HOLLY DAUGHTREY
Artist for Antarctic Press

Holly is an artist with the American anime-styled comic publisher, Antarctic Press. She has worked on such comics as Ninja High School and Gold Digger, and drawn the NHS spinoff story, Asrial-Salusian Armored Corps. for the now out of production Benzine. She also does the artwork for Manga EX's anthropomorphic Little Hu feature written by Hiro-San.

HOLLY'S CREDITS

Benzine, Gold Digger, Manga Ex, Ninja High School, Warrior Nun Areala

Interview taken over the internet. (July 2001)

• HOW DID YOU INITIALLY GET STARTED WITH ANTARCTIC PRESS?
  I first got invloved with AP last summer, early spring when my friend/writer, Harold, took me to a dinner meeting with Ben(Dunn)...he saw my art and was soooo overtaken by it that he wanted me to do a story an pin-ups for the GD Swimsuit #1. Ever since then I've done fillins and short stories most of the time for him.
  
  
• WHAT TITLES HAVE YOU WORKED ON?
  Titles that I've worked on include the 2000 annuals of NHS, GD, and Areala, as well as the GD Swimsuits 1 & 2, and Asrial-Salusian Armored Corps. and Little Hu.
  
  
• WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?
  I just finished the 3rd installment of Little Hu for Manga EX just recently. But since it was a quick short story that could be worked on further, Harold who wrote the story decided to give me a break from it indefinately.(shrugs and will never understand why)
  
  
• SINCE BENZINE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE AS YET COMPLETED ASRIAL STORY?
  Asrial was supposed to be finished and even colored to be placed in NHS as fillins for a while, but again Harold didn't want to finish the story.
  
  
• WHICH TITLE DO YOU LIKE WORKING ON THE MOST?
  I always like doing work for the GD annuals the most...one story I've made and have been meaning to finish, I want to send in for this year or next depending on when I it. It's just GD was always my favorite story.
  
  
• WHAT FIRST ATTRACTED YOU TO THE MANGA STYLE OF COMICS?
  The simplicity and color detail in the art that of compared to Amercian art attracted me the most to manga art...later on I did begin enjoying the stories and collecting things like art books and mangas for enjoyment and for reference.
  
  
• WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE FUTURE?
  Actually, I plan to do trades or graphic novels and short stories of my work in the future. I also plan to work in more than one media such as pen and ink. I plan to do sculptures and pencil boards, art books and all sorts of cool cute things to add to my portfolio of stuff.(grin)Maybe you'll see an animation or two of my art in the near future.(wink)

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