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Interview with Beautiful Creatures Manga Artist Cassandra Jean

Laurbits.com recently chatted w/ BEAUTIFUL CREATURES Manga artist, Cassandra Jean. Check out part one of the interview:

Tell me about yourself – who are you, how did you get started drawing manga and what is it about manga in particular that you’re drawn to?

Hello! I am Cassandra Jean! Drinker of Gatorade, Eater of Cadbury Creme Eggs, and sidekick to a dog named Yukiko! Basically, I live to create art. How I got started drawing manga… was probably the same as most people. I loved comics when I was a kid, particularly Garfield comics, I even had a Garfield phone, I sort of miss that… but as I got older I discovered the wonderful world of Manga when I picked up Blade of the Immortal. That was probably a little heavy for me for my first voyage into manga-land, but I was really enthralled by the artwork and how deep the stories can be in Manga as opposed to American comic books which seemed so thin in comparison. Don’t get me wrong, American comics are great too, but I just found Manga and Graphic Novels to be more appealing. With the variety of artwork and genres available. I guess that’s what really amazed me the most and drew me in, was the vast variety of genre. I loved reading shojo, but I loved the shounen comics too. And there were so many different and new artists that I couldn’t get enough. And I really wanted to create something like that and be involved with that world.

Yes, the sheer variety of subject matter in manga fascinated me, too! I was completely surprised with the “weight” and seriousness of stories, especially ones made for girls. Magic Knight Rayearth for example, one of my gateway manga, was definitely shojo in style and had female protagonists but the subject matter had serious adventure elements and even had some very tragic twists – not something you could easily find in North American comics.

Were you drawn to this complexity as well? I feel like your work has a lot of humor but also dark themes which make for a dynamic, multifaceted narrative.

I do enjoy how manga can feel like so many genre at once. One Piece for example will have me laughing my ass off one minute, then half a chapter later I will literally be sobbing and crying. Like you said I think that manga genre are much more complex and deep than most American comics. Tegami Bachi is another one of those comics I have to read when no one is around because I may spontaneously burst into tears. Despite all the crying, I think it’s so amazing that these authors can pull these sorts of emotions from me through comics.

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