FREELANCE HISTORY
Yen Press | editing, lettering, graphic design (select titles, complete history below)
-A Bride's Story (Eisner nominee)
-Delicious in Dungeon
-The Horizon (Eisner nominee)
-Oshi No Ko
-Solo Leveling (graphic novel)
-The Summer Hikaru Died (Eisner nominee)
Kodansha Publishing | graphic design, lettering
-Logo/cover design, Kodansha digital titles
-Logo/cover design, Kodansha print
-Web and print advertising design
-Product and promotional materials design
Lettering:
-Beyond the Clouds
-Cells at Work!
-Magic Knight Rayearth (Eisner nominee)
-Fairy Tail Day Planner
Square Enix Books & Manga | graphic design, lettering
-Cover and front/back matter design
-Logo design: Beauty and the Feast, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, My Isekai Life
-Lettering: Soul Eater The Perfect Edition (Volumes 1-12)
Master Arts Theatre | graphic design
-Design Committee
-Posters, playbills, logos, and promotional design
WORK/EDUCATION
Yen Press | Associate Editor | New York, NY
January 2008 to November 2014
New York University | Summer Publishing Institute | New York, NY
July 2007
Grand Valley State University | B.A. English Language and Literature | Allendale, MI
May 2007
Computer Applications: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Animate (Flash), Microsoft Office Applications
COMPLETE EDITORIAL HISTORY
Titles in BOLD also lettered by Abigail Blackman
CURRENT YEN PRESS & IZE PRESS SERIES
A Bride's Story
A Business Proposal
CHAKHO
Dead Mount Death Play
First Love Monster
Hakumei & Mickochi
Heterogenia Linguistico
Kowloon Generic Romance
Magia Record: A Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Another Story
[Oshi No Ko]
Solo Leveling (graphic novel)
The Summer Hikaru Died
Sunshine Sketch (lettering on volumes 7+)
Tales of the Kingdom
Touge Oni: Primal Gods in Ancient Times
Triage X (lettering on volumes 4+)
Yotsuba&! (lettering on volumes 12+)
COMPLETED SERIES
Akame ga KILL! (editorial on volumes 3+)
Akame ga KILL! ZERO
Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit
Ani-Imo
Aron's Absurd Armada (+script rewrite)
B.Ichi
Bamboo Blade
The Betrayal Knows My Name (lettering on volumes 6-8)
Black Bullet
Bloody Sweet
Black God
Blood Lad (volumes 1-3 only)
Bloody Brat
Bloody Cross (+script rewrite)
Captivated, by You
Chaika: The Coffin Princess
Comic
Cynical Orange
Darker Than Black
Delicious in Dungeon
Demon King Ena-sama Goes to a Manga School
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (lettering on volumes 5+)
DRRR!! (first two manga arcs only)
Dystopia
Emma (Yen Press edition)
Eniale & Dewiela
Erased
For the Kid I Saw In My Dreams
Girls' Last Tour
Glitch
Hard-Boiled Stories From the Cat Bar
Hero Tales
Highschool of the Dead (lettering on color editions only)
Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY (lettering on volumes 21+)
Higurashi When They Cry: GOU (volume 1 only)
The Horizon
Ichiroh!
An Ideal World
The Innocent
Inu X Boku SS
The Isolator (manga)
Jack Frost (lettering on volumes 8+)
K-ON!
