LONE WOLF AND CUB: The Gallery Edition | Making a Masterpiece

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Dark Horse Comics' Gallery Edition of Lone Wolf and Cub, the classic manga from Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, is a marvelous showcase of the tremendous craft and composition of the series. By presenting over 150 pages of original art reproduced in the original size and 'colours', this large edition celebrates the making of a comics masterpiece. This video features a close look at this book, along with a commentary and analysis on how not just fans but newcomers would be well served by the almost-unspoken thesis here: this was no accident; panel by panel over 8000 pages, Koike and Gojima crafted a lyrical, sorrowful, and cinematic comics epic. This includes a major-spoiler-filled look at the final chapter of this saga, reproduced in the Gallery Edition in its entirety.
Major spoilers start: 11:45
Major spoilers end: 20:15
Buy these books here (Amazon affiliate links):
Lone Wolf and Cub Gallery Edition: amzn.to/318S1Ew
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1: amzn.to/2OJfLMU
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 2: amzn.to/2OLOf11
Some other videos of mine you may like:
Our 'Intros to Classic Comics' playlist, including 'What is Lone Wolf and Cub?':
• Introductions to Class...
The Dark Horse Gallery Edition Playlist: • The Dark Horse Gallery...
Amble through the other episodes in our multi-episode complete collection tour here
(manga on Shelf 8 and Shelf 10; Gallery Editions on Shlef 14!):
• Our Comics Collection
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@stevehubbell90 4 года назад

I think I mentioned previously that Lone Wolf & Cub is by far my favorite manga, and I did not have to think twice about pre-ordering this Gallery Edition when it was first announced. I followed Dark Horse's other Koike & Kojima translations (Samurai Executioner and Path of the Assassin) and considering that Path of the Assassin was printed to be read right to left as originally conceived, I was really disappointed when Dark Horse released the omnibus editions of the first two series still in the left to right mirrored format. But the fact that Dark Horse translated both of those series in their entirety put them way above any of the other American publishers in my opinion. Over the years, I have accumulated some of the original Japanese editions (partial Bunko set from 1979, full Bunko set from 1995, single volume of the 14 volume King series), none of which features any colored pages. I wonder if the stories featured the color pages when they were initially published in the magazine "Manga Action".

@ftloc 4 года назад

Your collection sounds sublime! And thanks so much for that wide view on the absence of the colours. It would be great to find out if Manga Action did, in fact, have the ocassional watercolours. At the same time, I know there are processes of saturating colours in a photo before converting it to black and white, because it affects the grey tones differently, so maybe there's also something about how muted colours like this may show up in B&W? Just wild speculation on my part! 😊

@ftloc 4 года назад

Sorry for the inordinate delay, everyone! As I mentioned on the Community page, I tried a lot of new things in this video, which meant a much longer, trial-and-error-filled edit. I hope you enjoy this slightly different approach to looking at some special editions and I'd love to know of any feedback, reviews, suggestions and recommendations you may have! Cheers!

@frankscomiccastle4928 4 года назад

This Book is the Jewel in my collection. I so so love the artwork and it is a true masterpiece and it shows how great the Graphic medium can be at its very best. Fine video 👍👍

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thanks so much! And I completely agree, this gallery edition is a true showcase of what makes this series such a masterpiece!

@arindam_sen 4 года назад

Wow! This video looks great.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thanks so much! This edition deserved a lot of love, but I didn't realize how much I'd bitten off! I'm so glad, and relieved, you like it! 😁

@born2beblue 4 года назад

Huge fan of the Lone Wolf and Cub-series (and it WAS the first manga I ever read) and I guess watching this video convinced me to add yet another of these Gallery Editions to my collection. Now I actually even wonder what took me so long! :) They're great books (a little expensive of course but oh so worth it). The other ones I own and love are: Batman by Sam Keith, Batman by Kelley Jones, Superman/Batman by Michael Turner, League of Extraordiary Gentlemen by Kevin O'Neil and Hellboy in Hell by Mike Mignola... All come highly recommended! Thanks for another great video!

@ftloc 4 года назад

How I wish I could get my hands on the Hellboy, LoEG Gallery Editions in particular; they're all unfortunately quite hard to find, especially here in India. Maybe one day I'll get lucky on my travels! Let me know how you find the Lone Wolf GE!

