I wanted to someday create a series of graphic novels that could sit next to these two works and feel like it belonged on the same shelf.

Kazu: When I was in college, I read Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki and Bone by Jeff Smith. Scholastic will announce a release date when we get closer to its completion. Kazu: I am currently drawing Amulet 9, the final book in the series. Working alongside Kazu are talented artist/writers Jason Caffoe, Amy Kim Kibuishi, and a small color production team of digital painters from around the world.įor regular studio updates, follow ( tw / ig ) and ( tw/ ig) on Twitter and Instagram, and to contact us with questions, email Kibuishi FAQ: Amy lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband Kazu and their two children.īolt City Productions is a small production studio dedicated to creating great books for readers of all ages. She was also a contributor to the acclaimed Flight anthology series edited by Kazu Kibuishi, and adapted a story for Goosebumps: Terror Trips by R. The first volume was a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens selection. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a degree in Cartooning and is the creator of Sorcerers & Secretaries, a graphic novel duology. They reside in the Texas Hill Country with their two children.Īmy Kim Kibuishi has been drawing and writing in earnest since she was ten years old. Kazu is married to author Amy Kim Kibuishi. Kazu began drawing comics at the age of 5.ĭespite spending much of his time drawing comics, Kazu decided not to attend art school and enrolled at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a degree in Film and Media Studies in 2000. After graduating, he took jobs in graphic design, architecture, and the animation industry, but found his way back to making comics. He currently works as a full-time graphic novelist. The family moved back to the United States in 1981, and the boys grew up near Los Angeles, California. His great grandfather opened the oldest Japanese grocery store in the US, called The Katagiri Store (open since 1907), and it is located in New York City. His mother grew up in Brooklyn, but moved to Tokyo to attend Keio University. Kazu was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1978, and his brother was born in 1979. Kazu is 4th-generation Japanese-American. In 2012, he illustrated the covers for the Harry Potter 15th Anniversary Edition paperbacks. His debut graphic novel, Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, won a YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award in 2005. He is also the editor/art director/cover artist of the EXPLORER and FLIGHT Comic Anthologies, and the creator of the webcomic Copper.

Kazu Kibuishi is the writer and artist of the New York Times Bestselling AMULET graphic novel series, published by Scholastic Graphix.

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