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Greetings! There’s been quite a few things happening these past few months, including a trip out to India and Sri Lanka as part of a family wedding event. Both were new countries for me and I had a great time, even if I did have my phone stolen at the very end. Since I got back at the end of February I have been busy sorting out things in my life and getting back into commissions to get some income in. However, I will be getting into more of my own work too, especially as I get closer to my next big convention: Hyper Japan 2024!

Before that though, I am happy to announce that I will be involved in the upcoming Manga Cafe Takeover event happening in London on Saturday 27th April. Here I’ll be presenting a yonkoma and giving a little introduction along with other manga artists, and encouraging the audience to produce their own comics for the events. If you’re in London on that Saturday please check us out and follow the link here for tickets

Looking ahead, here are my plans for the next few months:

• A new Yokai March book that will complete the series. A lot of Yokai March material, including the old print series, is going to be retired to make room for more original material, with more focus on both Visions of the Phantomfield and East of the Moon.
• Visions of the Phantomfield Book 2 is currently being thumbnailed. My aim is to have it ready for October this year, which means I will need to speed up a little bit, but I would like to produce at least one of these books a year to keep the series rolling.
• New Shabbit merchandise to compliment the books. My aim is to have some new merch ready for Hyper Japan in July. I am still finalising which pieces will go through, but I will be announcing more of them in the next few weeks.
• More of Counting Shabbits to be uploaded here on dreadlevi.com

That’s all for now, I look forward to sharing more soon.

Upcoming events (confirmed)

Manga Moo: The Manga Cafe Takeover Saturday 27th April – Get tickets here

Hyper Japan London 19th -21st July 2024 – More details Coming soon

Megacon Dublin 18th-19th January 2025 – More details will be announced in time

Hello! I have a couple of new updates to share. Firstly I am happy to announce that the Black Friday sale has just started on my Etsy with 25% off when you spend £10 or more. This offer is available until the 28th November, so it’s a great chance to pick up some comics and prints, including the new Visions of the Phantomfield physical comic!

I have a bunch of new updates planned for this website, including putting the Counting Shabbits comic on here. I am also moving away from twitter to try and build a new following on blsky, so if you are on this social media platform please follow me @dreadlevi.bsky.social

Also I have updated my events to included Hyper Japan for next year! More details will arrive soon!

Upcoming events (confirmed)

Megacon London 13th-14th January 2024 – Excel Centre

Megacon Dublin 20th-21st January 2024 – RDS Dublin

Hyper Japan London Summer 2024 – More details Coming soon

Hi everyone. This has come out quite a bit later than I would have liked, but this past month has been a bit up and down for me. I have had to take some time away from art for dealing with family matters. While I’m now getting a handle of things I am also catching up with art and preparing for my next convention in Malta! Yep, I am confirming that I am returning back to Malta Comic Con as an exhibitor there from the 28th-29th October! I’m looking forward to sharing my new Shabbit comic, which should be arriving in print form tomorrow! For those who can’t wait to get a copy, I will be putting them on Etsy later on this weekend and I will take orders for a few days before I head out to the convention.

Upcoming events (confirmed)

Malta Comic Con 28th-29th October 2023 – MFCC in Ta’ Qali

Megacon London 13th-14th January 2024 – Excel Centre

Megacon Dublin 20th-21st January 2024 – RDS Dublin

After many, many months toiling away, Visions of the Phantomfield 1: Counting Shabbits is now ready to read on my new Art Street account here.

The reason it is on there is that I have entered it into the Kyoto International Manga Competition as my first ever international entry. This has been a huge milestone for me, and I want to thank all my friends who have helped me with proofreading and feedback. In time it will be posted on this website, but for now I want people to visit it on Art Street and help give it plenty of attention. I do plan to upload more art there relating to the series, and maybe some more comics too!

Upcoming events (confirmed)

Megacon London 13th-14th January 2024 – Excel Centre

Megacon Dublin 20th-21st January 2024 – RDS Dublin

Just a quick notice to let you guys know that I will be selling my comics and illustrations at the Illustrator’s fair on Saturday 8th July. It’s at Granary Square near King’s Cross Station, and I will be there among many talented artists from 11am to 5pm. I don’t know exactly which table I will be at until the day so I will be posting details on my social media platforms. If you’re in the area please check me out!

