Jade & Michael Corle's
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Hinoiri
Hoshi
Hisakata
Yoru
Gesshoku
March 4
Unfortunately due to time constraints Kuma was not ready for SPACE. We deeply apologize to the wonderful woman who was looking for it at the expo! We are working fast and hope to  release it for the Cartoonist Day celebration at the Children's Museum Pittsburgh May 3. 

SPACE expo (March 1 & 2 2008)
KUMA is 0backbone's first all ages book and it will be making it's premiere at the SPACE expo.
  • Keep a look out for new merchandise!


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hungry ghost
KUMA STORE
PRINTS
T-Shirts and things
COMING SOON
KUMA issue #1
COMING SOON
Once upon a time in ancient Japan, when daimyos lorded over the land, the world was a very different place. The spirit world and the world of the waking, where humans lived, interacted with one another. In plays of power, daimyos with the help of evil creatures from the spirit world would steal their rivals children in order to use them as ransom to gain more land. Worried for their children's safety the tradition of the Samurai Teddy Bear was born.
This page was last updated: March 4, 2008
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kuma - bear

hisakata - sky, moon

gesshoku - lunar eclipse, moonlight

hoshi - star

yoru - evening, night

hinoiri - sunset

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