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ommander boondock saints i even found one about there are even instances of professional manga ka making doujinshi of their own work yoshinaga fumi creator of the incredibly popular manga antique bakery self published the series sequel in doujinshi format perhaps to reach a more specialized audience and speaking of suing people how the heck is any of this legal these are fan made comics featuring largely corporate owned characters being sold for money in retail stores surely says my american brain someone must object to this it s hard to get a sense of how japanese copyright law works especially when you re illiterate but it seems as though doujinshi while perhaps technically illegal are largely tolerated this to me is illustrative of japan s superior understanding of fans and the value of fan culture i feel like japan understands that in order to ensure the success of an entertainment property you must create mania obsession and in order to create obsession you have to allow the fans to feel as though the property is theirs somehow it belongs to them the true believers this is where fanworks come in they are the ultimate expression of love and ownership from fans manifestations of pure devotion this is an area in which i feel we in the states fall short projected national reactions to the existence of fan comics or something like that in conclusion i feel that fanworks are constructive not destructive and i admire the place they hold in japanese culture doujinshi represent a genuine enjoyment of media and the creative energy produced by active participation in fandom the vitality of japan s fan culture can be clearly seen in the quality and quantity of its doujinshi betsey swardlick 16 comments posted in historic tagged betsey swarlick doujinshi fan comics fandom manga mini comics self publishing junji ito and uzumaki the strange horror of life posted on 05 07 2010 by robyn chapman 3 comments note steve bissette and i are teaching a course in contemporary comics history survey of the drawn story ii as it s properly known our students are required to submit an essay in blog form on an aspect of contemporary comics history they are restricted to the period of 1969 present today s essay is by cj joughin enjoy junji ito 伊藤潤二 and uzumaki the strange horror of life by cj joughin born in gifu prefecture growing up junji ito was inspired by the works of kazuo umezu artist of such notable works as the shogakukan manga award winning the drifting classroom ito later became a dental technician and balanced work with comics even as his comic work was beginning to gain strong notice earning him an umezu award for horror manga his works range from terrifying shorts such as the enigma of amigara fault to bizarre and horrific longer works such as gyo he has also had success in having several of his stories made into tv shows and movies during the time that i lived in japan just over a year in a relatively small suburban port town across the bay of nagasaki i lived in an area fairly reminiscent of the setting of ito s story uzumaki i have found that there are few manga that capture atmosphere of living particularly in the more rural parts of japan as well as junji ito s three volume masterpiece details like air raid sirens blaring at 5 00 every day to the layout of the towns and buildings are done with such an honest authenticity that it allows for anyone that s ever lived in just about any part of japan to connect with this town while allowing someone unfamiliar with this kind of way of life to have real insight what is so powerful about ito s horror is the subtle details and emotional pull his stories have over the reader his world is fleshed out both in his artwork where he uses line in great clustered detail to lead a reader through each page and panel in an almost dizzying but absolutely purposeful manner his facial expressions are intense and whether portraying madness or a subtle sense of dread his characters feel believable he is able to make even the typical calm moments in his stories feel unnerving while uzumaki used spirals to great effect to dictate the flow of the narrative his other works such as gyo also played heavily with motion to build a feeling of loss of control image from the story glyceride the protagonists of uzumaki kirie and shuichi are portrayed as fairly typical high school students with a normal relationship they are thrust into a terrifying situation when the entire village is overcome with an unnatural obsession with the geometric form of the spiral it appears in everything from the lines on a plate to the ripples in a pond or the coil of a snail s shell while the spiral sickness that infects the town is supernatural in nature the real sickness is the trap that comes from not being able to escape this small town shuichi being the one that commutes to go to school is the one that s able to sense the contamination while everyone around him is so accustomed to the way things are that they can t see beyond their universe image from uzumaki vol 1 one of the most powerful themes throughout uzumaki is the utter devotion the people in the town have towards each and to the town itself the near insane dedication to stick by one s friends and family even as in many cases they become literally twisted together or contorted as the spiral builds up through the story it s this personal sense of obligation combined with the spirals disorienting and terrifying supernatural control over the town that compels the reader forward and creates sympathy for the doomed residents of the town you wish that shuichi and kirie would run from the impending doom but you understand what keeps them there kirie s devotion to her younger brother is particularly well developed and heartbreaking as the story nears its conclusion image from uzumaki vol 3 ito s protagonists are often very sympathetic characters never lacking in depth in uzumaki as well as in gyo and hellstar remina there is the knowledge very early on that in all likelihood a positive outcome is impossible but there is still a sense of desperate hope as well this is what makes ito not just a master of horror comics but a master storyteller as well i would suggest that even someone who usually finds themselves squeamish at the idea of scary comics could find something amazing in his work cj joughin 3 comments posted in historic tagged cj joughin horror junji ito manga uzumaki cool comics of the 1990s posted on 05 05 2010 by robyn chapman 1 comment note steve bissette and i are teaching a course in contemporary comics history survey of the drawn story ii as it s properly known our students are required to submit an essay in blog form on an aspect of contemporary comics history they are restricted to the period of 1969 present today s essay is by lawrence derks enjoy cool comics of the 1990s by lawrence derks the 1990s were a great time for comics no seriously normally when people discuss comics in the 90s they talk about holographic foil variant covers costumes with lots of pouches and of course the comics crash while it is not the intent of this blog to ignore these events i find it absolutely criminal that an entire decade of comics is known more for its financial failures than its creative successes and there were a lot of creative successes in the 1990s so to rectify this i will use this space to highlight a couple great comics whose only mistake was being produced in the same decade as extreme superheroes