So the day of reckoning! We literally had no idea what we were doing at all! In the morning we met up with Shingo from HD and Andrew at the station. We then all headed to into the Big Sight.
We got the west hall and underneath a table we found a cardboard box. When we opened it, this is what we found.
300 copies of our hardwork and labor! The quality of the book was everything we could ask for. We were thoroughly happy with the end product result.
The rest of the event was us selling the books and me running around procuring books like a chicken with it’s head cut off. During the event, I had a couple of friends visit us and took me to the industry booth where they introduced me to Good Smile and Max Watanabe! Max Watanabe puts the Max in Max Factory. After the introductions, I got a chance to take a couple of snapshots of GSC latest selection of Nendroids.
At the end of the day, we were too tired to take pictures or have any images to document or day. All that remains were our memories, scoring a tour of the GSC’s office (seperate post) and Junpei catching the flu.^^;
Overall, we loved the experience of making a doujinshi. We learned from the mistakes we made and will apply them to future books when we make them. Our next intended date for attending Comic Market is C77. So please look forward to our next book!
If you saw the Queue report post, this post is the continuation of what happened after we got into the Big Sight.
Most of the time was just walking around and scoring a couple of new books here and there. Most of the time we just walked around and took some pictures. Once the frenzy was soaked up, we decided to take a walk into the cosplay area and take a couple of pictures.
Once everything was bought, we headed out of Ariake and decided met with Shipon for the first time and definitely not the last! We ended up in Shinagawa afterwards looking for a place to accomodate 8 people for a small nomikai to celebrate the end of our first day at Comiket. Walking around we finally ended up at a small izakaya.
Afterwards, we headed down to Tsukiji for the most wanted dish since last years trip. You would think it would be sushi right? Nope, it was for the best tasting curry udon you will ever taste in your life.
Every year I come to Japan, this is my most must have dish in all of the trip. The restaurant, which I can’t recall, is tucked away in the alleyways of Tsukiji’s many restaurants and is simply amazing.
Finally feeling better! Looks like the bird flu knocked me out and delayed the postings. Now let’s resume where we left of shall we?
We didn’t end up going to the second day of the Comic Market, instead we got busy making a copy book for the day ahead of us. As we live in the states most of our equipment would be way across the Pacific Ocean. So most of the day resulted in looking for a scanner and finishing up the drawing we intended for the copy book:
After acquiring the scanner we all headed over to Star Kebab and had a celebratory Big Boy Kebab Plate with a side of Pomegranate Juice!
Later on that night we met up with Shipon for a small nomikai at an izakaya where they served anime themed drinks!
They had Gundam, EVA and Kamen Rider themed drinks. Shipon has a more detailed write up here. Next up! Day 3 of Comiket!
Happy New Year!
Still drafting up the actual report while we fight off a flu, recover from aching body parts and a delicious end of the year meal with Japan’s favorite fish, fugu.
We’ve been doing video blogs here and there while traveling. Here are the first two videos of us at the Comike.
Thanks to everyone who bought our book! Finally….over. That was a tiring 3 days ( though we didn’t do Day 2). We spent most of the first day just wandering around and picking up a few here and there things. Afterward we went straight to work on the copy book which the cover you can see below.
We completely underestimated the time it would take to make the book, but it somehow made it to the Big Sight with the help of Andrew and his friends. The third day will be a post in itself that I hope I can get up soon. The books look amazing though we didn’t sell that many. Either way, we were proud to do what few foreigners would be able to do in this massive monster known as Comic Market.
Now that we have announced our doujinshi for C75. We thought about the people who wanted a copy but don’t have the means to attend this Winter Comic Market. Well now here’s your chance! We are now accepting pre-orders for CM! Lab Work Vol. 1. As a way to say thanks, we are pricing them at Comiket prices!
So if you reserve a copy before or during the day of 12/30, the price of the book will be the same as what we sold during the event. The book is full-colored cover with 24 pages of B&W parody and original content!
Notice how I’m not mentioning the price? If you’ve been to Comiket before you’ll have a good idea how much we’re charging as a first time circle. The price will also include shipping and handling. Remember you must be 18 yrs. of age or older to purchase!
Please email the following info to: doujinshi [at] clockworkmachina.com
Name
Address
Country
Number of Copies
I will contact you about payment. Book won’t be shipped until payment is made.
I’m excited to announce that our doujin has been delivered to the printers! We are officially ready for Comiket now! We’ve been working hard around the clock, having little sleep and inducing sore wrists syndrome to bring to you our love and energy for the culture. I think we officially have gone through the same trial by fire as many artist have in previous Comikets!
So here it is, I present CM Lab Works Vol. 1!
B5, Full color cover, 24 pages of hot girls. ADULTS ONLY!
If you want to pick up a copy, we’ll be at Comiket Day 3 12/30 @ 東D-02a. See you there!
For those of you who’s interested in our progress into Comic Market, here’s a small teaser of what we’ve been up to in the past couple of weeks. Keep in mind, that these are all unfinished drawings and have yet to be completed. This is just a small taste of what’s to come in December. Now, back to more drawing!
It’s official! We’re in! Come December 30th, CM! will have a table at Comic Market 75 selling our very own dirty dirty doujinshi! We are currently busy drawing now, prepping content with both parody and original work. I’m really excited as we are the few foreigners from the States that will be participating in the event. So come to the East Hall table D-02a on Day 3 and say hello. Don’t forget to bring some yen!
