Amanda's Children's Stories

Manga/Comics

An 8 page comic.

Created for the Comikaze 24 hour comic challenge, 2011.
The three words I had to incorporate into the story were potential, overlook and atrocity.
I was looking after Willow during this one, so thanks to my Mum for her help :-)

Let sleeping koalas lie

A cute 16 page comic.

Created for the Comikaze 24 hour comic challenge, 2009.
The three words I had to incorporate into the story were impelling, embalm and whirlwind.
I've put it here just as I created it - no edits outside the 24 hours. It was exhausting but fun ;-)

Virtual Reality

A very short (8 panel) comic.

Created for 'Operation Funnybone', a collaborative project to support The Peter McCallum Cancer Centre.

The Guardian of the Crystal

A short fantasy story (manga/comic, 16 pages).

Completed at the end of my advanced manga drawing class, September 2003. The cover page was created on the computer, but all of the other pages were sketched, inked and coloured in in the 'real world'. Quite a challenge :-)

A Dreamer's Dream

This delightful story about a little girl waking up in an unfamiliar place, was written by Lawrence White.

This is the first chapter in 10 pages.

Air, Earth & Water

A short story about three elemental spirits (manga/comic, 9 pages).

Completed at the end of my manga drawing class, May 2003. The cover page, and final characters page were done in ink then cleaned up a little on the computer. The other pages were 'inked' on the computer over scanned pencil sketches.

The Princess and the Gypsy

My first manga! OK, so it's only one page, but that's short and sweet, right?

This was an exercise in onomatopoeia and framing for my manga drawing class, April 2003.

Illustrated Stories

Snow-white and Rose-red
By The Brothers Grimm, from the Gutenberg Project.

The Living Sandcastle by John Rickey* - September 1997
The story of Zack, a young boy who finds a new twist to an old story!

Don't Count Rhinoceroses! by John Rickey* - October 1997
Emma, 'slow and puddly', finds some new friends in the strangest places.

Tie Your Shoe by John Rickey* - January 1998
Learn how to tie your own shoe laces.

Cinderella -October 1997
From the Online Book Repository.

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor - October 1997
By the Brothers Grimm, from the Online Book Repository.

Amy's Secret - 1998
A story with an important message, by JerriLynn Toms.

The Lady of Shalott Illustrated with java 'lakes'.

Mogaruith Adventures - 1997
'Explore the Sewers' by Matthew Ellis

*Room 108

For more stories, see my movies and Tales from the Billabong.