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Taiyo Matsumoto
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and Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer. In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several...
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Julio Anta
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Julio Anta is a Cuban and Colombian American author from Miami, Florida. He currently resides in New York City where he works to tell narratively rich stories about diverse Latinx characters for readers of all ages. His debut comic book series HOME began publication in 2021, courtesy of Image Comics. Forthcoming work includes the YA graphic novels FRONTERA and SECOND GENERATION BLUES from HarperAlley, and SÍ, SE PUEDE, a non-fiction graphic novel from Ten Speed Press.
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