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B-BUT WHATS wrono wrm this

PEN NAME? HUH?

rrs pretty catchy/

JUST IMAOINE THE REST OF YOUR UFE ASA

MA NO A ART1ST WfTH A PEN NAME UKE THAT/

ŁIFELONG REG RET!

A SAD, SAD MAMBA COHFESSIONAL

"I struggled all my lifc to bccome a manga artist. In the spring of my freshman year at college, I completed an awe-inspiring

story and had an editor at S-Publishing

look at it, and immediately received a check for 10 million yen. It was a magnifi-ccnt beginning. The spring of my life! But I didn't know what I was in for, just because I chose a pen name on a whim! "At first, I could dea! with the calls at the cafó I freąuented reąuesting, 'Is there a Harry Butthole here?'or even when I had to fili in 'Harry Butthole' for my tax forms. But as I became famous, I began to sce hcadhnes in rags likc Friday that would rcad, 'Secret Rendezvous betwcen Harry Burthole and Rina Katase*’, or when I barcly survived a snów storm while skiing, the Tokyo Sports Daily read. Protected by Hairy Butthole Manga Author Survives!’ I gave up my career and now 1 tend cows back in the provinces."

— Teikichi Mdrchen, formrrły known as Harry Burthole, 28yearsold, Iwate Prefecturr 'HOT ACTRESS

AH, PO YOU SEE NOW? YOt/RE STUCK WITH YOUR PEN NAME FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE/ YOł/Ll REORET USINO Śft THE ONE YOU CHOSE JUST^^l* BECAUSE rT

was

CATCHY/

YOU MUST FOLLOW THE FOUR COMMANP-MENTS FOR PEN

NAMES/

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CAAAYBE rrs BECAUSE OF LATE-NIOHT TV OR POJINSHI.

BUT IN ANY CASE, THE CURRENT STATE OF PEN NAMES IN THE MA NO A WORLP IS ABOMINABLE/)

THE FOUR COMMANDMENTS FOR PEN NAMES

1. Don’t get carried away.

2. He or she who looks for the fancy pen name is a fool.

3. Use a real name if your pen name is meaningless.

4. It must suit your style!