tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052980758677515285.post2326164527200957229..comments2011-07-15T18:27:30.070-07:00Comments on Ray Gun Revolver: Manga and Visual LanguageTait Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11547947031722955387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052980758677515285.post-15141774256033770452009-05-29T18:36:02.690-07:002009-05-29T18:36:02.690-07:00or great manga check out Urasawa's Monster, Inoue'...or great manga check out Urasawa's Monster, Inoue's Vagabond, and Miura's Berserk. Also worth checking out is the classic series Lone Wolf and Cub and pretty much anything by Osamu Tezuka, particularly the Buddha and Phoenix series.<br /><br />Personally, I never could get into most American comics, I think I was just used to the Japanese style being raised on videogames from a young age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052980758677515285.post-12805536885008421822009-02-08T23:17:00.000-08:002009-02-08T23:17:00.000-08:00Love Otomo! I'm pretty sure that guy has a sexual ...Love Otomo! I'm pretty sure that guy has a sexual fixation on creating elaborate complexes in insane detail and then blowing them all up.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I've always personally felt that the Japanese have captured motion much more elegantly on a comic page than any others. Maybe elegantly isn't the right word. I certainly feel it more.<BR/><BR/>In the case of Taiyō Matsumoto it's certainly elegent, and effortless, and a fresh break from animu style that can grate on me after a while.<BR/><BR/>I've only read Ping Pong, but from what I've seen of his other work it looks like it only gets better.<BR/><BR/>http://samehat.blogspot.com/2009/02/viz-to-release-taiyo-matsumotos-gogo.html<BR/><BR/>^above is a post with a few pictures that don't quite illustrate what I'm talking about, but may interest neither the less. It's also an ace blog about all things underground manga. (with a leaning towards gag and horror)Pitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473880291589792914noreply@blogger.com