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News – 12/04/2024

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


 

26/01/2024 – Catching up and plans for the future

Just a quick update after my latest conventions at Megacon London and Megacon Ireland. The latter was a big success and it was great to see familiar faces again. Unfortunately I’m still recovering from some convention flu, and next month I’ll be away for a big family vacation so things will slow down a little. I do have some big plans though. Already I have the working script for Visions of the Phantomfield Book 2, which will introduce a brand new dilemma for Capri and Lévi, and start them on a brand new adventure. Could this be the result of Capri’s mysterious request at the end of Book 1? You will have to wait and see ^^ As well as Phantomfield I will be looking to round off Yokai March with my final set of Yokai that will make up the second Ghostly Journey book. I hope to have these on display next March and that will allow me to get properly started on the book, which I hope to have ready either my May or July at the latest when we get Hyper Japan! I’ll be posting more updates as we get closer to conventions later this year. I will be hopefully posting more of Visions of the Phantomfield on this site, but for now progress is a little slow while I sort other stuff out. Thank you to all those who have been supporting my work and for the nice comments I’ve been getting about the new comic, it means a lot!  

Upcoming events (confirmed)


Hyper Japan London Summer 2024 – More details Coming soon
 

News 21/11/2024 – Black Friday Sale + Updates

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

19/10/2023 – Malta Comic Con Confirmation and Shabbit Comic Physical Incoming

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

01/09/2023 – Visions of the Phantomfield – Available to Read Online!

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

07/07/2023 – Illustrators Fair Summer 2023

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!

02/05/2023 – Big update – I’m on a Podcast!


Hello everyone. I was really hoping to post this up sooner, but over the past month I’ve battled a cold, then full on sinusitus. It ended up slowing down a lot of my work but I’m much better now and I even managed to still get a small vacation to see my best frend out in Germany. Starting with the good news, last month I got to join Nigel and Tazzii of Mayamada on their podcast! I’ve never done one like this before and I was really happy to chat to them about my manga journey and what it’s like being a manga artist. You can listen to the podcast. Follow the links below where you can listen to it on: Apple Podcasts Here Spotify Here Tunein Here Thank you guys for having me on, and please check out more of their awesome podcasts and their amazing projects!
Now with upcoming conventions and events, it appears my next event will be the Illustrators Fair in London in July. I’m very happy to be returning there, selling plenty of my large prints, my classic comics, and maybe some new Shabbit stuff too. I’ll be posting more details about it as I get closer to the event. I know a few people have asked me if I’m coming to MCM London this month. Unfortunately at this time I am still on the waiting list and I’m beginning to doubt if I will be offered a table in the Artist Alley. The same goes for Thought Bubble too, which is really disappointing as I was hoping to have made enough progress with my art and social media. I am going to be looking at developing the online side of my art, build up more of a presence with my comic series. This site could probably do with some more content too, so I’m going to be brainstorming some new ideas and see what we can do to make the most of this site. Also the Shabbit Comic, now known as Visions of the Phantomfield Book 1: Counting Shabbits is progressing nicely. We’re on track to have the first part fully inked and shaded this week, including this cover page. It may be possible that I will be releasing a two part edition for my next fair, depending on how far we get with part 2.

News and Upcoming Events (It’s almost my Birthday)

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.

Happy New Year 2023

Yokai of the Month: Hakutaku (Chinese: Bái zé)

Claim your free Hakutaku when you spend £15 or more at the DreadLévi Etsy store (not including P&P)

From, DreadLévi studios I wish everyone a Happy New Year. It’s nice to have a refresh and get back into work, and right now I’m working on my various projects, including my big commissions and my Shabbit comic. This feels like a big year for Shabbits, being the year of the rabbit, and it’s renewed my efforts to get this project done in time for the big conventions later on in the year.
Speaking of conventions, later this month I will be running a table at Dublin’s Megacon between the 21st and 22nd. It’s my first time in Dublin and I will be excited to share my classic Yokai prints and comics with the people there. You’ll be able find me at the comic village at Table AD5 I’m also looking forward to a little bit of sightseeing and trying the local Guiness too!

News 11/11/22

Yokai of the Month: Furaribi (Aimless Fire)


After a successful convention at Malta Comic Con, I’m taking the time to get back into commissions and some big projects. This was my last convention for the year, but I do have one planned in January, where I will be selling at Megacon in Dublin! More details will come as we get closer to the event.
On my Etsy store I have some new things on offer, including the new Seasons of the Summer Island Manga (available with an adorable Meganeko pin badge). There is also a limited Yokai March bundle set which features the last 5 Kappa Omamori charms I have left in my stock. This one is a nice bundle for christmas. To top it all off I’ve started a new promotion where customers who spend over £15 (-P&P) will get a free specific Yokai March print while stocks last. Every month there will be a different Yokai print on offer, and this month we start with Furari-bi, one of my original prints based around the Japanese Will-o-Wisp. I only have three of these in stock so get them before they go!  

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