Tp_articles: MEET THE CREATORS OF MY CAT LOKI AND DRAMACON AT ANIME BOSTON!

Meet the Creators of My Cat Loki and Dramacon at Anime Boston!   Catch Bettina Kurkoski, the multi-talented creator of the TOKYOPOP manga My Cat Loki, and Svetlana Chmakova, the all-star talent behind Dramacon, at Anime Boston, Friday, March 21 – Sunday, March 23, at the Hynes Convention Center at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.   Bettina is a Featured Artist in the Anime Boston Artists Alley. Look for her and her fantastic artwork at Table #4 in the Artists Alley. In a...

Photos: MY CAT LOKI CREATOR AT BORDERS SIGNING

Bettina Kurkoski, the talented creator of the TOKYOPOP original manga My Cat Loki, at a signing for vol. 2 of the title at the Borders bookstore in Burlington, MA.

Illustrations: LOKI

Loki from Matantei Loki Ragnarok. I copied this from another person's fanart, because I thought it looked really nice. Unfortunately, I don't remember who the original artist of the fanart is, but I surely hope he/she doesn't mind. I'm really glad at how this turned out. And I just randomly added Ecc-chan on the bottom of the page just for the fun of it and I thought it was so cute.

Tp_articles: MY CAT LOKI TOUR!

Catch Bettina Kurkoski on tour for My Cat Loki vol. 2!   Fresh from her appearance at last weekend’s Anime Weekend Atlanta, talented TOKYOPOP creator Bettina Kurkoski will be signing at her local Borders this Saturday and in October to promote the recent release of My Cat Loki vol. 2!   My Cat Loki tells the endearing story of Ameya, an artist who is devastated after the loss of his beloved cat “brother.” Years later, he finds a stray cat that resembles his fav...

Tp_articles: TOKYOPOP CREATORS AT ANIME WEEKEND ATLANTA

Don’t miss TOKYOPOP creators this weekend at Anime Weekend Atlanta!   TOKYOPOP creators Christy Lijewski, Bettina Kurkoski, Rikki Simons and Tavisha Wolfgarth-Simons, Heidi Arnhold, and Steven and Megumi Cummings will take Atlanta by storm this weekend at the Anime Weekend Atlanta convention!   Christy Lijewski, creator of the punk rock mystery romance Re:Play, and Bettina Kurkoski, creator of the endearing tale of friendship My Cat Loki, will be appearing together at Anim...

Go Pro: MY CAT LOKI - EDITOR'S NOTES

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION Bettina's is a great story of persistence paying off. A winner in Rising Stars 2, she was pitched as the artist on two projects that both fell through for various reasons before pitching her own story in the end. As soon as I read her notes on the concept for Loki and saw her initial designs, I knew this was a project I wanted to be a part of. My own beloved cat, Jenny-Any-Dots, still holds a special place in my heart (and her photo has a spot on my desk at work), so ...