@born2beblue 4 года назад

@@ftloc Sorry to hear about the scarce availability of these books in India. In any case, I wish you the best of luck on those travels! :) Personally, I like the LoEG volume better than the Hellboy one. I love Mignola of course but his art style doesn't really benefit that much from a bigger size, in my opinion. However, the LoEG one is pure bliss for the opposite reason! In the meantime I also received my copy of the Lone Wolf GE... and it's a keeper, for sure! I especially noticed a lot of "nuance" was lost in those small pocket books from Dark Horse... Anyway, I was wondering if we can expect a video on that "Demon" series from Jason Shiga? That seems like an interesting title I never heard about but from you. Love to hear your thoughts on that! Thanks!

@ftloc 4 года назад

@@born2beblue Oh I can just imagine the bliss of the LoEG GE! I would expect similar joys from a Top 10 GE if they ever made one! I'm glad you mentioned the nuance in the Lone Wolf GE, that's the one that has probably enhanced my appreciation of the original series the most. I definitely want to cover Shiga's Demon, actually all of Shiga. A Jason Shiga spotlight is what I should do and hopefully I'll get to it soon! Thanks so much for watching and commenting - I love it and appreciate it! 😁

@born2beblue 4 года назад

@@ftloc Agreed, Gene Ha's wonderful detailed artwork would also be great for the GE format! Happy to hear a Jason Shiga spotlight is in the works! No pressure of course! ;-)

@ftloc 4 года назад

@@born2beblue of course 😋

@piperian3962 Год назад

I just read the end of it and it was a tear jerker.

@ftloc Год назад

Gives me chills just thinking about it. A fine, fine ending!

@HankyPym 4 года назад

Wow! Loving your videos and the production quality seems really great, hope to see more ✌️

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thank you! As long as folks keep watching them, I'll keep making them! 😁 Any suggestions or recommendations for me?

@HankyPym 4 года назад

@For the Love of Comics 🤔 maybe in the beginning just hold a little longer on ur title logo. There seemed to be a quick cut back to you talking about the book, other than that small thing I love everything else. Lighting and camera positioning look good.

@ftloc 4 года назад

@@HankyPym Hey thanks, that's a good tip! I'm always worried that the title sequence is too long and I guess I figured we can see the logo elsewhere, but you're right about the jumpiness or smoothness of the transition being important for the viewer. I'll play around and see what I can come up with! 😀

@thewisetzar5363 4 года назад

Ogami Itto, Guts and Yabuki Joe = Holy grail of best written manga male protagonists.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Who, in your opinion, would be the best written female protagonists?

@dukstuf 4 года назад

@@ftloc Miyazaki's masterpiece, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is in many ways, the Yin to Goseki and Kazuo's Yang, Lone Wolf and Cub. It is light where the wolf is dark, it's protagonist is empathetic and full of life where Itto dwells in a dark place accompanied by demons- both comics are among the very best works of their kind. Miyazaki is the master of comics about strong young women, in my opinion.

@thehorrorofone8662 2 года назад

most underrated comic book(art) vlogger.

@ftloc 2 года назад

You are way too kind, thank you so much for that! 😁

@phattsamurai4929 4 года назад

Thank you for doing this volume justice. Such a wonderful story and Dark Horse did a great job putting this to paper. Your review is excellent. Love these books. Such a fantastic story.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Glad you liked it! And yes, this volume really does prove what kind of artistry went into the series, which is what I was attempting to show in this video. Thanks so much for the feedback!

@TalkingPulpPress 4 года назад

Thanks for showing the Lone Wolf and Cub stuff lately. I'm a fan of the film adaptations but now I really want to pick up the manga.

@ftloc 4 года назад

As a fan of the movies myself (I watched them many years after I read the manga, though) I don't think you'll be disappointed. If you do get a chance to check it out, I'd love to know what you think!

@tinustinus571 Год назад

great review! I love the artwork. I didn't know this manga.

@ftloc Год назад

You should definitely give this series a look! I have a spotlight video on it here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aZWq6CEzhuQ.html if you're interested!

@noahvansciver5661 4 года назад

I love this series! So good!

@ftloc 4 года назад

It's a pity that it is so hard to get in its entirety, but this is one series that having even bits and pieces of is OK, I feel, just to have the pleasure of reading such a masterful work.

@bryanbelshaw7725 4 года назад

Years ago I collected all the original English volumes of Lone Wolf & Cub. Unfortunately I sold them on to buy something else. Something I've always regretted, the nature of being a comic collector I suppose. They are a fantastic read and the omnibus volumes a great way to catch up, but even some of those are scarce nowadays.

