Libby’s Scribb1es

'Sup, Dudes!?

Can you tell who each of us is dressed up as? (Can you even tell which of my friends are in this comic?) Are you impressed with Brian's Japanese writing? (Ignore the fact that his で looks more like a ご…His English handwriting isn't great either.)

You know what's funny? Brian basically didn't know anything about manga and anime before, like, 2019. Even then, all he watched at first was Cowboy Bebop. It wasn't until the summer of 2021 (so after I was created) that he started watching My Hero Academia and got into anime, and then manga. He was obviously into comics and animation before then, but he was late to the World of Weebs, I guess. That's okay, though! If you find something you like, I don't think it matters if everyone else is already into it. Just enjoy it because it makes your life better. Then, one day, you might just get into manga and anime from the 1970s/80s and later decide to draw one of your characters cosplaying as a character from that series!

(Did you know that "cosplay" is an English word that comes from 「コスプレ」 [kosupure], which is a Japanese word that comes from the English phrase "costume play"? That means it went from English to Japanese and back to English…How funny!)

Anyway, manga and anime are cool and fun. In fact, I actually have a manga (or manga-esque comic) that I've starred in! Yup! It's called Libby Sk8er Manga [リビー・スケーター・漫画 in Japanese], and while it isn't written in Japanese (since Brian's not very good at Japanese yet), it is drawn to be read from right-to-left, like is the case with manga! I bet you wanna read it now, huh? Well, the only way you can is by buying my book! It's only $15 for the paperback, and you get that, plus nearly 300 pages of other cool shit!

Of course, if you don't want to give Brian (and thus by extension, me) money in exchange for a physical object, you could make use of the fancy, new tip jar thing Brian set-up! It's called Buy Me a Coffee, and the neat thing is that you don't have to subscribe. You just send the money, and then Brian uses it to buy stuff (but not actually for coffee, because he doesn't need dirty bean water to be awake)! You can either use that link I just gave you, or you can click on that nifty, red button with the coffee cup on the right side of your screen!

If you don't want to pay in any way, that's fine. You can send in your guesses about my friends and my cosplays to Sk8erLibby@gmail.com. That's free. Just make sure you say "OKAY TO REPRODUCE," either in the subject line or at the start of the email, so that I can respond to you in a future Scribb1e!

Also, if you're wondering, 「私はクールです！！」 translates to, "I'm cool!!!" (It also transliterates into "watashi wa kūru desu!!") Isn't that neat? I think that's neat. Languages are neat.