KU•久 - KumiShire

Self-taught since high school, Kumi perfectioned her drawing technique after graduating from the International School of Comics in Florence. Between various part time jobs, she started publishing her webcomic “Kitsune to Neko” (The Fox and the Cat) in February 2014, after her debut with the same story’s oneshot version, during the 24 hours comics, an online comics challenge which took place in January of the same year. She’ll write and draw some new stories for the publishing house “Aoi Manga” in the near future, after joining their team in April 2017. Meanwhile “Kistune to Neko” (soon coming in its English version as well) will go on as a self-published project.
Born in Sardinia, she has been living in Florence for 7 years, sharing the house with a boyfriend, three cats – Takeru, Ryo, Hime and Hitomi – and Amaterasu the akita.

KOI•恋 – MasaKoi
Born in Cagliari, she attained a Master Degree in Japanese Language and Literature. She moves from a place to another and has recently started to learn French. She loves literature and videogames, and believes in the ever-expanding power of the fantasy genre.
Wannabe writer, she’s currently studying Narratology and Creative Writing, after a four years long experience as screenwriter for Live RPGs. She keeps looking for new chances to improve and grow as a story teller, keeping her passion alive since middle school – now writing both in her native tongue Italian and in English.