I've always loved your character design, names, environments, and goofy concepts in your Akiko series Mark. It reminds me of a mixture of Commander Keen and Tintin. You should do a video showing us how to come up with character designs like these, as I honestly think your characters in Akiko are some of your best!
I just want to say thank you for enhancing my imagination in 4th grade I'm now 22. These books impacted my life so much I'm naming my first born daughter Akiko!
I have the entire Akiko series. They're absolutely wonderful. Great drawings and sense of humor. I don't even recall how I got turned on to it. I met Mark Crilley one year at Comic Con San Diego, and got a signed drawing for my son.
I watched your videos for the first time today and the main reason I watched this video was to listen to the voice acting you'd do for your characters and let me tell you, YOU'RE AWESOME! YOUR STORY IS AWESOME, YOUR CHARACTERS ARE AWESOME, YOUR TEACHING IS AWESOME, YOUR HUMOR IS AWESOME AND YOUR ANIMATION IS AWESOME! I've never seen a person like you in my entire life
Thank you for sharing this and for being a positive artistic influence on UA-cam. I have enjoyed watching so many of your videos as I try to improve my drawing and writing skill levels. I have received a lot of inspiration and motivation to draw while watching your videos. Thank you.
Holy cow. I've been wishing for this sort of thing since I was a pre-teen. Thank you for providing this, from a big Akiko fan (one who never knew quite how to imagine Gax's voice till now XD)!
Mark I have been watching your videos since childhood. Times have changed so much. I'm glad you're still on youtube very awesome video and art of course!
Something sparked my memory and I remembered reading the Akiko books during my childhood! So glad I came across this! Currently searching ways to collect all of the books!
Wow, what a coincidence. I was just about to sit outside today and read the chapter book version of this, and I was trying to remember how you voiced the characters. Thanks for the upload!
Thanks for sharing it with us, it was wonderful! 😄 I loved all the different voices and I think the ending fit pretty well! I read both Brody's Ghost and the Miki Falls series digitally, I liked them both! I'd definitely watch more of these videos if you decide to do more in the future 😊
Great comic, great voice acting and such a nice person. Thank you for sharing your first published comic Mark, makes me interested how the story continues. A shame you don't have more views on your recent videos.
great stuff! Glad I got the print versions of Brodys Ghost back when I had the chance! more Akiko please I can't go buy it so It's nice to hear it. Great voice acting as well. All the behind the scenes is fun and useful, thanks!
It's interesting to hear that your first comic that launched your many other projects started from just well... starting. I think it's given me a bit more confidence to try myself. Though, I think your artwork, especially for Gamgor, is a bit above my level just yet.
“What are you talking about? There’s plenty of air out here!” I laughed out loud because that sounds exactly like something Douglas Adams would write on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with a fun explanation on why that is. Awesome job. Enjoying the story with the voice acting.
This was great, Mark! Played it for the g-kids bedtime story, and they enjoyed it. I did as well. In fact, this might be the only acceptable way for me (older guy) to view a comic book digitally. The whole idea to me is to have it in hand and pour over the artwork, and collecting comic books? That doesn't even make sense digitally.
OMG WITH ART TALENT YOU HAVE THAY VOICE CHANGING ABILITY XD. this is so fun! I loved your vids since i was 15! And with your vids im capable of drawing things other than stick figure xd!
Wow I love your work mr. crilley!!!! You are my favorite writer and it’s always so good!!!! I do have to agree with you it wasn’t my favorite ending but it was still amazing!!! Maybe you could write a different ending!! So people can look at the story how ever they want to? By the way your voices made the video
I'm creating a comic...I have a story and everything,I can draw too...but my problem is..how will I turn it to a book? Do I need a computer to draw them,like to make it look exactly like the other comics with ink and not "pencil-ish"? Can u please do a full video on that,how to make a comic book,show how to make the cases,put the drawings and dialogues even add color etc etc.Thank you.
"begginer's luck" ..no!!! You should see what our amateur first comics look like, yours clearly is so well done and worthy of being published. Also I like the ending that way, I think it makes it so that the akiko being picked up randomly make more sense.
