Amy Kim Kibuishi
Amy Kim Kibuishi (Ganter) (born 1980 in Binghamton, New York), is an American author and illustrator of original English-language manga.
Amy Kim Kibuishi

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- Birth Name
- Amy Kim Ganter
- Born
- 1980
- Birthplace
- Binghamton, New York
- Nationality
- American
- Full name
- Amy Kim Ganter.
- Occupation
- comics artist.
- Known for
- Sorcerers & Secretaries.
- Honours
- Rising Stars of Manga.
- Languages
- English.
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Amy Kim Kibuishi (Ganter) (born 1980 in Binghamton, New York), is an American author and illustrator of original English-language manga.
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• Birth Name — Amy Kim Ganter • Born — 1980 • Birthplace — Binghamton, New York • Nationality — American • Write — y • Art — y • Website — https: felaxx.blogspot.com/
Career
Career
Kibuishi is a winner in the fourth Rising Stars of Manga competition, winning the third-place prize of $1,000 and a trophy for her story The Hopeless Romantic and the Hapless Girl. In 2005, Kibuishi created the character designs and comic art for the original Diner Dash video game by Gamelab. She later authored Tokyopop's Sorcerers & Secretaries, the story of Josh, a "bad boy," who falls for Nicole, a university student and part-time secretary who writes the story of the sorcerer Ellon in her dream journal. Kibuishi is also a contributor to the second and fourth volumes of the Flight series of comics anthologies, telling Food from the Sea a "manga-derived tale of an epic clash between a fish seller and a clam seller" in volume 4. She has adapted the R.L. Stine Goosebumps novella, Deep Trouble, for the graphic novel Terror Trips. Terror Trips also has stories illustrated by Jill Thompson and Jamie Tolagson. She is also the creator of the defunct webcomic Reman Mythology. By 2007, Kibuishi had stopped creating manga and webcomics to focus on her new family, describing herself as a "former cartoonist" on her blog. This changed when she announced the launch of her new graphic novel The Rema Chronicles in July 2021. It is scheduled to be published by Scholastic Graphix in 2022.
Personal life
Personal life
Kibuishi is married to comics artist Kazu Kibuishi. They reside in Bellevue, Washington and have two children together. Kibuishi told the story of her "third first kiss" with her future husband for the book First Kiss (Then Tell).
Influences
Kibuishi says that after out-growing superhero comics like Spawn and X-Men, she became influenced by the more realistic comics she discovered while on a childhood trip to Korea. She cites Japanese manga series Ranma ½ as an influence.
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- 1.Democrat and Chronicle staff. (April 9, 2006). "Especially for teens". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Pg. 7C
- 2.Paniccia, Mark (Editor) (December 2004). Rising Stars of Manga, Vol. 4, Los Angeles: Tokyopop. . Pg. 52
- 3.Brady, Matt (June 7, 2005). "RISING STARS IV: AMY KIM GANTER ON SORCERERS & SECRETARIES ". Retrieved on 2006-11-23
- 4.Metacritic. Diner Dash: Details & Credits.
- 5.Gumbrecht, Jamie (April 14, 2006). "Graphic novelists drawing a crowd". Lexington Herald-Leader. Health & Family section, Pg. 5
- 6.Staff. (February 20, 2006). "Sorcerers and Secretaries". Publishers Weekly. Pg. 142
- 7.Flagg, Gordon (May 15, 2007). "Flight, v. 4". Booklist. Pg. 28
- 8.Abbott, Alana (May 1, 2007). "Terror Trips". School Library Journal. Pg. 168
- 9.Jiayi, Patricia (May 26, 2006). "School hit by manga mania". Pasadena Star-News
- 10.Amy Kim Kibuishi's blog.
- 11.Kibuishi, Amy Kim. "Felaxx's Gallery: Amy Kim Kibuishi's Little Blog," The Rema Chronicles
- 12.The Scholastic Store "The Rema Chronicles #1: Realm of the Blue Mist"
- 13.Jiayi, Patricia (July 2, 2006). "Creativity takes 'Flight'". Pasadena Star-News
- 14.Doyle, Miranda (February 1, 2007). "First Kiss (Then Tell): A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments". School Library Journal. Pg. 133
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