Welcome to the WORLD of Richard "Drazz" Townsend, author of the Webcomic "Otaku ~no~ Yen". Richard is a freelance writer as well as a toner/colorist. Visit Otaku ~no~ Yen on Mondays and Thursdays at http://www.otakunoyen.com

Hello? Is this thing on?

Wow, I cannot believe that the day has finally come. I know many of us have been waiting with bated breath for the relaunch of theOtaku.com, and at last it has arrived.

And now that your all here, your asking yourself, "Who is this yahoo?"

Allow me a moment to introduce myself. My name is Richard Townsend (A.K.A. Drazz), and I am the writer of the webcomic "Otaku ~no~ Yen" ( http://www.otakunoyen.com ) I and my wife Shannon have been working in the Webcomic medium for a little over 3 years now, and have been working ourselves to the bone to establish ourselves in the industry and convention circuit. More then that though I am a raving Otaku and Gamer. I have been a long time fan of Anime, but don't want to date myself, so I won't tell you for how many years. Let's just say I remember buying my first Anime video tape for the cost of $80, and it only had 2 episodes on it.

As for why I am here. Well, thats a bit more complex. Lets just leave it at, I was asked, and after my excitement of being asked to partake in such a great venture, I accepted. Here, I will pass on many of my musings about the Anime/Webcomic industry. I can promise to you all that 99% of the afore mentioned musings will be un-biased, because even though there are a lot of webcomics out there trying to increase their readership, I feel a strong kinship to each and every one of them, as they all started out with just a site and an idea. We are all kind of a big family, and like most families, we all fight for the affections of our siblings (or readers, as it were). I also will probably also instigate a few well thought out discussions about the industries hot topics. With that in mind, I encourage each and every one of you to leave a comment to whatever it is I decide to throw out here.

Once again, I just want to congratulate theOtaku.com on their rebirth, and look forward to writing for you all.