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STARCROSSED (~10 hour comic) // Made for Platform Comics 10k Challenge // 2020
Required Prompts: use "Maybe they should self-quarantine" + Fell in Love w/ an Alien + 4-8 pages
NIHAO // 2020
A comic about memory, microagressions, and anger
FAILING PHYSICS // 2020
A comic about a college STEM experience
PEN AND PAPER: PITCHING 101 // 2020 // Download on itch.io
FIGURE OF US // 2020 // Read on Webtoon (on hiatus)
A PRIMER ON COVID-19 // 2020 // Read on Webtoon
Nonfiction educational comic about various topics related to COVID-19
VERY MINI COMICS // 2020
SINGLE PAGE COMICS // 2020
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Very Mini Comics // 2020
Single Page Comics // 2020
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NI HAO // 2020 // A comic about memory, microagressions, and anger
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Pen and Paper // 2020 // Download on itch.io
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A Primer on COVID-19 // 2020 // Read on Webtoon
Selected Sample Panels
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Figure of Us // 2020 // Read on Webtoon
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Failing Physics // 2020
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Starcrossed (~10 hour comic) // Made for Platform Comics 10k Challenge // 2020
Prompts: Maybe they should self-quarantine + Fell in Love w/ an Alien + 4-8 pages
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Do not redistrubute or repost the samples on this page.
These were translated, cleaned, and lettered for personal use and have not been distributed anywhere.
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Inio Asano x Clorets // Japanese to English Personal Fan Translation + Lettering
Twitter // All images copyright Inio Asano, Clorets
Kyla Smith // Failing Physics
All images copyright Kyla Smith
Kyla Smith // NIHAO
All images copyright Kyla Smith
小松 (@cuponcup)'s Cooking Comic // Japanese to English Personal Fan Translation + Lettering // Read Right to Left
Twitter // All images copyright @cuponcup
夏达 (April)'s 子不语 // Mandarin Chinese to English Fan Translation + Lettering // Read Left to Right
All images copyright 夏达, 漫友, New Century Press, U17, Shueisha
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ABOUT
Kyla Smith is an Asian American writer, illustrator, and cartoonist and holds a dual BA in
Asian Studies and Asian American Studies. When not drawing or writing, Kyla can be found
learning the zhonghu, making handmade noodles, or listening to Mitski and Mao Buyi.
Kyla's writing and art have been featured in HAWAII Magazine,
the Threads That Connect Us Comics Anthology, Solrad, and Character Media, among others.
(I'm also working on a Japanese folktale inspired mg graphic novel about a lost fox spirit
and the nonbinary noodle maker who helps him return home, ask me about it!)
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CONTACT
For full time/freelance work, translation, commissions, collabs,
or just to say hi, please email me directly at hello@aikosmith.com
Translation/manga lettering portfolio and resume available upon request.
For literary inquiries, please email my agent
Jennifer Azantian at Jen (at) AzantianLitAgency (dot) com
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LINKS
Browse my editorial writing on Muckrack
Connect on Twitter & Instagram
Support me on Ko-Fi
Purchase art prints on Inprnt
Download comics on itch.io