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READ KOGA’S EMAIL

fate — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:29:29 +0000

Thanks in every way to readers like you that are sharing this mini-comic! The Search Dog Foundation has notified us of some good donations coming in our honor, and we couldn’t be happier. Well we could be happier… if YOU would donate now to help the Search Dog Foundation. It’s an unsung group that has sent rescue dogs to find people in over 75 deployments- including the World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti disaster, and now in Fukushima, Japan.

The comic has been reprinted by Wired Magazine, New York Times by columnist Andy Revkin, CREATIVE, Ain’t It Cool News, Bleeding Cool, Comic Book Resources, and hopefully a lot more that we’ve probably missed. We’ve released this mini-comic as a creative commons license so we encourage you so share, re-post, or re-print it anywhere you like. For free.

Please share the crap out of this comic it seems to be inspiring people to donate to the SDF but we’ve still got a long way to go… I feel like I’m on a pledge drive for PBS, but dammit people this is important.

Thanks again to everyone that has given their support!

JiJ:Manga pg.160-161

fate — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:23:21 +0000

Thought we’d share a few pages from the Joe is Japanese graphic novel that we’ve been raging on here at Humoring the Fates (that’s the 2D animation studio where we make cartoons) this past year.

These pages are a bit of a montage, as the characters continue to party (and drink) at the transvestite hostess club in Shibuya. We’re assured this is what a typical Japanese business meeting looks like.

JiJ : Manga

fate — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:39:31 +0000

Two teaser pages from the upcoming Joe is Japanese manga.

Protected: JIJ – TEASER06

Kev — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:18:17 +0000

JIJ – Cabin concept

Kev — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:43:39 +0000

Here is a speedpaint concept for one of the new episode of JIJ.

Protected: JIJ – First Date edit

Kev — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:44:47 +0000

JiJ character roughs

Ben — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:18:22 +0000

It’s been a little while since we’ve drawn new Joe is Japanese material. Time to get familiar with the characters and add in what we’ve learned since the last time.

There’s a few new tricks, and overall I’m liking the direction. It’s a little looser, more expressive (I hope).

JIJ Kokoro with subtitles

Kev — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:40:45 +0000

A new(er) episode of Joe is Japanese that now has Japanese & English subtitles and a little more sound design. A new version is coming with some fixes to the animation mistakes.

Regardless, we’re hoping you like this one as much as we do. In real life the Island Masta is almost as much of an idiot as he appears in this episode. Almost.

JiJ : Teaser Frames

fate — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:00:19 +0000

Yes, we know Joe is Japanese is slow going on its production. Not much to be done about that now. However circumstances will change when we get some sponsorship $… but until then, here are some frames from the Two Buckets story. It’s a wild one.

JiJ : 3 episodes in 1

fate — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:46:48 +0000

Not sure how this is going to be animated yet… but OMG this is EXACTLY what we think the show is supposed to be about. If you were to ask the IslandMasta while sober (that’s him over there in a typical pose), he might agree…