International Manga Award
The International Manga Award has awarded NNN a bronze medal.
The International Manga Award is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in co-operation with The Japan Cartoonists Association. The I.M.A. was established in 2007.
February 20th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
WOHO!
February 20th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Awesome, congratulations! Proves that not everyone in Japan has horrible taste.
February 20th, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Thanks, guys.
: >
February 20th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Well done, Dan. Do you know how many entrants you were up against?
February 20th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Apparently 145 entries from 30 countries. So, not a huge pool, but I’ll take it!
February 20th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Congrats! But even so, NNN deserves better if you ask me. I’m actually a bit surprised at the Gold Winner, though whether pleasantly or unpleasantly I cannot yet tell. “I Kill Giants” was beautiful and all, but for me it’s sort of the standard for a decent graphic novel, and while I’ll recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good comic, I’ve still read better. This might just be my opinion, but I think “Scott Pilgrim” and “Not Simple” could easily give IKG a run for it’s money. Either way, I’ve read NNN more than any of these, and I keep coming back to it over, and over, and over. You friggin’ wipe the floor with these guys, Dan!
February 20th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Oh wow, well done Dan! Congrats to you!
February 20th, 2012 at 11:38 pm
You always be a gold medal winner to me, Dan.
February 20th, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Hah! See? I always say that NNN deserves a bronze medal!
Wait…
February 20th, 2012 at 11:47 pm
I just the pity the translation team.
February 21st, 2012 at 12:23 am
Did you also submit Tomoyo’s Room?
February 21st, 2012 at 12:30 am
It deserves better, but congratulations nonetheless.
I suppose you should quit while you’re ahead.
February 21st, 2012 at 12:36 am
Let’s aim for a Hugo next time, with Penny. Hugo 2047!!
And thanks, Coffee — I appreciate it. I’m happy with this result, though. : )
February 21st, 2012 at 1:45 am
Woah.
February 21st, 2012 at 1:53 am
Congratulations, good sir.
February 21st, 2012 at 1:59 am
OMEDETOES! félicitations pour kimi noes succès
February 21st, 2012 at 2:23 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UGNL6zGmHec#t=22s
おめでと~
February 21st, 2012 at 8:17 pm
well done and well deserved sir.
February 21st, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Thanks, guys. : >
February 22nd, 2012 at 12:16 am
Awesome dude!
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:39 am
Gratz Dan! Time to party!
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:20 am
Congraturation!
A winner is you!
Now work hard on Penny.
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:35 am
MOAR PENNY!
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:55 am
Congrats, Mr. Kim! : D
February 22nd, 2012 at 12:18 pm
DAN IS NOW GOING TO BE ROLLING IN THE….
Actually, other than the fact you can put that in the About section, do you get some kind of prize?
February 22nd, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Well deserved!
It is realy stunning to see a honoration of your progress as a visual storyteller.
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Jo-ou, forgottencake
Yep, Penny.
Dantastic
A plaque and a little presentation ceremony, but that it.
I wouldn’t mind an update to that wikipedia entry, though… N-not that I really care or anything. G-geez!
Aristagon
Thanks, man. : >
… and thanks for waiting through all of these non-updates. : /
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Congratulations!
February 22nd, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Congrats, Dan!
February 23rd, 2012 at 3:45 am
Finally
!!! congrats !
February 23rd, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Congrats, Dan. You’ve earned it. People are starting to recognize and appreciate your work.
February 23rd, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Adrian-san! Adrian-san!
We did it, Adrian-san!!!!!
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsJnxlXepsY
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Hi Dan,
You’ve been such an inspiration to me over the years both as an artist and a writer. I came across your website several years back and recently came back to your website. I am glad it’s still standing and that your style has remained the same. Congratulations on the award!
February 23rd, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Thanks, =]
Best of luck in your own work!
February 24th, 2012 at 1:26 am
A medal, eh? Isn’t that one of those things that you could stick to your T-shirt and walk around with? No? Just a virtual medal? Oh well. Congratulations anyway!
February 24th, 2012 at 3:39 am
I love that they didn’t even try to write out the pronunciation for NNN.
February 25th, 2012 at 12:28 am
I feel like NNN was probably *just* nonsensical enough to lose appeal. However, we all know Dan can write a consistent narrative, so this is still a victory.
February 25th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Congratulations, Dan, a Canadian pride!
February 26th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
and possibly some more updates?
February 27th, 2012 at 7:19 am
nice job Dan, keep it up! i love my hardcover copy of NNN, that’s a medal well deserved.
February 27th, 2012 at 9:10 am
You don’t deserve it
February 27th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Oh man, congrats Dan!!
February 28th, 2012 at 5:06 am
Thanks. : >
Anonymous
Put that on my gravestone. : (
March 2nd, 2012 at 3:50 am
Oh good thing you got the site back up just in time for more not updating, Dan.
