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Madeleine Rosca

Madeleine Rosca

Australian artist, writer (born 1977)

Madeleine Rosca (born Madeleine Bensley; 1977) is an Australian artist and author. She also writes Rise from Ashes, a supernatural webcomic series.

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Biography

She grew up in country Victoria and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts from Monash University. She also received qualifications from Swinburne University (multimedia) and the University of Tasmania (information management). She currently resides in Hobart, Tasmania.[1] Rosca is best known for her all-ages manga, Hollow Fields, which is published by Seven Seas Entertainment. She was singled out for special mention in a November 2007 article in Wired on the history of manga in America.[2]

Works

Rosca has published four volumes on her series Hollow Fields, and two volumes of the series called Clockwork Sky. She is also currently working on a webcomic named Rise from Ashes.

Awards

Rosca was one of four winners presented with Japan's inaugural "International Manga Award" for her work on Hollow Fields.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hollow Fields In-Depth with Madeleine Rosca". Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Jason Thompson, 'How Manga Conquered the U.S., a Graphic Guide to Japan's Coolest Export', Wired 15.11". Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  3. [3]
    "SEVEN SEAS ARTIST WINS INTERNATIONAL MANGA AWARD". Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  4. [4]
    "Aussie named in Japanese manga awards". Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2007.


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