About.com's manga guide and Same Hat buddy Deb Aoki was at Comitia with a group of American cartoonists/manga fans and was lucky enough to meet Shintaro Kago! From her tweets it sounds like she was able to meet the man AND buy an original pen drawing from him.
Here is a photo of Kago (seems to be rocking the winter skullcap & swine flu mask):
[photo by Deb Aoki, click for bigger version]
Wish I could have been there! Maybe the Spring DESIGN FESTA in Tokyo in May??
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Also new Kago book:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3-%E9%A7%95%E7%B1%A0%E7%9C%9F%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E/dp/4862527183/
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~adc52520/
wow, there is a dude on the left corner of the cover who looks like Kago himself.
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