December 24, 2009
YEAR ONE
An idea was born in early 2009 that would eventually become First Storm
Manga. In the months that have followed, we have published our first
compilation, Manga Madness Vol. 1 and our first mini-manga,
San Japanic!.
First Storm Manga was present at the 2009 San
Japan and RealmsCon conventions.
We also hosted our first Teen Art Clinic at the San Antonio Public Library,
and had an article published about us in the
San Antonio Express-News and the
Houston Chronicle.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for making 2009
such a great first year. First Storm Manga is just getting started: in
2010 there will be more compilations, more conventions, more art clinics,
more stories, more art, and most importantly, more manga!
We wish all of our members and readers the best this holiday season, and we
look forward to having a great 2010!
December 7, 2009
The SAPL recaps our first Teen Art Clinic on their blog,
and more photos can be found at the
210 Teen Library's Flickr.
December 6, 2009
Over a dozen students attended the F.S.M. Teen Art Clinic held on
December 5th at the San Antonio Public Library's Central Branch. A great
time was had by all, and we look forward to doing it again in the future!
Photos are now up in the Gallery, and we would like to thank Teen
Services Librarians Sylvia Pachecano and Violeta Garza for helping us put
it all together.
The story of "Toast: The Dark Rye Avenger"
continues, as The Big Cheese makes himself known in the Epilogue!
November 23, 2009
First Storm Manga artists will be providing tutoring and drawing tips at
the First Storm Manga Teen Art Clinic to be held Saturday, December 5th at 2:00
PM at the San Antonio Central Library.
Participation is limited to those 13-18 years of age, and participants are
highly encouraged to bring samples of their artwork.
November 18, 2009
Scans of the Express-News article are now up in the Gallery
November 16, 2009
Rene Guzman's article "You, too, can learn the art of manga" discusses First
Storm Manga and is featured on the Houston
Chronicle's website (chron.com) and the San Antonio Express-News website (mysa.com)
Mr. Guzman also writes
the "Geek Speak" blog at mysa.com and we wish to offer him our thanks for
telling our story.
November 11, 2009
Lots of new stuff on the F.S.M. website and on the tubes:
Member pages for Chris Holm,
vanmaniac, Chelsea Hostetter
and Joseph Garcia have been added
to the Members section.
Chris Holm's
Aspiring Artists panel from RealmsCon 2009 is now available for viewing
on YouTube.
Manga Madness Vol 1 is now available for viewing in the Gallery.
November 4, 2009
Pictures from
Oni-Con 2009 are now up in the Gallery.
October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween from First Storm Manga!
Oni-Con is taking place in Houston
this weekend, and while we don't have a table, a few of our members will be
there.
Congratulations to San Antonio meeting venue
La Taza
for
appearing in the San Antonio Express-News on October 30! The great
folks at La Taza have been very supportive of our efforts, and we appreciate
them for allowing us to host our Saturday meetings at their coffee house.
October 6, 2009
A new art contest has begun, the theme for November is "An Autumn Scene."
Art contest rules can be found here.
Realm's Con is over, we had a
great time talking with folks and handing out copies of
Manga Madness and San Japanic! at the
Holiday Inn Emerald Beach in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In addition to our table, Chris Holm held his "Aspiring Artists" panel
with guests Dora Hernandez, Eduardo Soliz, and Heather Scott.
Immediately afterwards, Chris and Eduardo remained for Heather Scott's
"Printed Comics" panel.
Both panels will be available for viewing soon!
October 2, 2009
A big hello to all the Corpus Christi anime and manga fans. F.S.M. is at
Realm's Con this weekend, be sure
to stop by our table by the videogame room for free manga and other stuff!
October 1, 2009
Congratulations to coffeebeat for being our first Art Contest winner, her entry
"Happy Halloween" will be displayed above for the month of October!
September 27, 2009
We at F.S.M. look forward to seeing all the Corpus Christi anime and manga fans
at Realm's Con starting this Friday!
September 26, 2009
A new project is up in the Projects area.
"Toast" will feature various comics, art and short
stories starring, well, a piece of toast! Read all about
it!
September 2, 2009
The first-ever First Storm Manga Monthly Art Contest begins today! Each
month we will select a work to be featured here on the F.S.M. homepage.
The theme for our October 2009 contest is "Halloween."
Email your entry to info@firststormmanga.com with the subject line: "ART
CONTEST" Please include a title for your work, and a brief description if
you wish. Works will be posted to the F.S.M. Gallery as they are recieved.
Rules are as follows:
- All entries should be sent to info@firststormmanga.com with the subject
line: "ART CONTEST"
- The deadline for entries for the October 2009 contest is midnight on
Friday, September 25.
- All entries must be suitable for public viewing. Images depicting
nudity and/or extreme violence will be rejected. Suitability of images
will be determined by F.S.M. leadership.
- No fanart, please.
- The winning entry will be featured on the F.S.M. homepage for the
month of the contest (October 2009). All accepted entries will be made
available for public viewing at the F.S.M. Gallery.
- Works submitted by judges will not be part of the contest, however,
they will be included in the gallery
- Works should be no larger than 800x1100.
- Rights to all submitted works will remain with the creators.
August 26, 2009
Rene A. Guzman
talks about F.S.M. on his GeekSpeak blog over at
mysa.com.
August 22, 2009
We're keeping busy here at F.S.M. as we start planning for future events
and projects, in the meantime...
San Japanic! is now
available for viewing in our new image gallery, and
the Director's Cut is
now online for reading. For those with copies of Manga Madness,
Vol. 1, a corrected Page 33 is
now available for
download and print.
A gallery of photographs
from San Japan has also been added.
Keep an eye out for more information on F.S.M. projects and
future events!
August 16, 2009
NOTE: Due to a printing error in Manga Madness Vol. 1, "San Japanic! - The
Director's Cut" is missing page 33. The missing text can be read
here. A printable version will be made
available soon, and we apologize for the mistake.
San Japan has come and gone, and we at First Storm Manga had a great time
meeting people and handing out Manga Madness and
San Japanic! at our table. We wish to thank
everyone who stopped by, and would like to take this opportunity to give a
big thank you to the staff and volunteers of San Japan for giving us the
opportunity to create San Japanic! and for
making our first-ever convention an enjoyable one!
We look forward to bringing you more manga in the future, and check our
homepage often for more F.S.M. announcements!
August 14, 2009
San Japan starts today, and we look forward to meeting you in Convention
Alley in the basement of the Municipal Auditorium! Don't forget to drop
by to pick up your copies of Manga Madness and
San Japanic!
The Projects section is now online. Within you
can find information on our first two completed manga, and descriptions of
upcoming works by First Storm Manga members. The Projects section will be
updated reguarly, so keep an eye out for new info!
August 10, 2009
San Japan starts this Friday, and
here is what we have in store!
Our table will be located in Convention Alley, near the main entrance of
the Auditorium Basement.
(map)
There, you can pick up FREE copies of our first two publications, meet
members of First Storm Manga, and inquire about membership to either our
San Antonio or Houston branches!
Manga Madness is our premiere compilation issue. Within its pages you will
find a variety of original manga, short stories, and art created by
First Storm Manga members. This first printing is limited to 300 copies.
San Japanic! tells the tales of San Japan mascots Dios, Hinode, Suzaku, and
Sana as they journey to San Japan.
See the preview!
We will also be raffling artwork created by First Storm Manga members
during San Japan. Tickets are FREE, and you can win a wonderful
poster-sized (19" x 13") original piece of art.
We look forward to seeing you at San Japan!
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