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We're kicking off Black History Month with our first creator interview with black creators of GlobalComix! To get us started, we've sat down with Aka Studio, aka Akairo, a creator of many short manga stories like Hollow Grimoire. Akairo even won a Bronze award on Manga Plus Creators in November 2023 after placing second in the monthly contest.
Indie Manga is a quickly growing community in the west, and so we're stoked to sit down with one of it's rising stars.
GlobalComix: Both Hollow Grimoire and Desert Sunflower, your more recent titles, have very distinct style and visuals as indie manga. What do you think has influenced that voice?
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