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Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey (manga)

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Alternative title:
Disegna! - Kakukaku Shikajika (Italian)
Kakukaku Shikajika (Japanese)
かくかくしかじか (Japanese)
塗鴉日記 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: slice of life
Plot Summary: Author Akiko Higashimura takes a look back onto her life to describe how she became a manga artist. From her teenage years to adulthood, her art teacher Kenzou Hidaka was a major influence in her career.
User Ratings: 11 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Excellent: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Very good: -
 Good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: -
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 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 18 users, rank: #2831 (of 6927)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 7.727 (Very good−), std. dev.: 2.8633, rank: #1700 (of 7781)
Weighted mean: 8.601 (Excellent−), rank: #393 (of 7781) (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.357 (Very good+), rank: #110 (of 3527)
Number of tankoubon: 5
Number of pages: 141
Vintage: 2011-11-28 to 2015-01-28 (serialized in Cocohana)
Release dates: We have 8
Review:
[en] Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey vol. 1-5 (Sep 2, 2020)
News: Show:
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[en] North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 25-31 (Aug 29, 2019)
[en] North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 19-25 (May 22, 2019)
[en] Seven Seas Licenses Princess Jellyfish Creator Higashimura's Autobiographical Manga Blank Canvas (Sep 21, 2018)
[en] Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Female Readers (Dec 10, 2015)
[en] Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Manga Wins Media Arts Award (Nov 27, 2015)
[en] Japanese Comic Ranking, March 30-April 5 (Apr 8, 2015)
[en] Japanese Comic Ranking, March 23-29 (Apr 1, 2015)
[en] Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award (Mar 24, 2015)
[en] 8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles (Jan 18, 2015)
[en] Princess Jellyfish's Higashimura to End Kakukaku Shikajika Manga (Dec 27, 2014)
[en] Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015's Series Ranking for Female Readers (Dec 9, 2014)
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[en] Vertical Licenses Tonari no Seki-kun School Comedy Manga (Jan 24, 2014)
[en] Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters (Dec 9, 2013)
[en] Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize (Sep 18, 2013)
[en] Japanese Comic Ranking, May 27-June 2 (Jun 5, 2013)
[en] Japanese Comic Ranking, May 20-26 (May 29, 2013)
[en] Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2013 Voters (Dec 10, 2012)
[en] Shueisha's Cocohana Magazine Manga Lineup Revealed (Nov 28, 2011)
Interest:
[en] Best and Worst Manga of 2019 Results - Comic-Con International (Jul 22, 2019)
Other articles:
[en] The Spring 2019 Manga Guide - Blank Canvas (Jun 6, 2019)
[en] House of 1000 Manga - Kakukaku Shikajika (Apr 23, 2015)
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Graphic novel
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (GN 2) 2019-08-27 (from $6.70)
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (GN 3) 2019-11-26 (from $4.48)
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (GN 4) 2020-03-31 (from $13.99)
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (GN 5) 2020-07-14 (from $13.99)
    Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey (GN 1) 2019-05-21 (from $9.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Akiko Higashimura
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Jenny McKeon

Adaptation: Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane
Cover Design: Hanase Qi
Editing: Jenn Grunigen
Editor-in-Chief: Adam Arnold
Lettering:
Katie Blakeslee (vol 3)
Lys Blakeslee
Managing Editor: Julie Davis
Production manager: Lissa Pattillo
Proofreader:
Danielle King
Kurestin Armada
Publisher: Jason DeAngelis
(none)
English companies
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Roberta Tiberi
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: J-Pop
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Istari Comics
Russian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
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