10.30.2007
Here's
page 26!

10.18.2007!!!
Ok I was a little faster with page 25, ;), so here it is!

10.10.2007!!!
OhMyGawd, it took me three years and two months to finish page 24, but HERE it is !!! And there's even a process quicktime of it from sketch to finish here. Could Haiku5-7-5 be back on its feet ???? :)
07.08.04
Forgive
me the lack of updates, I hope to get back on track with Haiku575
asap, in the meanwhile if you happen to attend Comic-Con
next week be sure to come and say hi at Booth 932.
03.31.04
Page
23 is here! An updated characters page coming in a day or
two.

03.26.04
Page
21 and 22, two for the price of one. X)

02.23.05
Page
20 uploaded. Forgive the long hiatus, I took some time off
and went traveling for a couple of months. Did some research too,
as I spent a few weeks in Japan, looking for dubious characters
around Shinjuku. X)
10.26.04
Page
19 uploaded.
10.14.04
Super
late page 18 is finally here. Gomennasai!
Tell you what, to make up for that, haiku t-shirts will be only
$15 for the next 2 weeks. Get yours here.
Jaa mata.
09.29.04
Forgive
me for the delay on page 18. But I've been busy with this!
An artshow at Meltdown
comics in Los Angeles. If you're in the area stop by, I am also
showing some original charcoals from H575.
09.08.04
Just finished Page 17. Jaa ne!

08.24.04
Page
16 uploaded. Also a new quicktime up in the process
page.
08.12.04
Page
15 is up. And three new awesome pieces in the guest
section.

08.06.04
First
Haiku 5-7-5 review ever, at Comixpedia.
Thanks to Michael Whitney. X)
08.01.04
I
just sent e-mails to the 3 winners of a haiku5-7-5 shirt. So I
am afraid if you haven't received a message, you are not among
the lucky ones. X( Good news is you can get your t-shirt today
at the newly opened Haiku5-7-5- store.
Check it out , and thanks all for the support!
Page
14 is done and uploaded!

07.28.04
I
am back! Comic-con was a blast, still recovering though! X) Check
my blog
for a small Con photoreport. Thanks to all of you who stopped
by the booth !
So,
the brand new Haiku T-shirts were quite
the success in San Diego! They will be available for purchase
from August 1st here on the site. But not before I announce the
3 lucky mailing list subscribers that get a free shirt! You still
have a couple of days to sign up and get a chance to win a shirt.
Oh, did I mention I will also send an original signed sketch of
Hiroguchi San with each of the shirts? Well, sign up!
Now...
page 14 ... yes, I know, I am late as hell ... Gommennasai ! Sorry!
The CON took all my energy in the last few weeks. Nevertheless
the page is in good shape, I should have it done in a couple of
days tops. Jaa mata.
07.14.04
I
am off to comic-con in San Diego! See some of you there.
07.14.04
Check
this drawing board thread
for some awesome Haiku5-7-5 drawings. The guest
gallery has been updated with some of them. Forgive the delay
on page 14 but I've bee so busy with getting ready for San Diego.
Good news is the t-shirts came in and look great and I've also
designed postcards, come get some in San
Diego, Ronnie and I will be at booth #1422. Hope to see some
of you there.

07.01.04
July
it's here!! Exciting times. Lot's of updates! First some new
sketches, some of my favorites actually. Second Haiku t-shirts
are on their way! And here's the design.
As I always say, you can never get enough of cool t-shirts with
incomprehensible japanese characters on them X). Can't beat that
... They will be available on this site at the end of this month
and of course I'll have them at San Diego's comic-con.
Ronnie del Carmen and I infact have a booth there (plenty of great
books to show you) and we got the positioning today: Booth#1422.
Come around!
Also
you might have noticed I added a mailing list feature. I thought
it'd be useful , mainly to let readers know when the latest page
is uploaded and everyonce in a while some haikus and news . Afraid
of too much haiku news in your mailbox? Well, it's very easy to
unsubscribe AND, to give you an incentive, on August 1st I am
gonna give away 3 free Haiku shirts
to 3 random Haiku5-7-5 readers that signed up ... I must be going
crazy ... oh well, just trying to spread the way of the Gangster
Poet ... X)
06.27.04
Page
13 is done and uploaded.

06.19.04
Just
added a new gallery with guest artists'
art. Some great work in there. If you have any Haiku5-7-5 inspired
drawings let me know and I'll be happy to add them to the gallery!

06.12.04
Page
12 done and uploaded.

06.11.04
Forgive
me the major delay, been really busy finishing this
artbook and work has been crazy at Pixar this past week. But
page 12 is almost finished, missing the zippatone only. With Mia2
(check this nice first
review for it if you have 2 minutes) and fragments out of
my way I can now focus on Haiku a bit more. In fact I decided
to make some Haiku5-7-5 t-shirts in time for San Diego Comicon.
Will show you the design as soon as I finish it. Later!
05.15.04
Need
a journal to fill with doodles and sketches? Well might as well
get one with your favorite Yakuza on it ... X)

if
you enjoy Haiku5-7-5 please think about supporting this free site
... and get your self a nice new
sketchbook!
05.13.04
Changed
the main page, going to feature one panel from the latest page,
instead of the whole thing. I felt that might have been a spoiler
for new readers. I also started charcoal panels for page 12.
Added
a quick sketch of Hiroguchi.

