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 laughing rabbit very much. The one great constant is his hilarity.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to see how the movement is happening in this set of pictures. There's definitely something interesting going on with the cross in the middle and the idea of chiasmus (or criss-cross) with sharpening and blurring. I wonder why bottom right is the only picture that remains in a frame...
The flower headdress reminds me of Hula dancers - in fact, in bottom right, the laughing rabbit almost seems to be dancing and snatching at the flowers... and also wearing a cape and a crown...
It reminds me almost of Alice in Wonderland - perhaps this is because the face looks as though it is in a hand-held mirror or 'looking-glass' and there is a white rabbit/queen there, with all those pink hearts (off with her head)...