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American Comics Art Exhibition


American Comics Exhibition 2009 ~Superheroes~

This is it! My first produced group show!
If you're in Tokyo, please stop by!

Dates: Sept. 27 (Sun) to Oct 3rd (Sat) 2009 (closed Tuesday the 29th)

Times: 11am to 7pm

Place: Gallery Kopis (http://www.g-kopis.com/) located less than a minute from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa St. exit A3.

Address: 1-2-12 1F Shirakawa Etoh-ku Tokyo 135-0021

Phone: 03-5639-2381

Artists:

Official HP: http://patokon.com/amecomi09.htm

I'm working on a Spider Woman piece.
Here are some sketches:


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