Vagabond 3 by Takehiko Inoue Inked drawing by Takehiko Inoue, coloring by me in Photoshop CS4. Tweet Review: With swords like that, why fight? If I can turn ANY club readers into graphic novel fans...I am going to be very happy, but then so will you. As most club readers are also artists, this challenge especially emphasizes the relationship between words and pictures. And, as in graphic novels and manga...that's exactly what you get! A little look into Japanese manga is enough to pique anyone's interest. The manga artists keep up with societies interests. The stories written are illustrated for all age groups; boys and girls, men and women. The series Vagabond , my April book is seinem manga which means it's written for men ages 18-40. But I don't think I'll be arrested for reading it. The first two things to know about Vagabond is that the artist Takehiko Inoue is also the author and his drawings are done, up until very recently, with a black ink...
A very spooky image. I was reading up on Eureka on Wikipedia (not very sophisticated, I know!) and the Chinese lanterns against the Victorian house structure are quite reminiscent of the kind of conflict of cultures. The fact that it's a negativized image plays on the negative, I'm thinking. It's like the background which is shutting out any kind of light with the clouds and the tree branches and then the searchlight is on a disturbing centre... I think there's a theme of spying going on, with the angle and the way we're looking behind the guy's back. The blue flowers in the foreground of the picture and the blood red writing of Casino emphasises the fact that history is made of luck and chance and needless brutality (the altar of sacrifice).
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