04.30.04
Page
11, as promised.
jaa
mata.
04.25.04
Page
10! Phew, sorry about this delay! I have page 11 in decent shape,
I will try and finish that one within a few days, to make up for
it.
Adventures
of Mia issue 2 is done! Phew #2. X) Look for it, on next month's
Previews. and if you like Mia, please let your comic book retailer
know, so he can order some! It'll be in comicbook stores in August.
Some
of you might have noticed that my enricocasarosa.com site is down,
I am having a bit of trouble with the service. In fact I decided
to switch. I lost some files X( ,but I hope to have part of the
site back up in a day or two.
04.10.04
Forgive
me the terrible delay ... but I was in Japan for a couple of weeks.
I guess you could call it research! Anyway the trip was amazing,
took ton of photos and I am writing about the experience on my
blog. I even
saw a dubious looking fella missing a pinky! But I was too chicken
to try and sneak a picture. Anyway check the blog also to read
about my visit to Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki San! His latest movie:
Howl's Moving Castle is almost done and it's looking amazing!
Page
10 is roughed out, should take a couple of more days. Sorree!
Mia is taking
almost all my time this week.
03.14.04
Page
9! Done ... suffered through this one for some reason, kept on
moving panels around, couldn't settle on one layout , oh well
I finally did and here it is ... enjoy! (Filthy Joe is almost
here ...)
Many
thanks to Amid Amidi that mentioned Haiku5-7-5 at his AnimationBlast:
animation with an attitude! (I confess I check it daily). Anyway,
thanks for sending some new readers this way.
03.13.04
Been
a little slow on Haiku5-7-5 since I am trying to finish Mia's
second issue. But page 9 is coming real soon, half done right
now ...
03.03.04
The
"Characters" page is up! Check
it out. The cast is really much bigger than this, but I can't
tell you much more about it for now. I want you to find out about
these and new characters as the story unfolds. cheers!
PS
Thanks to everyone that sent me "Yakuza Haikus" ! I
will post them all, little by little.
02.27.04
Just
uploaded a new links page. Also working on a "Characters"
page. Should have it up by tomorrow.
02.24.04
As
promised here is page 8!
02.23.04
The
Alternative Press Expo here in SanFrancisco was a blast of a convention.
Thanks to all that came around to say hi. Only problem the con
made me late with page 8 !! It's coming in one or two days I promise.
I am also in the process of redesigning the main page a little.
02.05.04
Made
a couple of new banners, if you enjoy the comic, link away! X)
... oh and page 8 is roughed out ...
xxx
01.31.04
Just
uploaded page 7 !
01.13.04
Page
6 is here ... finally. Hope you like ...
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01.07.04
Akemashite
Omedetou Gozaimasu! or Happy New Year everyone!
I just added a donation button to the site. Please, if you enjoy
Haiku5-7-5, consider giving me a hand to keep it going and to
cover even just a little bit of the expenses. It'll be very much
appreciated! The other idea I am toying with right now is making
Haiku t-shirts ... that might be a good way to get the word out
there ... let me know if you feel you'd be interested in that...
Page
6 is roughed out ... need a little more time on it .... well ok
then ... jaa ne !
12.29.03
Just
finished page 5 ! It's up ... enjoy ... Page
5 !
12.26.03
Forgive
me for the delay MinnaSan ... been a little busy with the holidays
and all, also working to finish my contribution to the Flight
anthology that Kazu Kibuishi and friends are putting together.
Check it out if you get a chance. Anyway, I am working now on
Page 5! It's coming soon !
oh
almost forgot! Belated Merry Xmas ! or I should say "meri
kurisumasu" ! X)
12.4.03
Fast
turn around this time ... infact you can already read Page
4 !
On
a separate note, if you enjoy Haiku5-7-5 please consider linking
to this page ... I am in the process of trying to divert a little
more traffic over here ... and many thanks to who already linked
!
Oh
almost forgot, I am also close to finishing a "process"
section ... to show you the different stages I go through to finish
a page of Haiku5-7-5. Stay tuned for that!
Well,
what do you know ... I am already done with it! It was easier
then I thought ... well you can now see a quicktime of the progress
page 4 went through ! Check it out in the process
section. Hope you enjoy that ... Later!
11.30.03
Just
came back last night from a nice vacation... but I spent today
finishing page 3 ! I just uploaded it ... enjoy!

11.20.03
New
sketches uploaded ... page 3 is almost there, but I have a trip
to Italy coming up ... hope to make it in time before it.
11.08.03
Big
update day (and early on schedule too). Just uploaded page 2 and
a couple of sketches.
11.5.03
one
more sketch ...

11.4.03
Added
a first page of sketches ... more to
come.
10.30.03
Page
one added ! Haiku 5-7-5 has officially started ...
read
now!
10.29.03
We
have a cover !

10.28.03
I have a cover, page1 and some exploratory sketches on the characters
almost all ready to upload ... stay tuned!