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Svetlana Chmakova

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Svetlana Chmakova (Russian: Светлана Шмакова) (born 1979 in Russia) is a comic creator. She is best known for Dramacon, an original English-language (OEL) manga spanning three volumes and published in North America by Tokyopop. Her other work includes the 2-page The Adventures of CG for CosmoGIRL! magazine and the webcomic Chasing Rainbows for Girlamatic. Though born in Russia, she immigrated to Canada, where she graduated from the Sheridan College Classical Animation program, in 2002. She then began to publish her manga on the Internet, where her works were found by CosmoGirl! magazine.

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Wow, has it really been almost two years since my last entry?... I didn't think it's been that long...
Well, I have a new book out! It came out this past summer, it's a middle grade graphic novel called "Awkward". This book took 9 months to write and another 7 to draw, the longest I've ever worked on a single volume. I was exhausted by the end. But it's been worth it, people seem to be really enjoy Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.24 · 108,361 ratings · 7,222 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School #1) 4.19 avg rating — 52,917 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave (Berrybrook Middle School #2) 4.34 avg rating — 15,713 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crush (Berrybrook Middle School #3) 4.47 avg rating — 10,373 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dramacon, Vol. 1 4.15 avg rating — 3,610 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 4.13 avg rating — 3,618 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enemies (Berrybrook Middle School, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 2,438 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dramacon, Vol. 2 4.22 avg rating — 2,117 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dramacon, Vol. 3 4.30 avg rating — 1,889 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 2 4.23 avg rating — 1,673 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 3 4.25 avg rating — 1,433 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“My mom says . . . there are bad people who hurt others for fun . . . and there are good people who do it by accident. Like, they make a mistake?

I think you're a good person.”
― Svetlana Chmakova, Awkward

tags: accidents-happen, awkward, bullying, coming-of-age, friendship, graphic-novel, jaime, mistake, mother-knows-best, peppi, svetlana-chmakova, young-adult

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“Sandra to Christie on Matt: So he's been a meanie today has he. The boy's got the subtlety of a brick to the head. I do apologize.”
― Svetlana Chmakova, Dramacon, Vol. 3

tags: dramacon

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“If they're friends, then they've got your back . . . whether you're there or not. Friends won't "forget" about you.”
― Svetlana Chmakova, Brave

tags: brave, bullying, certainty, confidence, friendship, jorge, latino-characters, support, svetlana-chmakova

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What book would you like to read for our August BOTM Group Read? The theme this month was a "GRAPHIC NOVEL".

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

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Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

6 votes 23.1%

The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi

4 votes 15.4%

Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

4 votes 15.4%

New Kid by Jerry Craft

4 votes 15.4%

Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova

1 vote 3.8%

Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

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