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Oh yeah… Duffman…!! Well this is the dream come true story of the female comic artist from Canada, N. Matsumoto aka spacecoyote who drew a Japanese manga version of The Simpsons. She submitted the artwork at www.deviantart.com on January 5, 2007 under her DA account spacecoyote. As you can already see the amazing artwork in the images shown above, this work made to the top pages of DA within days and even faster then that the artwork was circulated throughout the internet. Soon it ended up on the digg.com as well as ABC News Australia and various other blogs and websites.
This was just the beginning of a never ending glory. Soon enough the big people sitting at the Simpsons end noticed her artwork and contacted her. Bongo comics, the brain child of Matt Groening offered her to work on a manga style version of the Simpsons. Also she was contacted by 20th Century Fox to work on the upcoming relaunch of Futurama! Woo hoo… this article is actually about many news, but its more about the success story of a simple girl, who is an artist at heart.
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This artwork doesn’t represent her awesome talent, so do make it sure to check out her DA gallery which has amazing comic artworks. Matsumoto has already done the manga versions of Futurama and a pencil portrait of Sideshow Bob. Also make sure to check out her website and her own comic strip (all the links have been provided at the end of the article).
Talking about the art and talent, many people are using her artworks as their own over the net. Well you will find numerous avatars and signatures made out of her artworks, but worst are those people who are using her artworks as their own. So, if you see any of her artworks under somebody else’s name, don’t let yourself being fooled and do raise a voice against the art theft. All the artworks drawn by Matsumoto are her intellectual property and she deserves a proper credit given to her. This also means a request to the readers of TAP who will be reading this article and saving these images on their systems. If you ever decide to use her artworks, don’t forget to give her the whole credit.
Congratulations to spacecoyote from me and the whole angrypixel team for making it. Some of us do end up painting our dreams in the sky. Mmm…..sky….
N. Matsumoto’s personal site
N. Matsumoto @ DeviantArt
N. Matsumoto’s webcomic - “Saturnalia”
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May 20th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
That’s so cool, we’ve got practically everyone (except poor ol’ Gil, who seems to get stiffed at every corner! LOL!) from the Simpsons and a lot of the main cast from Futurama, including the uber-expensive anchovies, the Finglonger, (all glory to the) Hypno-Toad and good ol’ Brain Slug!!
Love the manga art and the fact that she’s already completed one comic for Bongo. Can’t wait to get my hands on it…somehow…
Damn, this feels like Thirty Minutes over Tokyo all over again, watching these Japanese versions of my two most favorite shows! “悟りの秘密を教えるの？”
頑張ってください, spacecoyote!
May 20th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Also, what a coincidence that it gets posted here, today, of all days. For those that didn’t already know, today is a historic day in the history of the Simpsons, for tonight, the 400th episode of the Simpsons airs! Don’t forget to catch You Kent Always Say What You Want later today! And oh, don’t also forget to check out more tidbits about the upcoming Season 19 here.
May 20th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
damn.. i didnt know the historic value of the day…. well i think i just got lucky there.
I hope you will do an article on the Comic she has finished as soon as you get your hands on it.
May 20th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
What can I say - but watching the detail she’s got on the Futurama art has touched me! He’s remembered to put in Fry’s little doggie too…sniff…sniff…
May 20th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I mean “SHE’s remembered to put in Fry’s little doggie too…sniff…sniff… :(”
May 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Nicely done but well…Simpsons and manga don’t mix but that’s just me.