Greetings. It’s been very quiet here this month, but I have been busy working on some new projects. The big thing which people may have seen on instagram and twitter is my Shabbit comic, which is almost completely sketched. There’s going to be a lot of work involved in getting it ready by May but I think it’s still doable, especially if I don’t have to change too much in the sketches.

My next comic event planned is the Leytonstone Comic Fair, at The Birds Pub on Sunday 12th March. I’m really happy to have been invited to it, especially as I missed the last two. If you’re in the area please feel free to stop by! It’ll be open from 12-5pm.

I’m happy to announce that the third and final story of Seasons of a Summer Island is now uploaded here on dreadlevi.com. This is slightly different from the other stories, as it uses the yonkoma format instead of the usual comic format that you see in my other stories. I have released these as individual strips rather than whole pages so they should be easy to read, especially on phones.

I will also announce that I will be attending Malta Comic Con this coming October: https://www.maltacomiccon.com/ This will be my first time doing a convention outside of the UK, and because of timing it means I won’t be doing MCM London Comic Con this October. It’s a shame that I will miss many of my regulars, but I hope next year I will be exhibiting again at MCM London in May. More details about Malta Comic Con will come as we get closer to the event.

A little update after a busy July with conventions and personal family matters. Hyper Japan was fairly successful in terms of sales, especially comics, and looking at my current stock I’m thinking of what I will be focusing on for my next convention, which will hopefully be MCM London Comic Con in October (I have applied but I’m awaiting confirmation). A lot of people have asked about new books or things that will take over from older products. Books like Yokai March do take a while to produce so I will need to decide soon if I’m going for anything that big.

One thing I’m looking forward to returning to is my Shabbit project comic, which is currently in the sketching stage now that the thumbnails are done. It’s a big project but it will be great to finally have that done. But first I need to finish a certain poster…

In other news I have just uploaded some more of Seasons of a Summer Island. I plan to upload some more of that soon, but I’m also uploading the comic gradually on my old deviantart site.

I also plan to upload to upload my Manga Jiman Comic that won last year, so that it can accompany the other two on this website. For those who don’t know, the comic anthology is now available on my Etsy store here . I am not kidding when I say this printed copy is the best way to read it, in glorious A5 pages with that nice recycled paper for that old manga feel and good quality black and white printing.

This month I will be at Hyper Japan in London, running a table in the Fringe area from the 22nd to the 24th. I will have my usual collection of prints, plus some brand new Nekomata Pin Badges that will be replacing my old Kitsune ones. I will be in the Fringe Area at table V38 as DreadLevi Studios, so if you’re visiting this weekend please stop by!

I have finally gotten around to uploading some new comic pages too, starting with Seasons of the Summer Island; a previously unreleased anthology of small comics set in the same world as The Lost and Found comics. It’s features many characters from the previous comics including Mimiko, Sylva and Megane, but also features some new faces too. It’s a slice of life mini series I wanted to cut my teeth on before exploring the big series I want to do with them. I hope people will check it out, and maybe with enoguh support I will put it together as a physical comic to sell.

Earlier this week I announced that I would be taking part in the Manga Jiman ceremony as one of the Top 10 Finalists. Now I am happy to announce that I finished in 1st Place with my manga “Out of the Dark”, which took me completely out of surprise. This competition had so many great entries and I congratulate everyone who has applied for it. For me it’s been a competition that has helped me to grow and develop as a manga artist. Still, there’s plenty more to work on, and in time I will be posting the winning comic on here too.

On April 3rd I will be selling my work at the Leytonstone Comic Fair, at the Birds Pub from 12pm to 5pm. This will be my first comic fair of the year and not too far away from where I live. I hope people in London will come along and say hi, it should be a nice fun event and you can pick a lot of my comics and prints.

Unfortunately I have been forced to cancel going to this event because of catching Covid-19 this week. It’s a real shame because I was really looking forward to attending. If you’re in the area, please come and support the comic creators at the Leytonstone Comic Fair, at the Birds Pub from 12pm to 5pm on April 3rd. I’m hoping this will be a regular event that I can take part in sometime in the future.