While sharing her portfolio with a Hollywood comic shop employee in 1996, Hosojima was met with enthusiasm for her piece simply titled "Clown" (shown above). The store employee was a fan of "The Crow" and said that the image inspired him, as he was working on a small independent film related to the comic series. Within a year, he and Hosojima had their own story in production. During the 1980s, "The Crow" was written and illustrated by James O'Barr, but during the 1990s, after the huge success of the first movie, O'Barr used other artists and writers to continue the comic book series. Much work was put into Hosojima's collaborative effort under the working title "Killing Moon," and in 1998, a sampling of sequential art and cover designs was put together and shown to James O'Barr, who was intrigued enough to ask for a proper submission to his company "Kitchen Sink Publishing" for a possible new story.
Production on the story was halted, however, when a disagreement between Hosojima and the writer arose. She was unwilling to illustrate a scene in which a murdered little girl was lying in a pool of her own blood, and the writer wasn't willing to continue the script without the scene, feeling it was critical to the storyline. Their disagreement of course led to the demise of their working relationship. Later in 1998, Hosojima began work on a new writer's book series titled "Extrinsica," which featured characters modeled after some of her favorite musicians and actors.
Sincere gratitude is extended to everyone who has taken the time to explore her collection of portraiture.
