How did you get involved with bringing Fool’s Gold to Tokyopop?
Amy Reeder Hadley: I started out with Rising Stars of Manga, entering my twenty page story into that. The winners were compiled into a book and I was lucky enough to make it into that book. PRG: Prior to you submission to Rising Stars of Manga, did you have any comic experience? ARH: Really, no. In fact I was probably one of their most inexperienced people. I wasn’t even really into comics until shortly before then and I happen to be so competitive that I saw that contest and decided to drop everything and learn how to draw. So it’s really the most random life! I actually graduated in social science teaching and had no plans on being an artist. PRG: In your artwork are use using pencils on paper or do you work digitally? ARH: I started out digital, which is how I learned to draw. I’ve been slowly working toward doing everything by hand. I started inking by hand first, then started moving up. Now almost everything is by hand. PRG: One of the things I really like about Fool’s Gold is tha
