This is the plain front cover of the SD fan doujinshi I put together. The little windows are filled and there is text on the actual thing. It was drawn using copic markers and fineliners, plus a dabble of digital stars. It features Reiko, and the black kitty we nicknamed 'Oskar'.

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Hi all,

This was a long time running project I did with a group of people from the forums of the popular UK manga ‘studios’ Sweatdrop [link]

After being inspired by fan doujinshi which I participated in , I decided I’d love to co-ordinate a group fan manga myself. Being a big fan of the works of Sweatdrop, I decided that it would be a great idea if I could get a few peeps to do a fan manga of some of the characters in their vast library of wonderful manga. I asked for interest and I was overwhelmed by people interested. The group was selected and after many hardships we finally have our fan manga. My pages are here, and I will put a link once the online version of this is put together (it was limited print and given out the JapanEX Exhibition at ExCeL in London [link].uk). In the print out I wrote the follwing note which summarises the experience:

~Hi all,

Gosh so much to say! It’s been a very long haul with this. One thing I have certainly learnt is life can throw so much. All of us had problems at one point or another slowing us down, unfortunately me more so than others. I must take this opportunity to apologise for the delay. To think the original idea was to release this online as a White Day’s (14/03) gift for Sweatdrop.
This idea has always meant so much to me. I still find it thrilling to communicate and support a UK manga self publishing group which thrives and produces such high quality work.
I was overwhelmed at the response to my idea. All the participants are forum-goers who dwell on the forums simply to support SD, and often as chance to forefill dreams. The participants in this project have been wonderful, always there offering help to each other and even a place to stay (hugs to Wikivic!). This was not only true of the participants, but the general community as the support alone for this project has been phenomenal. A massive thanks has to go to the actual SD members who chose to loyally support this slow, small tribute to their work. I wish I could have included more members characters! But then I fear this would have never been finished, and that would be a loss as the sharing of work is one of the best aspects of the project ( I hope )
I hope you enjoy this short shojo-esque story. The period it was created in signifies the part of my life where I have been physically ill, in accidents, depressed after loosing the one I love to another and my beloved pet rat Nienna to the heavens. Yet due to this project alone I can signify that this period (and hope that you agree) as positive that something exceptionally good came out of it. I know it was as you hold my positive in your hands now. It could have only been created through exceptional support of the SD community. So I hope the small group of us that created this at least represent our thanks and love of Sweatdrop.

Best Wishes Always and Thank you for picking this up ~

Hope you all like what you see of this ^-^


~*Artist*~
* Pages 1-5
* Pages 6-8
* Pages 9-11
* Pages 12-14
* Pages 15-16
* Pages 17-18
* Pages 19-20
* Pages 24-26
* Pages 21-23 & 27-29


~*Written and Co-ordinated by*~



~*Characters by*~
*Laura ~ Reiko from ‘Biomecha’
* ~ Kyra from ‘Dragon Heir’
*Selina Dean ~ Black Kitty with wings (which we named Oskar but has no name) from ‘Fantastic Cat’ + ‘Black cat, White cat’ + ‘White Cat’.
*Joanna Zhou ~ Ponpon fro ‘Harajuku Zoo’
* ~ Cho from ‘Cyborg Butterfly’
*Morag Lewis ~ Saryth from ‘Looking for the Sun’.
*Mentions of Suki from ‘Revolution Baby’ by Subi and a plushi of ‘Sueto-chan’ created by Dock.

All the above mentioned titles and other works can be brought and some found as online free webcomics at [link]

Character Designs and names © to above mentioned members of Sweatdrop Studios.
Artwork© to above mentioned artists
Story and all other © to Igtica