I eagerly await each of your new videos, but I have to admit I felt a bit ambivalent about this one. I thought, "Oh, well, it beats what I should be doing..." (pulling weeds in the yard). I found myself smiling through the entire thing...delightful story, and I love the font that you used for Gax, with whom I was familiar from one of your 10/10/1 videos. I admit that the ending was a bit abrupt, but that was because I was looking forward to many more pages. Now I'm headed out to the back yard with my toothbrush in my pocket, just in case...
I lyk it!!! U r a real inspiration 2 me,🤞🏿 Can u plzz make a vid on make a comic story interesting (humor) and changing the way ppl speak in the comic. 🙏
I'm damn inspired from your comic creations and i gotta thank you so much for making such, mind blowing Arts for us🥰..but i have a doubt! will you refer pictures before any one of your drawings... Or its all from your own imagination.? I mean character sketching, backgrounds nd all...
Can you explain the reason why you shortened the title to just Akiko? The rumor I heard you were forced to do it because it sounded like the Al Cap character Shmoo.
This is just a suggestion but can u do more animals and realism?i would love if you reply with your answer because I wanna know when u post those types of videos because I find this the most helpful like the dragon are really good and your eyes and lips and animals help the most and I also find them better and more enjoyable to watch, so please consider my idea and reply what u think so I could know more about what your Channel will be about.Thank you for reading this, have a good day😁😁😁
The voice acting on the characters is priceless! 😂
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It’s like story time but with art-sensei and thus better than storytime
well put
I've always loved your character design, names, environments, and goofy concepts in your Akiko series Mark. It reminds me of a mixture of Commander Keen and Tintin. You should do a video showing us how to come up with character designs like these, as I honestly think your characters in Akiko are some of your best!
Such a fun story! I love it! 😊
In 1992/3 I would've been 2/3 years old. It would've been a great bed-time story. 😄
I just want to say thank you for enhancing my imagination in 4th grade I'm now 22.
These books impacted my life so much I'm naming my first born daughter Akiko!
Please make a video on miki falls
Listening to this brought a smile to face. I was reminded that we used to call my younger daughter "Beeb-Da" when she was first born.
This was awesome, I can’t wait for more! I enjoyed the story, the voices, and the commentary.
Thank you for all your hard work
I have the entire Akiko series. They're absolutely wonderful. Great drawings and sense of humor. I don't even recall how I got turned on to it. I met Mark Crilley one year at Comic Con San Diego, and got a signed drawing for my son.
I like how the final climax is she choked a castle with a toothbrush. Very whimsical stuff, this was fun, thanks for the reading!
Awesome video mark !
This is amazing! It made me laugh, so thanks. Thanks for being such a great teacher, too. I have improved so much from watching your drawing videos.
I watched your videos for the first time today and the main reason I watched this video was to listen to the voice acting you'd do for your characters and let me tell you, YOU'RE AWESOME! YOUR STORY IS AWESOME, YOUR CHARACTERS ARE AWESOME, YOUR TEACHING IS AWESOME, YOUR HUMOR IS AWESOME AND YOUR ANIMATION IS AWESOME! I've never seen a person like you in my entire life
Thank you for sharing this and for being a positive artistic influence on UA-cam. I have enjoyed watching so many of your videos as I try to improve my drawing and writing skill levels. I have received a lot of inspiration and motivation to draw while watching your videos. Thank you.
Loved your story Mark!
Holy cow. I've been wishing for this sort of thing since I was a pre-teen. Thank you for providing this, from a big Akiko fan (one who never knew quite how to imagine Gax's voice till now XD)!
Love this video! Thank you! A much needed escape from everything!!
I fondly remember this series from my childhood. Thanks!!
Mark I have been watching your videos since childhood. Times have changed so much. I'm glad you're still on youtube very awesome video and art of course!
My word, I just LOVE your readings of your own stories SO hardly much! The purest delight every time! ^^
Such a wholesome video
Something sparked my memory and I remembered reading the Akiko books during my childhood! So glad I came across this! Currently searching ways to collect all of the books!
