/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3631271
>>3631294
>Not op but im half hapa half black, could I be accepted as a mangaka?
>Are there any western artists working as mangakas for publishing studios?

Not many westerners, but it's possible.
Felipe Smith, an American of Jamaican-Argentine descent, actually managed to get a series in Kodansha's Morning 2 monthly magazine.
It lasted about a year or so, but it's something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G8h02U1-1o

>>3394613
>I think he was one of the first foreigners (if not the first) to actually make it there
Not really.
Felipe Smith made it first, but he didn't had much success.