March 3rd, 2012 at 3:21 am
>However, we all know Dan can write a consistent narrative
That’s like saying “we know Humans are capable of peaceful coexistence”.
March 3rd, 2012 at 7:45 am
I-It’s not like I dropped in to congratulate you or anything, b-baka!
I’m actually here to ask if you applied for a table at Anime North, because registration closed today.
March 3rd, 2012 at 8:27 am
Yep, applied. I got a lottery number. : /
March 4th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 your winning chance!
March 5th, 2012 at 12:42 am
So… how about that Penny?
March 6th, 2012 at 4:41 am
Uh, n-now eventually you do plan to have COMICS on your comic site, RIGHT? Hello? *Tap tap tap* H-hello? HAHHHHH! Yes?
March 6th, 2012 at 10:46 am
*normal service is now resumed*
March 7th, 2012 at 5:23 am
Couchfort:
See, the Dan doesn’t obey set patterns or or or… posting schedules. The essence of chaos.
March 7th, 2012 at 7:05 am
Dan, uh uh, Dan will find a way.
March 8th, 2012 at 3:58 am
Anybody hear that? It’s a, um, it’s an update tremor is what it is. I’m fairly alarmed here.
March 8th, 2012 at 7:08 am
What’s that? Another Penny reboot? You don’t say…
March 8th, 2012 at 8:33 am
Pretty sure Penny IS about a girl whose life is constantly rebooted. And we’re seeing glimpses of those brief moments in each life. Dan is so deep sometimes.
March 12th, 2012 at 12:03 am
DAN WHY U NO UPDATE?
March 12th, 2012 at 1:52 am
Daaaaaaan, I read through the archives of some FUCKING AWFUL comic that just WISHES it could Penny…. but its nooooot.
MOAR PENNY!
March 12th, 2012 at 2:05 am
ya’know Dan, it seems that my best comments are manifested when you PURPOSELY take your site down at the same moment I’m developing them. for this I will never forgive you and you will obviously never suffer the humiliation you’d have had to face had I been able to successfully post. so I guess congratulations to you. fucker. tomoyo42 ftw. ಠ_ಠ
March 12th, 2012 at 2:22 am
Couchfort:
Which comic is this? OR ARE YOU IN FACT TALKING ABOUT PENNY
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE RUSTLING
RUSTLING MY JIMMIES
jesusdan
The site has been pretty unstable recently. I know.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:45 am
BUSTED! NEW PENNY BLOWS, BRING BACK OLD PENNY, SHE’S THE CUTEST!
Nah, its some piece of badly drawn, badly written CRAP called Omega Manor. Pretty sure I only read through because I have a thing for redheads. Not a real saving grace in this shit pile.
MOAR PENNY
March 12th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
DAN
CONGRATULATIONS
YOU DESERVED IT
although I must admit I had a hard time understanding what was going on and halfway through I started tripping
March 13th, 2012 at 6:49 am
*plays some soothing muzak*
March 14th, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Well done Dan.
I hope that motivates you more than your thousands of fans. Not that I’m a fan or anything, g-g-geez!
March 14th, 2012 at 11:52 pm
>thousands
Don’t kid yourself, there’s only like three of us.
March 15th, 2012 at 1:26 am
At least 100
March 15th, 2012 at 5:50 am
There’s definitely more than there should be, all things considered, I’ll tell ya that.
March 15th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Yeah, Dan’s got a pretty dedicated following for someone who doesn’t draw comics.
March 15th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
I know you’re only here for the comments section.
March 15th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Well, it IS the only section that gets updated…
March 15th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I’d like to think Dan is now working diligently to prove us all wrong, that he does indeed update…
But we all know he’s just gonna curl up in his sock drawer and sleep for days.
March 16th, 2012 at 12:55 am
“Well, it IS the only section that gets updated…”
Fuckin’ BURN!
March 17th, 2012 at 7:24 am
It’s cool, Dan. I believe in you and shit.
I’ve always wondered if this comment section is like poking a bear, except you’ve never really gotten angry and feral. When you do, do you update? Is that how it works? :X
March 17th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
I used to think that’s how it worked, but if that’s how it worked, Dan must have the patience of a fucking saint to avoid updating weeks, sometimes months, on end of us verbally abusing the hell out of him.
I think Dan updates based on OUR patience. I think he reads the individual comments, and bases how impatient we’re getting based upon how much MEANER the comments are getting. When a good proportion of the readers go from posting our usual ha-ha-that’s-mean shenanigans to pure contempt for Dan and his lack of updates, then he’s all “Lolz I guess I can update…. PSYCH! ITS JUST A NEW SIDE PICTURE!” or “PSYCH! IT’S JUST A DUTCH TRANSLATION OF T42R STRIPS!”
What a fuckhead.
