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Got myself the recent, and rather perfect edition of Akira. Had never read the comic because I was put off by all the changes made to “please” westerners back in the day. I adored the film. Anyway, to finally have the original comic in its original form was already something quite exciting. But reading it, wow. So much more to it than in the movie, and the art hasn’t aged a bit. The pacing is great too. I’m well impressed. I last saw the anime mid nineties, and rediscovering it in this manner is rather nice. About Hino, Panorama of Hell is even better than the Red Snake, possibly. |
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Yeah man the manga is one of the few that I think deserves all the praise it gets. You're right about the pacing too, doubly impressive given the length of it. I'll have a look for Panorama of Hell, Hino english translations are so thin on the ground :( Tangentially related to comics to but I got Neil Gaiman's book on Norse mythology yesterday. Have you read it? |
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Yes, I’m really thrilled reading it (Akira). Appart from The Sandman I haven’t read Gaiman. I’m not really into fairy tales, though the Norse thing sounds good. |
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It's rather good so far, the older versions of Norse mythology are pretty hardcore. |
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Was bored in the bookstore today, and suddenly thought of you and what you said about Goodnight PunPun, so I ordered the first two volumes. Nothing in store tickled my fancy except maybe One Punch Man. Didn’t buy it I’m the end, but it does look fun. Report over. |
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Oh, I also ordered the first volume of the Herbie . The bits I’ve read are hilarious, and Alan “grumpy” Moore can’t seem to praise it enough. Seems like the prefect atypical superhero. Much like One Punch Man. |
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Of the Herbie Popnecker Archives* |
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Ended up getting One-Punch Man. We’ll see. Connect four. |
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Oh man I hope you enjoy punpun, I really love it. I haven't read any of Popnecker Archives but will check it out. I've been meaning to start OPM for ages but always get sidetracked. Have just finished the 20+ volume slog of 20th Century Boys and it was amazing, I actually felt it needed longer to wrap up though. Am reading the one off Image graphic novel Severed as I type this, very good so far. |
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Ah 20th century boys I have the first few volumes of, same with Monster. Stuff I know I have to read but just haven’t got round to. |
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"My father is the administrator of this site, you'll be sorry for upsetting me." - RussellDust |
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Theres a trilogy of movies that are supposed ti be quite good at getting the main plot and characters across, im gonna check them out if possible. I enjoyed 20th Century Boys so much I'm going to buy the new editions that start coming out in the autumn (I read it illegally). I'm starting Monster in a few days, just reading a shorter manga called Blue Heaven about a serial killer on a cruise ship, it's Ok. I'm coming very briefly to Geneva next weekend if youre nearby for a coffee? |
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I’m not that close, but yeah that would be ace. Keep me posted! |
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I'll find out my times and let you know whether it makes sense or not! |
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Got the first two volumes of Goodnight Punpun (It’s 13 vols like in Japan here, I think viz did it differently). I’m nearly done with the first volume and can instantly thank you. I’ve obviously barely scratched the surface yet, but I can tell this is special. |
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And subversive anti hero One-Punch Man really joins the dots as to why and what I’m reading atm. |
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Ordering the rest of Goodnight PunPun today. |
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Ha! Glad you're enjoying it, it's really something special. I think it's so hard to get across this genuine sense of melancholy and it does it so so well |
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“Melancholy”. Very well put. One-Punch Man is really funny, and quite subversive. Lots of action, which isn’t usually my thing, but it works as the art is pretty spot on. |
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A rather messy but informative on Herbie Popnecker. Still waiting for my first volume... one month... |
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Oooooh cheers man I'll have a goosey at this I'm only in Geneva not working for like 90 mins sadly, work is at a festival in the countryside somewhere and I leave at 5am the next day! |
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That’s a shame. Next time! I’m on the wrong device, so I’ll link it later, but I found a great little documentary that follows Urasawa and Asana. You see how Asana works, and Urusawa commenting. It’s pretty cool. |
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the link. |
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Bump, ffh’s. |
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Been watching loads of these Manben documentaries. Brilliant stuff. |
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Awesome video, I'm watching it now. Thanks so much for posting it |
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There’s loads. All by Urusawa. So many different styles. Love it. Manben, maaanbeeen, maaaaanbeeeeeeeen, manbeeeeeeeeeheeen! |
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I've got an evening in tomorrow and I know how I'm gonna spend it! |
