Christy Lijewski
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Christy Lijewski is an American
comic book artist
and illustrator from Baltimore, Maryland who specializes in OEL manga. She operates on the internet under the pen name and-babel-fell.
, a distinctly Japanese style of comic drawing and publication. She is one of the newly appearing of American manga artist
, a group deriving not only their style from Japanese comics but also their publication, choosing to write and illustrate their own comics with long and self contained storylines, as opposed to the more western style seen in publishers like Marvel Comics
and DC Comics
.
On a more personal level, Lijewski's work is notable for its detail and sense of fashion, largely similar to Pop Surrealism
, J-Pop
and Punk
style, as well as containing many dialogue and art references to both Japanese and American comics and animation. Some of these references include Fullmetal Alchemist
, Bleach
, and Futurama
.
's Rising Stars of Manga
contest, in which her entry "Doors" placed runner up. Although this meant that the Lijewski did not win the guaranteed contract with Tokyopop, it did bring her work into the public. Doors was also the genesis of Lijewski's series Next Exit, which Slave Labor Graphics
began to publish in 2004. Next Exit is an expanded version of the story in "Doors", the two even sharing the main characters Retrab and Markesh. She was then one of a few runner up artists to enter a deal publishing with Tokyopop, and has written RE:Play as an entirely new series for release.
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comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
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and illustrator from Baltimore, Maryland who specializes in OEL manga. She operates on the internet under the pen name and-babel-fell.
Style
Christy Lijewski's art and storytelling are largely derived from mangaManga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, a distinctly Japanese style of comic drawing and publication. She is one of the newly appearing of American manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, a group deriving not only their style from Japanese comics but also their publication, choosing to write and illustrate their own comics with long and self contained storylines, as opposed to the more western style seen in publishers like Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
and DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
.
On a more personal level, Lijewski's work is notable for its detail and sense of fashion, largely similar to Pop Surrealism
Lowbrow (art movement)
Lowbrow, or lowbrow art, describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s. Lowbrow is a widespread populist art movement with origins in the underground comix world, punk music, hot-rod street culture, and other subcultures. It is also...
, J-Pop
J-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
and Punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
style, as well as containing many dialogue and art references to both Japanese and American comics and animation. Some of these references include Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
, Bleach
Bleach (manga)
is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...
, and Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
.
Career
Christy Lijewski attended Savannah College of Art and Design for their Sequential Art program. Her big break was TokyopopTokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
's Rising Stars of Manga
Rising Stars of Manga
Rising Stars of Manga was an English-language comic anthology published by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008, and a contest held by the same company. It was originally semi-annual, but switched to annual beginning with the 6th volume....
contest, in which her entry "Doors" placed runner up. Although this meant that the Lijewski did not win the guaranteed contract with Tokyopop, it did bring her work into the public. Doors was also the genesis of Lijewski's series Next Exit, which Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
began to publish in 2004. Next Exit is an expanded version of the story in "Doors", the two even sharing the main characters Retrab and Markesh. She was then one of a few runner up artists to enter a deal publishing with Tokyopop, and has written RE:Play as an entirely new series for release.
External links
- and-babel-fell at Deviant Art
- Samurai Host Club webcomic at SmackJeeves