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Patrik

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About Me

My official home page:
patokon.comMy patobit comics are hosted here:
comicspace.com/patrikwashburn
I live in Japan where I work in the Entertainment industry. I've broken out and gone it alone (with a great support team, of course)! Besides my plans for world domination, I also enjoy expressing myself (for love or money) through illustration and animation. I also put out a fanzine on international pop-culture called "fandomain". Recently I published a Comic Book Sound Effect Dictionary for Japanese.Current projects: Making original animated shows for TV. For Turkey, believe it or not. Also developing other shows for possible release everywhere! Have designed team wear for a major Japanese sports star here and I am working on some characters for Japanese tv personalities for use on their shows.I speak, read, write Japanese, can read Korean and speak to some extent, and can muddle through Chinese and French. I do pretty good Scottish, Irish, Northern English, South Asian, Brooklyn or Southern accent. However, I can no longer do an Australian or Cockney and I've never gotten the Welsh accent right.Give me a week and I can do almost anything. If I can't, I'm pretty sure I can find someone who can!

My Interests

Art. Music. People. Graphic storytelling (also known as comics, fumetti, manga, bande dessinee, manhwa, etc.) in any form or language, OTR, SF, Horror, Suspense in any shape or form, Philosophy, and Beauty in any shape or form.

I'd like to meet:

Fun, creative and professional people from all over the world. Let's talk about comics, animation, old radio, and the universe.Also, anyone professionals in the animation field. Flash for broadcast anyone?Profile Edit By Myspace Profile Editor
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Music:

80's Eurobeat, Pop music in any language, melodic heavy metal (epic metal?, fantasy metal?) such as Rhapsody, 70's rock, 60's British beat, 50/60's motown, Verdi (especially as performed by Pavarotti), the list goes on and on... I'm up for anything so let me know what u think is cool.

Movies:

Mostly "genre" stuff like SF, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, but I love the medium itself and will watch most anything, but most artsy-fartsy flicks gimme a pretention headache. I'm a sucker for Kevin Smith, but my favorite movie of all time is William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration.

Television:

"My Name is Earl" is the bomb! Have to admit that I've recently become addicted to American Idol although most reality shows give me ulcers. Anything Joss Whedon makes stretches the boundaries of what TV can be. That 70's Show is awesome just because it reminds me of my childhood.

Books:

Stephen King's The Dark Tower series is awesome, My tastes are varied, but I tend to gravitate toward older stuff. Am reading several books on writing and producing, some Poe and some pulp fiction. For comics, the current Hulk storyline is the most fun comics have been in ages. Umberto Eco also a fave.

Heroes:

Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Joss Whedon, Stephen King, Siegel & Shuster, Bob Kane & Bill FInger, Sanpei Shirato, Osamu Tezuka, Alan Moore, Bruce Timm, Darwyn Cooke, Paperinik, & whoever was the lips for Clutch Cargo. Anyone who does what they love and make a living at it.

My Blog

Flash Animation Comedy Space Tyrants

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Posted by Patrik on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:50:00 PST

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Posted by Patrik on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:58:00 PST

First Solo Art Show in Tokyo!!

Hello! It's Patrik here and I'm doing pretty good even though I've been very busy the last month and we here in Tokyo have a week of rain to look forward to. In addition to working on some high(er) pr...
Posted by Patrik on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:57:00 PST

this is pretty funny stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE Where's the exit?
Posted by Patrik on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 09:02:00 PST

patobit .5 Dreamhunt 4 (obstacles)

I know it seems like I'm making it sound easy, but the hardest thing really is just to get up and DO something. The info is out there. There are books, people, internet resources. Things to help you ...
Posted by Patrik on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:59:00 PST

HEARTokyo art

Since it's unlikely that any of my friends overseas will be able to come and see my gallery showing, I've decided to go ahead and display my works here. I should probably display my art more prominent...
Posted by Patrik on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:28:00 PST

HEARTokyo

Here is the message I've been sending out about my gallery showing this coming Sunday. Check out the flyer. I didn't do the poster, but I designed the logo. Hello!I've been very busy recently so it's...
Posted by Patrik on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:45:00 PST

dreamhunt continued

I've been my own worse enemy for the longest time.But now I'm armed and ready!
Posted by Patrik on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:11:00 PST

new comic strip


Posted by Patrik on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:05:00 PST

Dreamhunt

I'm on a dreamhunt and I've decided to write/draw about it. Instead of reading about someone AFTER they achieved their dreams, why not check in on a guy who is on the way? Cuz' if I pull it off (as I ...
Posted by Patrik on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:00:00 PST