That comic at 11:00 was by Kaze Shinobu not Go Nagai. He was influenced a lot by Druillet. He did a Godzilla story that was less than 10 pages that was just as crazy.
I'm feeling your pain, stuck up in my apartment for this typhoon too. I live kind of near a river and I'm getting inundated with warning texts about flooding. OK Ed, the Mandarake in Shibuya is the Mandarake that focuses on Doujinshi. You can find all types of weird outlaw versions of known characters there. There is a whole section of TMNT stuff made by Japanese artists and fans. There are tons of Marvel and DC things as well. The takes are often crazy.
Sending good energy your way. I'm sure things will be chill in about 12 hours with little to show for it. That said, tell me more about what and where I need to be and what to see.
xcornmuffinx also, do you know of any stores that sell older US Comics in Tokyo? The Kayfabe channel has me interested in tracking down early Image stuff and any older Marvel stuff from Kirby, to 80s, 90s. I’ve managed to get some Liefeld X-Force issues from 2000 Toys in Koenji (an amazing toy store) but their comic selection is pretty random. Thanks if you can help :)
Be safe Ed! You got some awesome stuff already. Ever like the Fist of The North Star stuff very outlaw style, exploding people. And those wrestling masks were amazing, were they repilcas or match worn? they looked like the real deal.
i dont know if you have it, but one thing i picked up that i would give the highest recommendation to look for is what is basically an artist edition of the first chapter of one piece. they arent bound in a book, but rather all of the pages are reproduced as full sized individual sheets, front and back. they even reproduce all the marker ink soaking through to the back sides of the paper. its like holding the original art.
In the Mood of War is what that Otomo book is called. Amazing book, that first one. It's kinda like a anthology but the story with the 3 dudes is recurring in it. The cover is painted by the same guy who painted Star Wars Japanese posters and tons of amazing movie posters in Japan. Check him out, he has a cool art book.
I don't know a lot about manga, so I'm looking forward to learn a lot more... Just remembered something that might be interesting to look into- In the 90s, Kodansha tried to introduce some European artists to the market, who created new comics specifically for them. I don't think it worked very well, although Lewis Trondheim had some sucess with his silent strip "La mouche", about a fly being born and exploring the world until some crazy stuff happens. I think it was done in "real time", if that´s the right way to put it. Felt kinda like a storyboard, too. Making a silent strip seems to be an obvious choice and Trondheim could always pull that off pretty well. Don't remember if an animated movie was made or just in the planning stages. Another comic that came out of this experiment was the german series "Kunz" (by Andreas Dierßen) about a beat-down private eye. I remember it being really depressing, plus it felt pretty... well, german. Probably hard for a japanese audience to adjust to.
Shinobu kaze is a really great artist. This comic is about a dude who has to fight jesus and his partners, bruce lee and miyamoto. The art is like a japanese phillip druillet
I still have dreams about Mandarake. Grab some video games trust me. Your gonna come across very few American comics but its fun seeing the Japanese variants. Look for Spawn comics, I know youll dig the covers and format.