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BTW am about half way through monster, it's really good so far and there's a lot of themes shared with 20th Century Boys. Recommended! |
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I’m running out of episodes to watch. They’re not all with subs. Junji Ito was great to see, Higashiruma was really interesting. Igarashi Daisuke was great to see as I have a few of his works. Today was a bit gutted to find Usumaru Furuya (I’m a real fan) but not translated. I remember coming across a comedy series he did, and in one gag a women trying to diet see the trademark smiley aphex when she wants to eat. Something like that. Ah hang on it’s surely out . What I love with this guy is that his style and subject matters vary greatly. |
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Ah yeah I already have a third of Monster in my collection, it’s something I bought when I saw it in the shop because know I have to read it. Same with 20th which I have started. Once I’ve finished PunPun, I’ll attack Monster. A bit disappointed at finding out a spoiler regarding Goodnight Punpun, ah well. Got the first four volumes, and purposely reading it really slowly. |
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I’m surprised ampi or tussle haven’t come to label us yet. One thing is certain, this is definitely our thread! |
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I got a punpun t-shirt. |
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Wodzit look like? |
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It's a panel from the comic, I'll try find a link. I'm reading "soil" at the moment. Have you read it? Kooky small town murder mystery, I'm enjoying it a lot so far. |
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Looks like this could be my cup of tea. I have so much to read though. My librarian said Gantz was pretty good. I need to finish Punpun and Monster before anything. Read the Superman stories Alan Moore wrote again. I have all three compiled in a pretty cool book. I enjoyed the second reading far better, and wish there was more. I’ve yet to give Promethea a go, and really want to have a crack at his Swamp Thing. One of the Superman stories features Swamp Thing, who actually saves him. All 3 stories have to do with his weaknesses, which I enjoyed. The main piece is about his demise. Other than that I’m pretty clueless on Superman comics, and with pretty much all superhero comics. |
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It's gotten weirder and weirder, I think you'll like it. I've read Gantz, it's puerile, juvenile nonsense but the art is so so good and the i love the monster design. I think Inuyashiki by the same author is far better (and isn't 100 issues too long), it's about a sad old salary man who gets squashed by aliens and has his brain put in the body of a super robot filled with weapons and with the power to cure disease. |
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Ha ha, that sounds over the top. I’ll pass on Gantz for now. |
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Halfway through Punpun. Thanks again for the rgreat commendation. Did you check some of th Manben stuff? |
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Ja I checked out the ones of the names I recognised, gonna work my way through the rest when I can. They're so insightful, great stuff. Glad you're enjoying punpun! |
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Take a pic of that tee, please! ;) Started Monster, I love how falsely understated the art is. |
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Bump for the lulz |
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I shed the blood of th Saxon man! I’ll never see that tee then... what are ya reading? I’ve just read a load of short stories about a woman (and mostly her clients) who can more or less make her clients orgasm as she ever so delicately cleans their ears with a bamboo stick made for that purpose called , and it’s by I’m author I’m discovering called Yaro Abe. He’s from the era which I’m mildly obsessed with. |
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Yeah I'm shit at doing stuff, sorry! I've heard of Abe, midnight dinner, but not mimikami. I'll have a gander. I've read nothing but crap recently, thought I'd try to read stuff I hadn't heard of going on description alone and its been pure disappointment. Then I tried to read Harem End by Kago Shintaro and the only version I could find was so heavily censored that there were chunks of 3 or 4 pages in a row that were blurred out! Dunno what to read next to be honest. |
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Recommend me a manga russ |
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You’ve read a lot of the stuff I like. Maybe something by Yoshihiro Tatsumi? Or something by Usamaru Furuya? He has all the different styles. I haven’t read one yet but it looks fun! |
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Ah I've got that on my favourites list to read already! Will start tonight. |
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How cool is ? |
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1960s absurd manga drawn in pen. What’s not to like? This thread is very yellow. Ordered . Shame it’s not translated in English. There’s this French publisher of comics and manga that I’m a real fan of and I’m surprised more or less none of their back catalogue has been translated. Seems that some French publishers are more daring with the material they tackle. . I wanted to link you to google images of chiisakobe but for some reason I can’t. Check the art out, it’s pretty unique and gives off a weird feeling. Big change since Dragon Head. Loved Tokyo Kaido but insee that hasn’t been translated either. Rambling over. |
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Man that is so awesome, I have a few books on underground and counterculture comics but they basically only cover the UK and US. Would love some on other parts of the world. |
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