Welcome :D

Let me show you some of my 4koma (about my life with cats).
Nao-p is my nick name my friend Mami Tachibana gave me. And I call her Mami-p. Of course it comes from Wedding Peach "Momo-p". No one calls me by the name except for her, but I love the 4 koma cartoon "Go Go Momo-pi (Gan-bare Momo-p)"(In the paperbacks) so I use it. :)
Oh, I'm a manga artist Nao Yazawa, and author of Wedding Peach, by the way. :)

These "comic strips" come from my 4-koma blog (in Japanese). You can see all of them in original here. If you have a request which 4koma will be next, tell me. :D
http://yazawanao.blog97.fc2.com/
Other Japanese blog

2022/09/08

CoffeeParty project 2022

 Coffee Party season has come!   Japanese


What CoffeeParty is?
CoffeeParty is a Doujin Group by Nao Yazawa and releases "In Search of Lost Coffee" series every autumn, since 2012.
The member is recruited every year via internet, from whole world. Some members sell the book at conventions they attend. It's open for everyone. Vol.10 was released the end of 2021.


How to join?
e-mail to yazawanet@yahoo.co.jp with a subject " Coffee Party 2022

Tell me 
1) Your name and pen-name(if you have) 
2) FB account (if you have, I use messenger group to make shoutout to members) 
3) How many pages you will draw ( you can decide later) 


You can join from 1 page ~ no limit. I ask you 600 yen/page, via PayPal. 
You need to have a credit card or PayPal account.

Adding that, you required comment and back-cover color image. (like images below) 
The format in this year will be informed later.

Comment page from vol.10👇


You'll get 5-10 copies. Under 5 pages :5 copies more than that, 10 copies.
 (Shipping cost is not included. It depends on the pages of the book, but would be about 700 -1500 yen) If you want more copies, you can tell me.

Deadline
There is 2 deadlines, one for page plan (how many pages you'll draw) and one for  finished data(drawings). 

First Dead line (page plan) October 15
Final Deadline (Finished data-drawings) December 20


Member's name will be accounted on FB/Instagram/Twitter occasionally.

The subject
can be anything about Coffee Party characters. Croissant, Eclair, Dango, and others. 4-koma, 8-koma,  illustration, manga, comic, everything is OK.

Who is Croissant?

You should take Croissant or Eclair at least. You can add your original character if you like - he or she should be named by a sweet (hairstyle), typical one in your country (Something nice with coffee). 

On the first page, your name and title(if you have) are required. 


The language must be English, I'll add Japanese subtitle later. (You can do both, if you like) So you need to keep some space for subtitle in speech balloons). Of course you can add the Japanese subtitle by yourself.





You can read some back numbers from here. See how Croissant and Éclair are like.
Vol.1-1
Vol.1-2
Vol.2

Format
Manga Studio or Clip Studio file, A4-600dpi. (for B5 book) (Template available
Black and White (not grey scale) 

Analogue drawing: A4 manga drawing paper scanned image (600-400 dpi) Gray scale.

You don't need export the file, both Clip Studio and Manga studio file are acceptable. But all the text layers should be rasterized. (I recommend to keep the text layers. You can put all text layers in one folder and copy it, then merge the folder. It's automatically rasterized

Color image is 400dpi, clip studio/Tif/Jpeg(100%)  CMYK

Relay Manga
Since 2017, I've started relay manga again, with Mark Egan. You also can read it on Pixiv page. We got  a new member Faith in 2019, so Vol. 8 has 3 creators' "Lost in Coffee Space" story.  We are still looking for someone who can join us anytime. If you are interested in, send FB message or email to me!
You can read the first 2 episodes from here!
Relay manga  Vol.6


We look forward to having you join us!

In Search of Lost Coffee vol.10 and other volumes are now on sale.
Mail order page

AT Winter Comike