Wow, what a coincidence. I was just about to sit outside today and read the chapter book version of this, and I was trying to remember how you voiced the characters. Thanks for the upload!
Oh my gosh! I've been watching your videos for years and never realized you wrote those Akiko books! I remember reading them when I was younger
That was amazing!!!! So much fun. Thank you!!! Yes. Very much enjoyed it. This was a nice break from life right now. Thank you. Very much.
This is awesome! ☺️☺️
This King should award himself a 'Father of the Year' title. It would suit his Sense of humor.
Your 1st comic is amazing! 🔥😊
I Love your readings, your voice acting makes it come alive..... would love to see other issues and hear you read them. Thanks for sharing!
I absolutely love your videosand i find them very helpful.
Blast from the past! I grew up with this! Love it!
I absolutely loved this! you should definitely read through more of your comic work!
It’a A WONDERFULL comic!
That's inspiring actually, thanks!
Ur comic is really cool,also it's amazing that you were a teacher in Japan
I love how you voiceovered this!!!❤️Please do more videos like this! I want to see book two!😄 The prince is so cute!😂
I enjoyed this a lot. I hope this becomes a profitable series for you
Thanks for sharing it with us, it was wonderful! 😄 I loved all the different voices and I think the ending fit pretty well! I read both Brody's Ghost and the Miki Falls series digitally, I liked them both! I'd definitely watch more of these videos if you decide to do more in the future 😊
doood I remember watching u back in like 2014 Im so happy I found you again.I l have loved ur Chanel ever since.
I still have a copy of this comic from back when you came to my elementary school years ago!! So nice to see you doing well!
The chapter version🥳* with your awesome signature in it!
Great comic, great voice acting and such a nice person. Thank you for sharing your first published comic Mark, makes me interested how the story continues. A shame you don't have more views on your recent videos.
Pretty neat!
I really enjoyed this
This was the book that really got me interested in reading
It was so intresting, thank you.
great stuff! Glad I got the print versions of Brodys Ghost back when I had the chance! more Akiko please I can't go buy it so It's nice to hear it. Great voice acting as well. All the behind the scenes is fun and useful, thanks!
Great stuff man😊
I loved this comic :D
Really good comic book! Love the style of the characters! They're very cute:)
I have all of the paperbacks of Brodys ghost I love it so much 😍
Woah, this is gonna be good👀 I'll be back to finish the video💕
Awesome ❤️
Awesome
It's interesting to hear that your first comic that launched your many other projects started from just well... starting. I think it's given me a bit more confidence to try myself.
Though, I think your artwork, especially for Gamgor, is a bit above my level just yet.
“What are you talking about? There’s plenty of air out here!”
I laughed out loud because that sounds exactly like something Douglas Adams would write on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy with a fun explanation on why that is. Awesome job. Enjoying the story with the voice acting.
Great video
Seems like this is the push i needed Lol... Good job...
This was great, Mark! Played it for the g-kids bedtime story, and they enjoyed it. I did as well. In fact, this might be the only acceptable way for me (older guy) to view a comic book digitally. The whole idea to me is to have it in hand and pour over the artwork, and collecting comic books? That doesn't even make sense digitally.
0:00 Smashed like for it saying "my own comic"
Woow! It's really interesting, just love your art ❤. U just inspired me alot to start my own channel. (Draw with Qweku Nash)
So many people view your video and not enough of them hit like! Thank you sir!
OMG WITH ART TALENT YOU HAVE THAY VOICE CHANGING ABILITY XD.
this is so fun! I loved your vids since i was 15! And with your vids im capable of drawing things other than stick figure xd!
Wow I love your work mr. crilley!!!!
You are my favorite writer and it’s always so good!!!!
I do have to agree with you it wasn’t my favorite ending but it was still amazing!!!
Maybe you could write a different ending!! So people can look at the story how ever they want to?
By the way your voices made the video
This was a lot of fun, would have made a great bedtime story but I wasn't born quite yet XD
thanked somath
Poor Gamgor was collateral damage in this marriage test 😹 and I'd love to see readings for the rest of Akiko!
