Manga Shakespeare Cosplay competition

SelfMadeHero are running a 'Manga Shakespeare' cosplay competition. This is to celebrate their line of books, including Sweatdrop's very own Sonia Leong and Emma Vieceli with Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet respectively.

There are two big prizes... the first prize is for making the best costume of your favourite character from the Manga Shakespeare series and the second prize is for performing a 3 minute section from Shakespeare in costume. Winners will receive £150, a trophy, and a signed set of Manga Shakespeare books.

The competition will be judged at MCM Expo at the ExCeL centre in Docklands, in October and places in the competition are limited.

The entry form (as a PDF file) can be found: HERE, and sign up to Self Made Hero's 'NING' social network for more information.

Discuss this on the Sweatdrop Forums

London MCM Expo - May 2008 - competition details

For any intrepid adventurers who haven't seen the thread in the forums: CLICK FOR NEWS ON THE LONDON MCM EXPO MANGA COMPETITION - MAY 2008

Best of luck to all who enter!

We'll see you there ^_^

Happy Birthday Sweatdrop - Six Years Young

This week sees Sweatdrop Studios reach its sixth year as a manga collective! To celebrate this special occasion, they are giving a whopping 50% discount on their comics until 1st February 2008. Sweatdrop also offer free international shipping for orders over £15 (about US$30), so if you ever wanted to check out some UK-made manga, there couldn't be a better time.

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Furthermore, there is a free prize draw on the forum, with prizes including Sweatdrop anthologies, books and an original watercolour image by Selina Dean. Just reply to the competition thread on the forum to take part.

Click Here for the Prize Draw Forum thread

Sweatrop Studios is a group of 19 UK-based manga artists which has been operating since January 2002. They have published a number of anthologies such as "Cold Sweat and Tears", "Blue is for Boys" and "Pink is for Girls", as well as original titles such as "Looking for the Sun" by Morag Lewis and "Fantastic Cat" by Selina Dean.

Sweatdrop members Emma Vieceli and Sonia Leong recently released "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" respectively with SelfMadeHero; and Fehed Said released "The Clarence Principle" with Slave Labor Graphics. Several members are also featured in Tokyopop's UK & Ireland Rising Stars of Manga anthologies.