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Description READ The MANGA UPDATES HERE: [link]

Update for June: Page 486-493 and one cover illustration



Edepth Vol 2 now avaliable for ordering:

Collector full color version ($29.99):
[link]

B/W version($10.99):
[link]

(note: =_= you may have to wait a bit to see the cover on lulu's site... their new flash preview thing is stupidly slow. Surprisingly... I liked my B/W version this time better than my color.... it's probably because I was still not as good at coloring when I made chapter 4 and 5... O_ob)

For Vol 1:

Collectors ($37):
[link]

B/W($10):
[link]







Side stuff:
This time the publishing went a lot smoother thanks to the help from Molly, and Rachel, they helped me to edit the pages and send it to the printer. There was a lot of clean ups to do and text editing.

Publishing is quite a lot of work and business, money.... Ever since I started self-publishing.... I have new found respect for publishers.

I know for online web readers, most are not into spending the money to buy comic books unless its at a convention... (After all everything on the net is free) but I still want to publish books just for those few who could be interested. Get my work out there further than the digital world. It feels more real when I can hold it in my hands to read it.

So if you are one of those few who will spend money on me, thanks in advance.

If you are broke like I am, thank you for giving me hits per day, it gives me some advertising power. lol~

I still can't feed myself from the work I do, but I do so like any professional would do their work. Hopefully one day I can just live on my work. That would be great.


This illustration is the cover of the new vol2, it's an old illustration salvaged. lol~
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Comments: 55

mayshing In reply to ??? [2010-02-02 05:44:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks for checking on it.

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Aly-Tan [2010-01-23 05:18:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow, looks entirely detailed and perfectly porportional~! The colors of this drawing gives it a "da-dum!" feeling to me. XD Dramatic!

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mayshing In reply to Aly-Tan [2010-01-23 05:46:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks, thats a rare compliment.

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Aly-Tan In reply to mayshing [2010-01-23 06:15:54 +0000 UTC]

o 3o; heh, i can be like such a critique these days. XD

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Aarri2129 [2009-08-02 13:12:16 +0000 UTC]

This must have taken a really long time to do. Either way, it's a really incredible piece of work. The perspective on None looks great, especially with Angel in the front, looking kind of small by comparison. Outstanding work! *Continues to read the manga*

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mayshing In reply to Aarri2129 [2009-08-02 18:21:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you. ^_^ Thanks for reading, that makes me happy.

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Aarri2129 In reply to mayshing [2009-08-02 18:39:40 +0000 UTC]

No problem! It's a fantastic manga with a very original plotline. (And I'm looking forward to the anime very much as well!)
Your panel at Otakon, by the way, was very helpful. ^_^

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mayshing In reply to Aarri2129 [2009-08-02 18:58:49 +0000 UTC]

ohh, you were there? ^_^ Cool~ glad it was informal.

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Aarri2129 In reply to mayshing [2009-08-02 19:01:40 +0000 UTC]

Yup, I was there. ^^
And it certainly was...though I have almost no patience when it comes to animating.

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mayshing In reply to Aarri2129 [2009-08-02 19:21:43 +0000 UTC]

it's a powerful, lovable, inspiration, and painful medium. XD

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Aarri2129 In reply to mayshing [2009-08-02 19:47:46 +0000 UTC]

It certainly is. Maybe I should set my sights on becoming a Mangaka instead...

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ultranic-comics [2008-10-15 22:03:23 +0000 UTC]

Photo shopped background?

May! Thats not like you. xD

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mayshing In reply to ultranic-comics [2008-10-17 00:05:13 +0000 UTC]

what what what? I didn't hear you~

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shibuya-keechi [2008-06-14 23:26:00 +0000 UTC]

hey just wondering what chapters are in this one?

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mayshing In reply to shibuya-keechi [2008-06-15 03:25:31 +0000 UTC]

Chapter 4 and 5. I couldn't fit in 6 for this round. But both chapters already made it 130 pages with the bonus.

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keichi-kun89 [2008-06-09 23:04:08 +0000 UTC]

You scared me ,this work is wonderful,full action and full HD lol XD

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Ladre [2008-06-09 04:52:23 +0000 UTC]

oo oo Did I already comment on this? Hrm... Well I'm gonna fave it to help me remember to buy the comic if you're still selling them when I get some money, haha. I've been letting your work pile up in my inbox >> I want the big collector version to go with the first volume

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mayshing In reply to Ladre [2008-06-09 23:03:52 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks. :3 My books are getting shipped to me right now. I can send a copy to you when it gets here.

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Ladre In reply to mayshing [2008-06-10 00:54:42 +0000 UTC]

coool, I'll definitely buy one once I get some ca$h.

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rainoerus [2008-06-01 20:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Excitement! Congrats on the second volume (: I love the bright colors and the feel I get from this... it makes me exhilarated. My favorite part is the clear blue and the lights behind the blue ^^

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Gingashi [2008-06-01 05:14:54 +0000 UTC]

Great, I finally get to see the bigger version! (that smaller preview size I first saw is a tease!)
Congrats on getting your second volume out Christine, you should be super proud of how well E-depth has come along, and as you've mentioned, the process is smoothing out with the experience you've gained! Be sure to save me a copy~

I just love the colors in None's torso- that's a neat effect you've created there.

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LossingFeathers [2008-05-31 23:27:00 +0000 UTC]

the cover is utterly beautiful!! You are showing evidence of growing again!!

Second book is out again ^.^!! *excited!*

~Becca

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Yunsildin [2008-05-31 22:33:59 +0000 UTC]

YAY! And Update!
And what do my wandering eyes see...vol. 2 is out sweet!!! Now I have to save for it.

