Comiku Girls: Convention Panelists

Biography

The Comiku Girls, Akiko Meigetsu & Li Izumi, are not your typical otaku... Or at least they like to think so. Each has had a pencil in their hand since they could hold one, & have been telling stories since they could talk. At conventions, they are artists, cosplayers, & Japanese cultural panelists. They write the webcomic Comiku Girls, which centers on convention life from the inside, & the occasional life in between. Akiko is an artist, working in both digital and traditional media (watercolor and Asian Brushpainting). Li has studied Japanese language & culture for over a decade, including a semester in Akita, Japan. Currently, she is a Master's student in Japanese Studies. None of which explains their sense of humor.

Credentials

Akiko has studied Brush Painting with a Chinese master and is a watercolor painter.

Li has a B.A. in East Asian Studies and is a Master's student in Japanese Studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She spent 4 months in Akita, Japan living and going to school, where she studied, among other things, how to wear a kimono, calligraphy, and tea ceremony.

Costume Awards: Judge's Award, Performance Anime Boston. Second place, performance, Connecticon. Judge's Award, Craftsmanship, Anime Mid Atlantic.