: About Me

My full name is Doyle Edward Hughes. I am currently signed with Authorhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, and am submitting the initial installment of a novel trilogy to begin publication in mid-January of 2009. I am also an artist specializing in conceptual paintings of various genres. I am constantly growing as an author, and that is why I smile! And that is why I'm grateful that Helium is here...I hope to be a lifelong contributor.

My passion is ...

Art/Music/Literature

I know too much about ...

Romantic Interludes

My parents always told me ...

"Keep a job!"

My childhood ambition ...

To be a guitarist/artist.

My favorite memory ...

Wow! Can't answer that in one sentence!

Why I write ...

To earn a living, and because I feel that it would be a waste if I didn't.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Nothing at the moment.

My first job ...

Turning socks for my father's hosiery mill here in North Carolina during the summers.

My best moment ...

Too many to list!

My inspiration ...

Walking and exercising.

Arts & Humanities > Comic Books & Graphic Novels Manga: Not just comic books

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They do not simply sit on a shelf by themselves, wrapped in aged plastic and covered with dust. They come at you from the optical illusion of distant planets, worlds and even the realms between both. They encompass many genres; eventual domination seems inevitable at times. They are manga. The Japanese superstructure of comicbooks; and they are indeed influential and successful. They do exist on familiar terms with all other comics. Their messages, whether intentional or not, are there in the stories. The interpretation of social terms and types is there. The glitz, the wild fantasies. The...

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