blogbloghttp://enfu.com/blog/2010-01-25T14:24:28ZSquarespaceEnfu now available in Hawaiihttp://enfu.com/blog/2010/1/25/enfu-now-available-in-hawaii.htmlenfu2010-01-25T13:35:44Z2010-01-25T13:35:44ZEnfu is now availabe at Split Obsession!

So all my Hawaii peeps go check them out on their two Oahu locations!  I've now added them to the enfu finder, links below.

1.  Koko Marina Shopping Center

2.  Ala Moana Shopping Center

You can also see their blog to see some pix they took.

 Pics of my works in the store after the jump....

]]>I Fart Rainbow Web Comic Uphttp://enfu.com/blog/2010/1/12/i-fart-rainbow-web-comic-up.htmlenfu2010-01-12T14:45:59Z2010-01-12T14:45:59ZSo I've finally gotten to release my web comic "I Fart Rainbow".  The comic will appear in print in the free bimonthly IBUKI Magazine released in the Seattle area out in the streets now.

I will update the comic section with ones that have already appeared in print on Ibuki like this one:

 

Also I will update ones that won't appear on the latest issue of Ibuki (but may in the future) like this one:

Like anything else I do, these comics are just another form of self expression, and satisfies my need to express it.  Being bilingual and bi cultural simply means being exposed to another paradigm, something which I'll continue to explore by comparing, contrasting, and poking fun at both.

In print the Japanese comics will appear in their native layout of vertical, but for the web I've chosen to go with all horizontal for ease of reader use.  

Thank you for your continued support and I appreciate all of it.

]]>Enfu Sightingshttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/12/23/enfu-sightings.htmlenfu2009-12-24T00:05:15Z2009-12-24T00:05:15ZI've started taking Elly out for a stroll in Seattle and will be posting my photos on my Flickr page.

If you spot enfu please send me your pics and they will make it to the enfu sightings section.  Thanks.

Enfu will have some work up at Rock Paper Scissors in Seattle early next year.  More on that later.

 

She is the main character for the comic "I Fart Rainbow" that I'm currently drawing for Ibuki Magazine.

See you around!

]]>425 Magazinehttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/12/6/425-magazine.htmlenfu2009-12-06T15:46:20Z2009-12-06T15:46:20Z425 Magazine did an article on my works, I've included the digital copy of it here.

Article by Josh Whitling and photo by Brook Clark at Studio B Portraits.

 

The rest of the 3 page article after the jump...

]]>I Fart Rainbow comic debut at Kobohttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/12/5/i-fart-rainbow-comic-debut-at-kobo.htmlenfu2009-12-06T02:09:00Z2009-12-06T02:09:00ZThank you all for coming out to see the show.  Officially kicking off the start of "I Fart Rainbow" showing the characters to the public for the first time at Kobo at Higo.  The actual strip will appear in 2010's first Ibuki Magazine.

Here are some pix from the show:

 

I had commissioned Harue Fujikawa to make me clay figures of Elly and Puri for me to take around with me to pose for my Enfu Flickr pages.  Here they are making their first public appearance posing for the show.  More pix after the jump...

]]>Whale Tastinghttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/12/5/whale-tasting.htmlenfu2009-12-06T00:22:34Z2009-12-06T00:22:34ZSo I made it a point to try whale for the first time this trip to Japan.  So when my friends took me to my now annual trip to the Tsukiji area for a nice meal I took this opportunity.

Whale Bacon

More pix and my thoughts after the jump...

]]>Enfu Show at Kobo Higohttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/11/1/enfu-show-at-kobo-higo.htmlenfu2009-11-01T23:49:35Z2009-11-01T23:49:35Z"i fart rainbow"

Heads up.  I'll be having a solo show at Kobo December 3, 2009.  Be there to see the debut of "i fart rainbow", my new comic!  

The comic will debut in print on Ibuki Magazine's first 2010 issue so be looking out for it.

]]>Blue C Sushi Seattle Downtown x Enfuhttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/10/13/blue-c-sushi-seattle-downtown-x-enfu.htmlenfu2009-10-14T05:06:05Z2009-10-14T05:06:05ZBlue C Sushi opened their Seattle downtown branch today!  Its a great location right near the convention center, it's located here.Here are some of the pix of the opening night.  There are a lot of Enfu pieces up.  Thank you Blue C!

 

I will be adding more pix soon!

]]>Uwajimaya Niko Niko Boy Designer Bag Debuthttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/9/17/uwajimaya-niko-niko-boy-designer-bag-debut.htmlenfu2009-09-18T03:10:14Z2009-09-18T03:10:14ZThe day has come people.  Uwajimaya has announced the days that they will be debuting the new enfu Niko Niko Boy Designer Bag!

Here is when the bags will debut:

Beaverton:  Friday Sept. 18th

Renton:  Friday Sept. 18th

Seattle:  Monday Sept. 21st

Bellevue:  Tuesday Sept. 22nd.

The price is $4.99 and they have only 6000 of them!  Get them while the gettins good.

The poster at the gift shop is $20.  Pick one up.  Pick another one up for a friend.

]]>Akimatsuri 2009 x enfuhttp://enfu.com/blog/2009/9/13/akimatsuri-2009-x-enfu.htmlenfu2009-09-14T05:37:49Z2009-09-14T05:37:49ZI was thankful that to participate in Akimatsuri 2009 put on by ENMA.

This year I was selective in what I showed, and had heavy promotional help from Uwajimaya, Ibuki, andBlue C Sushi.

I showed the Niko Niko Boy print with the help of Uwajimaya's new fall designer bag.  They are a limited run of 600 and sell for $4.99 somewhere around/after September 17th.  More details to follow.

Ibuki's debut magazine issue featured all the J-Chix driving people to recognize these before they even came to my booth.

Also many people mentioned they've seen enfu at Blue C both in SouthCenter and in Bellevue.

Thank you all for so much cross promotional opportunities!!  Akimatsuri is one of the bigger gatherings of Japanese Nationals in this region.  I would then say Bon Odori is the biggest gatherings of Nikkei people in the area.  

Cosplay Pix I took at Akimatsuri after the jump...

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