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Yokaiden's Matsumoto Also in Free Comic Book Day

posted on 2008-05-03 05:13 EDT by Egan Loo

Del Rey Associate Publisher Dallas Middaugh points out that Yōkaiden world manga author Nina Matsumoto will have a Simpsons comic short in Bongo Comics' Free Comic Book Day issue on Saturday. Matsumoto's popularity jumped she posted her unique take (pictured at right) on The Simpsons cast last January, and that led to her freelance work for Bongo Comics and Del Rey.

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