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...
Who or what is faceless in this image? That is the question.
ReplyDeleteThe gaze first rests on a background. A line-up of fashion models. Because they're displaying themselves, we naturally look here first.
But this is all pretence. Although they are all faceless, there is something in front of them, something etched in a simple brown line - this appears to be the outline of a couple...
There's definitely a contrast between publicity and privacy going on here - the facelessness of the two is different in kind - more spiritual as can be seen with the comparison with the ghostly...