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ACCIDENTAL ARTISTS When art mimics life the results are fascinating! And when the life lived takes a unique path, the results are brilliant. It has occurred to me that, although many of the author/artists that I love began their artistic training directly...
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, father of GEKIGA Early comics (or manga) in Japan were generally drawn and written for children. So, in the late 1950s and 60s, the early readers of the format were growning-up and getting ready for something new. What they found was...
The 2009 Top Graphic Novels by Laura It’s the end of the year and time to catch up on the great graphic novels from 2009! I’m often stumped choosing new graphic novels to read – which is why I look forward to Publishers Weekly’s yearly list . I read through...
WITH THE LIGHT: raising an autistic child Story and art by Keiko Tobe This is a story about a young mother Sachiko Azuma raising her autistic son Hikaru, whom she named after the morning light; “Hikaru” meaning “Light” and “Azuma” meaning “East” in Japanese...
Takehiko Inoue's "Vagabond" By Laura Based on the novel “Musashi” by Eiji Yoshikawa, Vagabond is a loosely historical account of the life of Japan's most renowned swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. As a teenager, Shinmen Takezo (later called...
Introducing manga By Laura Manga is a Japanese word that is used for comics or print cartoons. In Japan single chapters of different manga series are usually printed together in monthly magazines (as thick as telephone books). A popular English example...