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Particularlyme [2008-05-31 14:29:46 +0000 UTC]

I just have to say None looks amazing in this picture...as if he didn't all the time.

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Joku99 [2008-05-30 12:18:48 +0000 UTC]

i like that picture.It has very good colouring and anatomy

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missyuna [2008-05-30 09:31:57 +0000 UTC]

that is so cool, this reminds me of that girl from Negima, but awsome work, and I love your artstyle, it's just fantastic ^^

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nightdragon [2008-05-30 04:54:32 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad that you put this up, it's such a beautiful image!
And yes people, go buy the books! Even if you read the comics online, wouldn't you like to have them to take with you on trips and such?

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sphynx-c [2008-05-30 02:01:21 +0000 UTC]

I can't tell what medium you used for this at all, whether it's marker or water colour or digital, though I'd guess a combination of the three is likely.
I love how powerful none seems to be here, it looks positively menacing! That just makes Angel (that is her name right? its been a long time since I read it... but I'm REALLY trying to save myself for when I can buy it... heh, still ^^ )
all the more impressive for her bravery!

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mayshing In reply to sphynx-c [2008-05-30 03:57:32 +0000 UTC]

it's a combination of markers and digital.

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sphynx-c In reply to mayshing [2008-05-30 14:12:44 +0000 UTC]

ah, thanks

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OneFreeInternet [2008-05-29 23:34:22 +0000 UTC]

these.. to be honest.. your works look nothing like from the first time I met you. They're 10,000 levels higher. It ODES look like I'm not the only one improving at a scary rate lol

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VenomEXsoldier [2008-05-29 21:38:47 +0000 UTC]

man I cant stop watching your art, its diving me crazy cuz its too awesome!!!

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Shintei-chan [2008-05-29 20:26:44 +0000 UTC]

love the pic...

How much does it cost to print one manga issue?

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mayshing In reply to Shintei-chan [2008-05-29 22:07:33 +0000 UTC]

depends on the number of pages i have, and whether it's black and white or color. You can calculate it here: [link]

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Shintei-chan In reply to mayshing [2008-05-30 05:34:24 +0000 UTC]

wow...took me a while to figure out what is what...

it's still not cheap... 50 pages would be like 12+ $ so to earn anything you'd have to sell it for at least 20$
which is like totally double the price manga volumes sell... and they have way more pages

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mayshing In reply to Shintei-chan [2008-05-30 16:44:20 +0000 UTC]

actually the actual mangas... due to printing in BW and in large quandities, it's base price line is usually about 2-3 dollars, so when they sell it at 8-10 dollars, they earn about at least 5 dollars per book. Not too bad if you ask me.
For color usually the price is about 20 bucks per book, I am guessing their production cost should be about 10-15 per book for it to be beneficial. But that's after maybe you print about 10'000 books. Then you have to pay a distributor to distribute, and you need a connection for bookstores to list you, needs to write stuff up too. So it's a lot of $$$ and time to do nation wide shipping.

For lulu, it's definitately not the place if I want to do large quendity printing with, its simply too much.
But its good for any starter.

I might try out its package to Amazon for the hack of doing it, or simply buy my own ISBN and list it on Amazon myself.

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Shintei-chan In reply to mayshing [2008-05-30 21:13:54 +0000 UTC]

all in all it doesn't really look you can earn enough to live >.<

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mayshing In reply to Shintei-chan [2008-05-31 18:50:56 +0000 UTC]

nope, not yet.

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Shintei-chan In reply to mayshing [2008-05-31 19:11:41 +0000 UTC]

bummer

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Mahe [2008-05-29 19:29:02 +0000 UTC]

Oops! At first I didn't understand, that there isn't just a cover, but comic updates too. I should read artist's comments more carefully X)

Went reading.

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Espeo-the-ice-demon [2008-05-29 19:03:23 +0000 UTC]

holy F...

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VeroTheWolf [2008-05-29 18:49:00 +0000 UTC]

Damn thats i call manga/Anime !

Thats freakin FANTASTIC

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clayscence [2008-05-29 18:38:32 +0000 UTC]

wow amazing!! that is gorgoeus hun, the details are great!

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mayshing In reply to clayscence [2008-05-29 22:18:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks for always commenting.

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starshock12 [2008-05-29 18:26:38 +0000 UTC]

I need to get this one, too...! SOMEHOW

Such a beautiful render, this is. I could come up with so much concepts related to it, I love staring at drawings like these. It's so fitting for a book cover.

And once again, wonderful job on Edepth Christine. You've really outdone yourself, you're like my idol and inspiration for publishing and manga XD <3

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mayshing In reply to starshock12 [2008-05-29 22:08:37 +0000 UTC]

lol thanks for the flattering comment.

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BettyKwong [2008-05-29 18:23:49 +0000 UTC]

I really like this picture! The composition flows very well, and I really like the blue light shining around Angel. It makes the picture stand out a lot. ^^b

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mayshing In reply to BettyKwong [2008-05-29 22:08:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks for commenting.

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Manah-Angel-Eyes [2008-05-29 17:56:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful picture!

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keiiii [2008-05-29 17:48:35 +0000 UTC]

It feels more real when I can hold it in my hands to read it.

Although I don't personally share these sentiments, I admit that print comics have several advantages over digital format... one of them being longevity. Remember back when we used to watch everything on VHS? Now everything's on DVD (or blueray... haha), and it's hard to even find a VHS player.

The current format we use for digital stuff may end up facing the same fate, ten or twenty or fifty years down the road. A physical book, on the other hand, can last centuries. Think about it... 1,200 years later, people discovering your work and you become one of those posthumus masters! XD

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