when someone at the publishers knows).

Also posting photos of the comic I sold at the market, Sayonara September, translated to Japanese! Surreal. I can't read it. (If you want to read the comic so far in english it's found at http://www.asaekstrom.com/serie_e.htm)

Everyone has to do it

Me and my computer


Have a blog that is.

This one is going to be amazingly self indulgent! I plan it to be all about me, about what I do and possibly general things that I find to hold inspiration and joy!

Short background story/this has happened:

Once there was a little girl who discovered and fell in love with Japanese comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga). When she was old enough she attended the fabulous comic art school of Serieskolan i Malmö and went back and forward to japan so very many times. Today she somehow survives on her drawing and is temporarly stationed in a 6 square meter room in Tokyo.


To celebrate the start of this blog me and my computer is posing together above. The computer died shortly after these photos was taken. I gave it a viking funeral and hope it finds its ancestors in peace.