in 1992 seven of the industries most popular artists left top selling comics like spider man x men and x force to form their own publisher image comics it was supposed to be the place to find superheroes for the 90s generation aka extreme however it was also a place where creators would actually own the rights to their own work and while a lot of those original image comics did not age well one work really stands out as a great read sam kieth s the maxx at first glance the maxx looks like the quintessential 90s superhero comic bulging muscles scantily dressed women and graphic violence unlike the standard 90s superhero though the maxx had more to it than flashy visuals it had a story the basic premise of the series is julie winters a freelance social worker helps out the maxx a homeless man dressed as a superhero the comic shifts between two worlds the real one and the outback as the comic progresses julie winters and the maxx learn they are connected through a tragedy that happened in julie s past which she refuses to acknowledge it also becomes clear that the maxx is not a story about a superhero at all but a tale about trauma and suppression also while the design of the maxx looks like the standard 90s superhero there is nothing standard about the artwork sam kieth uses a couple of different techniques in the maxx for the real world he draws with very bold lines and it s colored in a very traditional style however when the story shifts to the dream world or the outback kieth shifts to pages painted with an almost frank frazetta like feel which is fitting since kieth draws a tiger bikini jungle girl in the outback scenes another great comic created in 1994 was rob schrab s scud the disposable assassin for fireman press the title tells the basic premise however there was a lot more to the comic than a funny concept in the first issue scud is hired to kill jeff a creepy tentacled monster however as he s about to kill jeff off for good scud learns he ll self destruct upon completion of his mission so instead of killing jeff he takes her to the hospital and hooks her up life support the subsequent issues are about scud taking on other assassin jobs just to make enough money to pay for jeff s life support which is also his life support while the comic is funny and great entertainment rob schrab also puts a lot of himself into the book scud eventually finds love which starts to mimic s schrab s own feelings the comic eventually became much darker which schrab attributes to a break up and various real world problems scud the disposable assassin is a great example of comics as therapy and it s done in a much more creative way than a typical auto bio comic it documents the ups and downs of his life and relationships without explicitly being out his feelings i highly recommend both the maxx and scud the disposable assassin which are both available in a convenient collected form there are many more great comics created in the 90s and i encourage schulz blog readers to post their own favorite 90s comics in the comments section below maybe together we can change the way people think about the 90s and show that comics then were more than just flashy gimmicks lawrence derks 1 comment posted in historic tagged image lawrence derks rob schrab sam kieth scud the disposable assassin the maxx at last you may gaze the complete milt gross posted on 05 05 2010 by srbissette 2 comments milt gross loosey goosey style followed the three rs rebellion raucousness and slightly ribald on a few occasions craig yoe laughs by the gross from the book reviewed herein pg 17 __ one man comics tome cottage industry craig yoe of arf fame who launched his career in the 1970s editing self publishing fanzines one of which i contributed art to has gifted cartoonists comics lovers and anyone who loves to laugh with the incredible the complete milt gross comic books and life story 2010 idw publishing in an era of abundant comicbook and comic strip reprint volumes this handsome hardcover is worthy of special attention and celebration offering a eye popping treasury of high octane hilarity from the one and only milt gross milt gross 1895 1953 was a cartoonist s cartoonist in his day a dynamo of frenetic energy whose every line was alive and in and of itself funny his work was omnipresent and everywhere from the roarin twenties on as were the many loopy non sequiters he introduced into our culture via his comics banana oil or as a mouse razzes it in nize baby benena hoil that s my pop dunt esk and nize baby among countless other catchphrases were all coined by gross fêted throughout his lifetime as one of america s most beloved and prolific cartoonists in his heyday gross seemed to do it all single panel gag comics comic strips comic books pioneer wordless graphic novels he done her wrong 1930 a savage parody of lynd ward s sober wordless woodcut novels movie title card art gag writing animation advertising etc providing inspiration for generations of cartoonists who followed including will elder harvey kurtzman jules feiffer sergio aragones sam henderson and countless others the schulz library shelves are already peppered with venerable gross classics all of which are highly recommended the titles alone lift the soul nize baby deark dollink dunt esk banana oil de night in de front from christmas i shoulda ate the eclair etc my personal all time favorite remains hiawatta witt no odder poems reprinted complete in thomas craven s marvelous book cartoon calvalcade 1944 which was inexplicably on my mother s bookshelves and always in reach i used to read hiawatta aloud at a tender age i had to read it aloud to divine its meaning it was scribed in gross s patented phonetically rendered urban jewish near gibberish well to me it was almost gibberish completely disemboweling henry wadsworth longfellow s 1855 epic poem the song of hiawatha a model of trochaic tetrameter gross s exquisite pen and ink illustrations reduced me to tears laughing and they kept tempting me back into my rereading hiawatta until i d finally decoded it which took years hey whatdyawant i was a backwoods kid i d practically memorized it by the age of six which is more than i can say for the original longfellow poem i thus inadvertantly divined my first mega dose of jewish humor in a surprisingly unadulterated form though i was a duxbury vt lad growing up far far from the bronx neighborhoods gross grew up in hiawatta also prepared me for mad and harvey kurtzman s brand of cartooning and satire which i was exposed to soon after first laying eyes on hiawatta in craven s book with the complete milt gross comic books and life story editor author yoe offers an ideal intro to gross s life times and career though the al jaffee introduction and herb gross son of milt natch foreword are models of economy yoe s lavishly illustrated biographical essay is almost worth the price of admission in and of itself punctuated with many never before published gross cartoons and comics pages yoe s overview provides a snapshot of the cartoonist and his personal life the whole is rich in anecdotes and candid about the health issues that plagued gross in his latter days without succumbing to morbidity the reader s spirits remain as spry and high as gross s gags throughout what craig yoe showcases herein is not just a stellar comprehensive introduction to gross s best known works but a sterling and truly all inclusive showcase for the complete uber 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