Biography

Biography of Christina Plaka

Christina Plaka
  • 1983, born in Offenbach, Hessen
  • at the age of eleven, she began to study and copy characters from Japanese animation series
  • 1997, first sketches and ideas for her Hiro no Destiny manga (not yet published)
  • 2001, first sketches for Prussian Blue manga project
  • took Japanese Studies after school-leaving exam

Awards and prizes:

  • 2002, 2nd prize, Manga Illustration Competition, Leipzig Book Fair (Vampire 1776)

    Weblog: Doitsumanga

    Stories about journeys and encounters of Japanese and German comic-experts and comic-artists

    Nichmandoku: 150 years, 2 artists, 1 comic

    One Japanese mangaka and one German comic artist reflect on 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan.

    Weblog: The City of Tomorrow

    Comic artists from Germany and East Asia are telling stories from a sustainable future and from our still not quite so ecological present.