@ftloc 4 года назад

I sold my copies too! I'm glad to have a handful of the omnibuses, but you're right - I don't think I'll ever complete that collection either...

@gedovanderzee1224 4 года назад

Love the video! I dont know this book and i will surely dive into it. But what I have noticed is that when the images/pages get mirrored in the translated editions the psycholgy of the composition often changes.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thank you! The interesting thing about the flipping is that it maintains the pacing and rythm, for the most. If I get one long panel and two short going right to left, it'll be the same flipped and going left to right. The things that become odd is being right- or left-handed, and action and sports stories could be particularly affected, I imagine. But it doesn't often matter. If people have difficulty reading right to left, I guess I'd rather they read it flipped and enjoy the comic, rather than give up in confusion and frustration. Still, once I just got used to reading right to left, it's not that big a deal and I personally, would be fine with all translated manga to read in the original format.

@gedovanderzee1224 4 года назад

@@ftloc True. It takes some adjusting but you get used to it fairly quickly. I work in television and one of the first things we learned is that when a character is moving from left to ride it feels easier for the viewer than when the charater moves from right to left. Here's a interesting video about that phenomenon. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ys8-a0yD-MM.html

@dpepinmarquette 2 года назад

Thankfully I made it a priority to get copies of all lone wolf and cub series and related series when they were available

@ftloc 2 года назад

Smart! I hear the omnibuses are being reprinted soo, something a lot of people have been waiting for.

@declansargent7813 4 года назад

Awesome video :)

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thank you! What do you think of the Gallery Ed, since I see not everyone seems to be a fan?

@thehorrorofone8662 25 дней назад

What size(width and length) of bookshelf do you put artist editions if you don't mind me asking

@ftloc 20 дней назад

Sorry I missed this question! The particular shelf I use is 7ft tall and about 2.5 ft wide, and also 2.5 ft deep. The height of the shelves within it, though, are what really make them good for these kinds of books. You can get a closer look at the shelf itself in my Shelf 14 episode of my Shelf Tour videos here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6SxE0bkFqog.htmlsi=8doRFFtGkAFrY6Gd Cheers!

@Amra.. 2 года назад

I didn't know this existed until now. The resale prices are insane 😭

@ftloc 2 года назад

Hopefully there's a reprint some time soon; Gallery Editions are not cheap as it is, they don't need the aftermarket inflation!

@ta5777 3 года назад

This book is hard to find now. Sells for $250-300 USD now. Glad I got it for cheap right after seeing your video.

@ftloc 3 года назад

Wow, I had no idea! Perhaps they should reprint, seeing the kind of demand that drives prices up this high!

@ta5777 3 года назад

@@ftloc I’ve talked to the IDW publisher of artist edition books. They don’t do too many reprints due to the cost of it. Size of book. I imagine Dark Horse is in the same camp. These sorts of books have been going up in value this year. Maybe the pandemic is part of the reason. Also the cartoonist Kayfabe guys doing spotlight vids on these sorts of books.

@harpalhayer7372 2 года назад

Just discovered your channel, great content!

@ftloc 2 года назад

A very warm welcome; thank you so much, and long may your enjoyment continue! 😁

@joshualong6900 3 года назад

Man I wish Lone Wolf and Cub would be reprinted in a larger format like battle Angel Alita or Berserk

@ftloc 3 года назад

I agree! One can but hope!

@bigmonkeytoes6206 4 года назад

Great video! I want recommend a series called manben by Naoki urasawa. You could probably find it online. It interviews mangaka and shows their work routine. If you were interested in the process of making manga.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Thank you, and thanks for the recommendation. I've loved the Urasawa I've read so far, so I'm definitely going to check this out! Is it a very long series?

@bigmonkeytoes6206 4 года назад

There are 17 episodes. Each episode is like a mini documentary.

@ahchiu9 3 года назад

Has the full series been released in this Gallery Format, or is it kind of a special edition one-off?

@ftloc 3 года назад

Only the one, unfortunately. The Gallery Editions are usually one per creator/series as a sort of representative spotlight. Usagi Yojimbo is the only series I can think of that has two, both selections of short stories.

@soumyajitdey6888 3 года назад

Please read Vagabond by Inoue Takehiko.

@ftloc 3 года назад

I'm on the lookout for some reasonably priced editions! What would you say is the best way to get them?