March 18th, 2012 at 12:13 am
I love you, Dan, you magnificent fucker you
March 18th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
In all seriousness, Dan knows I, and we, love him. Sometimes too much (stalking is never nice, kids! (I’m sorry)).
We bug him because we care, damnit, and it’s criminal that he doesn’t do more with his talent.
March 18th, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I see Dan added a few more pages of NOTHING… I yearn for moar
March 18th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
More nothing coming soon!
March 18th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
i have no doubt that he’ll deliver…
March 18th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
nevermind, he already has.
March 19th, 2012 at 1:30 am
@Admin Dan: YESSSSSSS! This is why I continue to support you. Still wanna see you at a US East Coast con this year.
March 20th, 2012 at 5:04 am
Congratulations.
March 20th, 2012 at 10:01 am
Dan You are supposed to get first prize and make money if you are really wish it…
why don’t you make manga for commercial? ..Dont you make money with your talent?
March 20th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Also, can’t help but wonder how you’re doing at your job.
Surely that’s also it, you have a job now, so your resources are split- I got a side job, and haven’t finished a painting since.
March 20th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Dammit Dan, have you started on that graveyard yet? I consistently fail to archive every single fucking reboot you do.
March 20th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
“Dammit Dan, have you started on that graveyard yet?” You’re already looking at the comic graveyard…
BA-DUM TSH!
March 20th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
BTW Dan, I like the establishing shot that is Page 6. It’s very surreal and pretty.
March 20th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
nothin’ to do…nothin’ to do. hau hau hau, visit clone-army, still nothin’ to do.
woe.
March 21st, 2012 at 12:51 am
Remember his reactions, the last time we declared him dead?
Shall we try again before we reach 400 Postings again?
March 21st, 2012 at 1:49 am
>Dan
>Make money
hahaha
Sometimes I think that Dan is allergic to money. It’s like his moe charm. “kyaaaa! don’t touch me with your filthy cash!”
March 21st, 2012 at 5:13 am
Does Dan like other types of work, just dislike money or just dislike his art and money intersecting?
March 21st, 2012 at 5:14 am
Coz if it’s 2 or 3 then maybe we should offer to hire him a therapist rather than offer him cash.
Then once he’s cured of his aversion to money we can start entrapping him with dreams of glory and consumerism.
March 21st, 2012 at 5:15 am
Well, he’s already got glory, but it could be so much more if he worked full-time on it!
Then again maybe that’d make him unhappy and/or change his art.
March 21st, 2012 at 5:57 am
*changes the record to moe muzak*
March 21st, 2012 at 6:24 am
Ohara
Hey, Ohara! Thanks again for the Kanami fanart, I’ll put it up soon…
As for making money with comics — my real fear might be editorial influence. If I need to depend on comics to make money, I’d probably have to end up making a different sort of comic (something popular and easy that allows frequent updates and goes viral easily — gag strips, current events commentary strips, comics that pander to the social media crowd). And then I’d probably end up hating comics, and I don’t that to happen. Honestly, I’d probably just kill myself if this happened (or just drink and read all day and wait until I love comics again).
If I could decouple money from editorial influence and popularity, I wouldn’t have any good grounds for complaint. Maybe I should set up a donation page after all? Eh…
Couchfort
Thanks, man. I got another half-page done today, too! Small steps…
Aristagon
I’m almost always up for long conversations. : )
Jollin’
Were you expecting a moe reply?
Too bad! It’s just me, glasses-Dan!
cwDeici
Man, I’m ALREADY working (or “working”) on comics full time. More money isn’t going to help things get any faster — it’d just help me do it for longer. Speed depends on how confident I am on the worthiness of the project and the difficulty of the current section . : /
March 21st, 2012 at 8:23 am
I’ve seen a BBS that mangaka exchanging information. They always complain for editors’
sh*tty requests. In any fields, commercial creators have to fight for such pressers. If you
hate presser as a commercial artist, it’s ok but manga drawing is so difficult as just a hobby.
I’m afraid no financial rewards may break your motivation to create
March 21st, 2012 at 7:44 pm
AAH, extremely late, but congratulations Dan!
I wonder if we’ll ever see Penny grow to be a fine woman or if she’ll be endlessly rebooted, small traces of what we considered her to be disappearing each time.
One day, we’ll be worthy to receive the Ultimate Penny.
March 21st, 2012 at 8:02 pm
I’m… I’m drawing her right now!
March 21st, 2012 at 11:23 pm
You thought it would be a harsh comment?
Too bad! It was just some positive reinforcement!
March 24th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
I’ll give you money to make it longer!
Other than that: Sorry for my ignorant comments.
March 24th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
And thanks for your hard work!
March 24th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
No problem, cwDeici — I know I’m slow to update.
Thanks for sticking around and waiting it out. : )
March 25th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
You’re our hero Dan!
(hmmm, this was a more fitting sentence since I was coughing from a cold while typing it)