300 - Guest Gaiden 6 - Manga Lettering & Sweat and Soap with Sara Linsley

We’ve reached another milestone on Manga Machinations with 300 episodes! To celebrate, we’re joined by the wonderful manga letterer Sara Linsley! She’s here to answers our questions about her job, tell us how she utilizes her background in software development for lettering, explain the differences between lettering manga and lettering Western comics, and give context for her lettering choices in Kintetsu Yamada’s Sweat and Soap!!!

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “CHANGE THE WORLD” by V6 from Inuyasha, Opening, Introductions
• 00:01:50 - Learning about Sara’s origins in anime/manga fandom and how she started manga lettering
• 00:07:32 - Sara answers our questions about manga lettering
• 00:31:55 - We have a discussion about fair wages within the industry
• 00:45:51 - Sara finishes answering more questions on manga lettering
• 00:54:32 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, dakazu and Darfox will be going full spoilers with the newest chapters of their favorite popular manga series
• 00:55:11 - Main Segment Guest Gaiden: Sweat and Soap, Transition Song: “Come” by Namie Amuro from Inuyasha, We review volume 1 of Kintetsu Yamada’s steamy romance series while Sara shares choices she made lettering the book
• 01:29:28 - We thank Sara for joining us, Next Week’s Topic: New Chapter Check-in, Manga Machinations 300th episode manga giveaway contest,  Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster