Youmin Park was born in Korea but lived in South Africa for a decade while graduating high school and getting her BA in Information Design at the University of Pretoria. She has completed several freelance illustration & design commissions, including independent graphic novels and comics, with...

Continuing our series of artist intros, here’s one more artist whose work will appear in our Waypoints manga series… Mukai Makito is Japanese. He studied animation at a technical school. His artistic inspiration comes from old Japanese anime (such as the works of Mamoru Oshii). He has had a vision...

Ryo Azumi is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. After studying animation at a design school, she started working as a cartoonist. She has presented a lot of her comics through commercial magazines as well as through self-publishing. The ancient history of Scandinavia, mythologies and fantasies...

This is the first in a series of blog posts introducing the artist who are collaborating with Drawbridge Creations on our first online manga project, Waypoints. As you’ll see, our illustrators have diverse backgrounds and levels of experience, and represent a wide variety of artistic styles. Let’s...

After years of dreaming, praying and preparing, on August 13, 2021, Drawbridge Creations’ ministry officially began with the launch of our first online manga series — Waypoints. We’re grateful for God’s leading up to this point, and thankful for the support and prayers of His people along the...

Drawbridge Creations is finally officially launching our online manga outreach ministry! Praise the Lord! That's right -- our first project, Waypoints, is now online! Check out waypoints.jp to read our first story, “Not Alone.” Thank you for your interest, prayers and support! 

The countdown has finally officially begun at waypoints.jp! “Waypoints” is the name of our first manga project. What's it all about? First, let me remind you about the vision for Drawbridge Creations, so you can see how this first project fits into that vision. Manga (Japanese comics) are a large,...

This is the first in a series of posts I’d like to do introducing our potential collaborators…  And what better person to start with than… MYSELF? Many of you may know me as a church or ministry connection, but not be familiar with my creative work, other than what little is on this site. So...

Today I want to unpack our vision statement, focusing not so much on the WHAT and WHY but the HOW. As a reminder, here’s what our vision statement states: “Drawbridge creations is a web-based manga outreach with the three-fold purpose of reaching the unchurched, resourcing the church, and...

I’ve been a missionary in Japan for over 12 years. And I’ve come to see my role, at least in part, as being a spiritual bridge builder. In a country with so few Christians, there is a pretty big gap between the Church and the culture. Local churches and pastors find it a real struggle to reach out...