A spotlight panel on Japanese comics duo Gurihiru, featured guests at Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015. Gurihiru are the artists behind the Avatar: The Last Airbender comics written by Gene Luen Yang for Dark Horse Comics, as well as artists for several Marvel comics.

1. SPOTLIGHT:
GURIHIRU
Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015
May 9, 2015

2. Before you whip out your
camera…
You may take photos for your own use,
but please don’t post any full-facial photos
of Gurihiru online
You can tweet yr thots @gurihiru + add hashtag #TCAF

3. Gurihiru is… a two-artist creative team
Chifuyu Sasaki
Design, pencils and inks
Naoko Kawano
Design, colors

4. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Avatar: The LastAirbender – The Promise
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Dark Horse Comics (2012)

5. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Avatar: The LastAirbender – The Search
Written by Gene LuenYang
Dark Horse Comics (2013)

6. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Avatar: The LastAirbender – The Rift
Written by Gene LuenYang
Dark Horse Comics (2014)

7. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Avatar: The LastAirbender
Smoke & Shadow
Written by Gene Luen Yang
Dark Horse Comics
(September 2015)

8. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
A-Babies vs. X-Babies
Written by SkottieYoung
Marvel Comics (2012)

9. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Thor and the Warriors Four
Written byAlex Zalben
Marvel Comics (2011)

10. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Tails of the PetAvengers
Written by SkottieYoung
Marvel Comics (2010)

11. Gurihiru are…
artists from Japan who work on American comics
Wolverine: First Class #16
Written by Peter David
Marvel Comics (2009)

12. Gurihiru are…
artists who draw some fab variant covers too!

13. Gurihiru are… illustrators
Star Wars
Japanese-English Dictionary
Gakken (2014)

14. Gurihiru are… illustrators

15. Gurihiru are… colorists
Drama
By RainaTelgemeier (2013)

16. A LOOK BEHIND THE
DRAWING BOARD
Avatar: The Last Airbender,
from sketch to finished
artwork

17. 1. Layout sketches  2. pencils

18. 3. Inked pages  4. Colored pages

19. Layout  Inks  Color

20. Layout  Inks  Color

21. A LOOK BEHIND THE
DRAWING BOARD
Squirrel Girl variant cover,
from sketch to finished
artwork

22. Layout Sketches

23. Layout  Color  Final Cover

24. Want more Gurihiru at TCAF?
SATURDAY
3:30 – 4:15 pm
TCAF Kids Day Live drawing & chat
St. Paul’s on Bloor
SUNDAY
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Autograph session
Beguiling Onsite Store, 2nd Floor
2:00 – 3:00 pm
“Gurihiru on the Creative Process &
Navigating Japanese Publishing”
The Japan Foundation Toronto
131 Bloor Street West, 2nd floor

25. Want to see more Gurihiru online?
Website
http://gurihiru.com/
Tumblr
http://gurihiru.tumblr.com/
Twitter
@Gurihiru
Thank you!