Svetlana Chmakova
Artist / Author
Ontario
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Biography:
Svetlana Chmakova is an internationally published, award-winning manga/comics author, with more than a dozen published books and her work translated into over 13 languages. Her comics-making journey started in her early teens, with Svet obsessively drawing random comics pages for stories that barely had a beginning and never really got an end, and could only very generously be called sequential art. Luckily all that pencil mileage wasn't a waste of effort as it got Svetlana an admission into the Classical Animation program at Sheridan College, where her real comicking training began.
Becoming a full-time artist and writer after college, Svetlana has been doing that professionally now for over 20 years, drawing for animation, how-to-draw books, toy designs, and most of all, comics and manga. Svetlana did the manga adaptation of James Patterson's "Witch & Wizard" novels and is the author of the fan-favorite manga series "Dramacon" and "Nightschool: The Weirn Books", as well as the critically acclaimed Berrybrook Middle School graphic novel series including "Awkward", "Brave", "Crush" and "Enemies".
Svetlana's current series is the middle grade spin-off of "Nightschool", with two volumes currently out in stores-"The Weirn Books: Be Wary of The Silent Woods" and "The Weirn Books: The Ghost and The Stolen Dragon". Svetlana's work is published by JY For Kids, an imprint of Yen Press; her hobbies include eating, sleeping, and buying far more books than she has shelf space.
For more information visit www.svetlania.com
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Bakuretsu Con 2024 - October 25-27, 2024 in Colchester, VT, USA 2021
- PortConMaine 2021 - June 24-27, 2021 in South Portland, ME, USA Live via Video Feed 2019
- Fracture Comix Expo 2019 - September 21, 2019 in Oakland, CA, USA
- Skokie Comics Fest 2019 - June 15, 2019 in Skokie, IL, USA
- Vaca-Con 2019 - March 16, 2019 in Vacaville, CA, USA 2018
- LumaCon 2018 - January 27, 2018 in Petaluma, CA, USA 2017
- Santa Clara City Library Comic Con 2017 - October 7, 2017 in Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Hydra Comic Con 2017 - June 17-18, 2017 in Santa Clara, CA, USA
- Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2017 - May 13-14, 2017 in Toronto, ON
- LumaCon 2017 - January 28, 2017 in Petaluma, CA, USA 2016
- PortConMaine 2016 - June 23-26, 2016 in South Portland, ME, USA
- Kraken Con Spring 2016 - April 23-24, 2016 in Oakland, CA, USA
- LumaCON 2016 - January 30, 2016 in Petaluma, CA, USA 2015
- San Japan 2015 - July 31 - August 2, 2015 in San Antonio, TX, USA 2014
- SacAnime 2014 - January 3-5, 2014 in Sacramento, CA, USA 2012
- AnimeIowa 2012 - July 27-29, 2012 in Coralville, IA, USA 2010
- ConBravo! 2010 - July 3-4, 2010 in Oakville, ON
- London Movie Comic & Media Expo 2010 - May 29-30, 2010 in London, UK 2009
- Bakuretsu Con 2009 - October 29 - November 1, 2009 in Colchester, VT, USA
- Kumoricon 2009 - September 5-7, 2009 in Portland, OR, USA
- Anime North 2009 - May 22-24, 2009 in Toronto, ON
- New York Comic Con 2009 - February 6-8, 2009 in New York, NY, USA 2008
- Animaritime 2008 - March 7-9, 2008 in Moncton, NB
- Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008 - January 26-27, 2008 in Mesa, AZ, USA 2007
- New York Anime Festival 2007 - December 7-9, 2007 in New York, NY, USA
- JaniCon 2007 - November 2-4, 2007 in Jacksonville, FL, USA
- PortConMaine 2007 - June 22-24, 2007 in South Portland, ME, USA
- Anime North 2007 - May 25-27, 2007 in Toronto, ON
- Anime Los Angeles 2007 - January 26-28, 2007 in Van Nuys, CA, USA 2006
- Anime Boston 2006 - May 26-28, 2006 in Boston, MA, USA
- New York Comic Con 2006 - February 25-26, 2006 in New York, NY, USA 2005
- Anime Boston 2005 - April 29 - May 1, 2005 in Boston, MA, USA 2004
- Bakuretsu Con 2004 - April 23-25, 2004 in South Burlington, VT, USA
32 confirmed guest appearances