PLEASE make a video with tips on how to write love stories/scenes!! SO many stories just don't get it right :')
I'm creating a comic...I have a story and everything,I can draw too...but my problem is..how will I turn it to a book? Do I need a computer to draw them,like to make it look exactly like the other comics with ink and not "pencil-ish"? Can u please do a full video on that,how to make a comic book,show how to make the cases,put the drawings and dialogues even add color etc etc.Thank you.
"begginer's luck" ..no!!! You should see what our amateur first comics look like, yours clearly is so well done and worthy of being published. Also I like the ending that way, I think it makes it so that the akiko being picked up randomly make more sense.
You could be a GREAT narrator!!!
Its a really funny story :D
You sir have many talents, you could have been a voice actor as well.
Brody's Ghost! Brody's Ghost! Brody's Ghost!
Can you please do Brody's ghost next
Inspirational! I didn’t know that Bieber is actually an alien. Makes sense though! lol
bring your toothbrush. .. is essential to every space hitchhiker.
I eagerly await each of your new videos, but I have to admit I felt a bit ambivalent about this one. I thought, "Oh, well, it beats what I should be doing..." (pulling weeds in the yard). I found myself smiling through the entire thing...delightful story, and I love the font that you used for Gax, with whom I was familiar from one of your 10/10/1 videos. I admit that the ending was a bit abrupt, but that was because I was looking forward to many more pages. Now I'm headed out to the back yard with my toothbrush in my pocket, just in case...
I lyk it!!!
U r a real inspiration 2 me,🤞🏿
Can u plzz make a vid on make a comic story interesting (humor) and changing the way ppl speak in the comic. 🙏
you should make a video on how to draw a german shephard with its mouth open
Mark, how do you feel about one shots? Do you think beginners should strive to have a one shot collection as a start?
That was great! What happened to the Akikko robot, though?!?!?
And how 2 use your imagination on drawing characters!! 🙏😁
Please tell me you have done voice acting on the side! You are so good!
I cant stop thinking those poles in the video are legs and its freaking me out
I'm damn inspired from your comic creations and i gotta thank you so much for making such, mind blowing Arts for us🥰..but i have a doubt! will you refer pictures before any one of your drawings... Or its all from your own imagination.? I mean character sketching, backgrounds nd all...
Why is Brody's Ghost currently only digitally available?
Will that change again?
Mark Crilley, could you please draw what Akiko would look like with your current skill?
When Amazon sales officially hit zero
First comment, keep it upppp💕
Wait wait wait, I remember this book series! Did you do any illustrations for the books or just this comic?
Sketchbook Online
Hey :)
He actually wrote the books as well as doing the illustrations for them. The whole thing was Mark Crilley beginning to end :)
Rev1913Rev1916 No kidding! This guy was responsible for my elementary school years being amazing, then! I loved the Akiko books!
Sketchbook Online
:)
Can you explain the reason why you shortened the title to just Akiko? The rumor I heard you were forced to do it because it sounded like the Al Cap character Shmoo.
READ MORE OF U BOOKS
I’M SACRIFICING SLEEP
OH GOD PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
*I SHOULD SLEEP NOW BUT,*
*I’M FORCING MYSELF TO RE-WRITE MY COMIC SCRIIIIIIIIIPT!!!!!!!!!*
Can you show use to draw a Tokyo ghoul fashion eye
This is just a suggestion but can u do more animals and realism?i would love if you reply with your answer because I wanna know when u post those types of videos because I find this the most helpful like the dragon are really good and your eyes and lips and animals help the most and I also find them better and more enjoyable to watch, so please consider my idea and reply what u think so I could know more about what your Channel will be about.Thank you for reading this, have a good day😁😁😁
Ah yes , another video to make me feel am an infant who is drawint scribbles
Like how is your FIRST comic book so good ?
👍🌠🌠🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
2nd
im using this video to prove to my friends that it's "AH-kiko" and not "uh-KEE-ko"