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Though born in Russia, she immigrated to Canada, where she graduated from the Sheridan College Classical Animation program, in 2002.
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Svetlana Chmakova
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She is best known for Dramacon, an original English-language (OEL) manga spanning three volumes and published in North America by Tokyopop. Her other work includes the 2-page The Adventures of CG for CosmoGIRL! magazine and the webcomic Chasing Rainbows for Girlamatic. She then began to publish her manga on the Internet.
Dramacon is Chmakova"s first full-length comic, telling the story of Christie Leroux, an aspiring teenage comics writer, and her experiences at her first anime convention.
She attends the convention with her artist boyfriend Derek Hollman, but soon finds herself attracted to a mysterious, sun-glassed cosplayer named Matt Green. Other works by Chmakova include the 2-page The Adventures of CG for CosmoGIRL! magazine and the Chasing Rainbows and Night Silver webcomics.
Her art also appears in Mangaka America. On February 24, 2007 at New York Comic Con, Yen Press announced that they would be publishing Nightschool, a new original manga by Chmakova.
At New York Comic Con on October 10, 2014, Yen Press announced that they would be publishing Awkward, a new original comic by Chmakova.
Critical reaction
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution described Dramacon as "surprisingly true-to-life (and occasionally harrowing) emotional drama and humor. Creator Svetlana Chmakova doesn"t skimp on character development or plot progression. Her art is top-notch as well, outstripping even many of her Japanese inspirations with clear storytelling and polished technique."
Awkward was named as one of School Library Journal"s Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2015.
lieutenant was also named by YALSA on their list of the 2016 Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
Amanda M. Vail of The Mary Sue said "it needs to be on the shelves of every school and public library.".
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Quotations: "it needs to be on the shelves of every school and public library.".
