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...
I like the way you've got Facebook as the face of the 'telecommunication/textual lady'. Very clever and playful with different levels of meaning. Same with the 'tagging' of the guy, with the lady touching him, like it's a game of tag and with all the labels everywhere... Interesting yin-yang type background but in a rectangle... Very very significant yellow triangle in the middle of the textual lady I feel - the guy is even sort of looking at it. I think it maybe an allusion to the triangulation point, given the focus on social 'networking' in the picture. An intelligent perspective on the whole online communication/dating game and the kind of expectations people bring to it and the kind of good results it can have. I love the way you've used the 'it's free to look' comment - very ironic since the expected woman is invisible!
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