@skonczylosie64 3 года назад

@@ftloc the vizbig edition is hands down the best way to read vagabond

@drderrickchua 4 года назад

The margins are wasted? Just to make the book appear larger? Why were the westernized flip pages printed smaller you think?

@ftloc 4 года назад

The western-panels size puzzled me too. The only thing I could think of is that since those were scans/photocopies of re-designed and re-lettered copies, maybe the English pages were just that size? And depending on the quality of the copies, enlarging them may have broken up the images? Just guessing here. As for the margins, I believe they are proportionate to all other Gallery Editions, which show the entire art page as if pasted on to another , therefore larger, 'Gallery Edition' page. But I'll check and confirm that!

@pieratesofcarribean 4 года назад

It's so sad that foreign comic publication like Marvel and DC don't sell their comics in India. Being living in Mumbai for 5 years I never found a single store which sell Marvel or DC Comics. Now I am living in Australia, I found a comic book store accidentally and now I am in heaven

@ftloc 4 года назад

There are more and more available now, particularly the trades and collected volumes (not so much the single issues). Online purchasing is still the best bet, and we have a long way to go before we get any sort of mass, but non superhero comics will also help that change, I think.

@pieratesofcarribean 4 года назад

@@ftloc I don't trust on online shopping for comic books, because they manhandled them horribly. For once, I tried and I received it in horrible condition. So I returned it back. Can you suggest some stores, where I can buy Marvel and DC comic books?

@ftloc 4 года назад

It does depend on where you are. In Delhi stores like Mid Lands and the Oxford Bookstore do carry Marvel/ DC comics, you can also find them at Landmark / Starmark stores, and Blossom in Bangalore have used and new comics of all kinds. Re: buying online, I usually return books if they show up damaged, which if you are choosing the right seller or vendor should not be an issue most of the time.

@FunnyValentine 4 года назад

Screw dark horse! They should rather reprint lwc as an oversized deluxe hardcover edition like berserk because both the small singles and the ugly paperback Omnibus volumes suck. Instead we get a useless overpriced 100$ "artbook" with simply... Manga panels. Lol Edit: It still looks awesome but come on dark horse...

@ftloc 4 года назад

Haha I wouldn't mind a deluxe hardcover, but that's not really what a gallery edition is. Art pages have a unqie beauty of their own and they are, for some readers, the equivalent of DVD extras that offer mini film schools. And given how rare manga art is to see anyway, this is a doubly valuable glimpse behind the curtain for a reader like me 😁

@FunnyValentine 4 года назад

@@ftloc well I exaggerated a little bit but for a good reason. Lwc, the greatest seinen manga of all time, deserves a great edition :)

@ftloc 4 года назад

No argument there! 😁

@HankyPym 4 года назад

@Funny Valentine A deluxe HC version would be epic!! 👍🏻

@turtleanton6539 4 года назад

Wtf how expensive is this

@ftloc 4 года назад

Like most Gallery Editions, it has a 99 dollar list price, but one can often find them at lower prices. Of course that is unless they go out of print, in which case the price can actually go up!

@HazzR8 4 года назад

You talk about inspiring newcomers but the fact remains that it's almost impossible to get the entire run of LWAC and New LWAC because of deliberate nopreprinting, primarily by Dark Horse in the west. You can't even red New LWAC digitally. Unfortunately, this series will always be a fringe and known only to the hardcore Manga afficianados. Newcomers have no chance of experiencing this masterpice of a Manga because it simply cannot be found in book form.

@ftloc 4 года назад

Yeah, those omnibus reprints really fooled me into thinking that they were going to stick around this time but alas, I didn't even get to complete the whole saga myself this time around before many evaporated. I understand that there are a lot of volumes, and the added pressure of page count means things like digital/on-demand printing are not feasible here, but DH could have kept the first five in print for new readers I think, sporadically reprinting one or two of the others. Do you know if there were any rights issues that prevented that? Ah well. Luckily, I don't find it necessary to read every single issue in this series (barring the very end, naturally) and there's plenty that can really be appreciated and loved about this even with only one or two books (but the more the better!). Of course the ideal situation would always be the entire saga in continuous form, but unlike manga like Akira, Children of the Sea or even what I have heard of Berserk, the episodic/ adventures of a wanderer give it a timeless feel, allowing readers to come in at almost any point and enjoy the short stories and definitely the gorgeous artwork and storytelling techniques on display. So I'd still always recommend seek out whatever they can get their hands on, whatever one finds will always make you happy, I feel.