Kagerou Daze (Manga)
Kaori Mori: Anything and Something
King of Eden
Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room? (lettering on volumes 7-8)
Laon
Little Miss P
Lost Lad London
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan (lettering on volumes 7+)
The Misfortune of Kyon & Koizumi
My Broken Mariko
My Girlfriend's a Geek (Manga)
One Fine Day
Pig Bride (lettering on volumes 3+)
Puella Magi Homura Tamura
Puella Magi Kazumi Magica: The innocent malice (lettering on volumes 4+)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Homura's Revenge! (lettering on volume 1)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion-
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc
Puella Magi Oriko Magica (lettering on volumes 2+)
Puella Magi Oriko Magica: Sadness Prayer
Puella Magi Suzune Magica
Puella Magi Tart Magica
Romeo x Juliet
The Royal Tutor (lettering on volumes 1 and 4+)
Run on Your New Legs
Sarasah (script rewrite)
Sasameke
Scarlet Empire
Scribbles
Scum's Wish (Yen Press edition)
Seven Little Sons of the Dragon
The Seven Squat Bears
Shibuya Goldfish
Shut-in Shoutarou Kominami Takes on the World
Silver Spoon
Smokin' Parade
Soul Eater (lettering on volumes 17+)
Soul Eater Not!
Spiral
S.S. Astro: Asashio Sogo Teachers' ROom
Strawberry Fields Once Again
Sugarholic
Sumomomo, Momomo
Sundome (lettering on volumes 4+)
Suzunari
Tale of the Waning Moon (volume 4 only)
Thermae Romae (volumes 1-2 only)
Toxic Planet
Ubel Blatt
Umineko WHEN THEY CRY (lettering on volumes 5+)
Until Death Do Us Part (volumes 1-4)
A Vampire and His Pleasant Companions (volumes 1-4 only)
Very! Very! Sweet
Y Square
Your Letter
your name. (manga)
your name. Another side:Earthbound (manga)
ART BOOK LAYOUT
Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible
Keito Koume Illustrations: Spice & Wolf -The Tenth Year Calvados-
Kiyotaka Haimura Illustrations: The Art of Sword Oratoria
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Memorial Fan Book
Overlord: The Complete Anime Artbook
Overlord: The Complete Anime Artbook II III
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Official Artworks
Soul Eater Soul Art 1
Soul Eater Soul Art 2
Visions 2021_Illustrators Book
Visions 2022_Illustrators Book
Visions 2023_Illustrators Book
your name. The Official Visual Guide
COMPLETE LOGO & COVER DESIGN HISTORY
Only titles for which I have designed the series logo or deviated from the original cover design are included in this list.
KODANSHA PRINT & DIGITAL, SQUARE ENIX MANGA
Abe-kun's Got Me Now
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love With You
Back When You Called Us Devils
Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki!
Beauty and the Feast
Beast #6
Boss Wife
A Brief Moment of Ichika
Break of Dawn
I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup
Daemons of the Shadow Realm
The Dawn of the Witch
Doing His Best to Confess
Dolly Kill Kill
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
The Fable Omnibus
Falling Drowning
Fire Force Omnibus
The Food Diary of Miss Maid
The God-Tier Guardian and the Love of Six Princesses
Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best!
Heroine For Hire
Hiraeth
His Extra-Large, Ever-So-Lovely...
Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards
How I Met My Soulmate
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day
I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
In the Clear Moonlit Dusk
Irresistible Mistakes
Is Love the Answer?
Issak
A Kiss with a Cat
Lightning and Romance
Love on the Horizon
Love, That's an Understatement
Lovely Muco!
Matcha Made in Heaven
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch: Aqua
Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You
Mr. Bride
My Darling Next Door
My Darling, the Company President
My Isekai Life
My Master Has No Tail
My Ultramarine Sky
Nico-Colored Canvas
Nina the Starry Bride
Orient
Peach Boy Riverside (digital edition)
Practice Makes Perfect
Pupposites Attract
Raised by the Demon Kings!
Serenade to Pretend Lovers
She's My Knight (print edition)
Shimazaki in the Land of Peace
Shonen Note
A Sign of Affection Omnibus
Spacewalking With You
The Spellbook Library
Spoil Me Plzzz, Hinamori-san!
Super Morning Star
Star=Crossed!! (digital edition)
That's My Atypical Girl
The Transcendent One-Sided Love of Yoshida the Catch
This Vampire Won't Give Up!
The World of Summoning
Undead Girl Murder Farce (original cover design)
Versus
The Writer and the Housekeeper
Yamaguchi-kun Isn't So Bad
You're My Cutie