This
story was drawn in July and August, 2002, and is a 30-page
comedy story that is about...two sisters and a dress. I hate
to say this, but despite before very nicely drawn (and the
first time I used proper screentone for effects), this is
one of my LEAST favourite stories. It was originally written
for a manga competition held by a Taiwan manga anthology,
which restricted the number of pages to 30. Which is what
killed it for me, I suppose... I was used to telling longer
stories. I also drew the manga to the wrong dimensions, which
is probably nother problem.
Not
to mention the subject matter was not conducive to manga competitions,
though I didn't realise this until I sat down and had a good,
long think. The competition was divided into 2 categories:
Shonen (boys) and Shoujo (girls) manga. I entered the shoujo
category, which was a waste of time because shoujo basically
mean big-eyed romance. Shonen, on the other hand, would have
meant action/adventure. All cliches, yes, but then that's
what manga competitions are about. Take the well-trodden path
and show off your art and sense of pacing. Looking back, I
wish I never tried to be original or interesting (I failed
anyway).
Also,
because it was originally written for an Asian audience, it
reads from right to left. However, the sound
effects are in English this time round. There's only a few
of them too. Good for all of us.
Disclaimer:
The story, characters and everything in the manga
is my ORIGINAL WORK; if something looks or
sounds familiar then it is coincidence. As a note, everything
on this website is COPYRIGHTED TO CKY Studios, aka
Queenie Chan. Why anyone would want to steal from
this is a complete mystery, but if you want to borrow images,
please email me and ask.
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