Category: Comics

This isn’t quite as bountiful as my last post, but I wanted to put up two Chinyuki images. The cover is great, and I think this particular drawing sums up the comic nicely.

Man Gataro—or Gataro Man, or Manga Taro, or Man-Gataro or, you know what, there’s not enough information about the guy online for me to fuss over which way I’m going to present his name—is one of my favorite mangaka… and I can’t understand a word of his comics!

A while back, one Wes Blacula shot me some Man Gataro tankobon from his trip to Japan. Specifically, a volume each of Jigoku Koshien (which I’m sure some of you have seen Yudai Yamaguchi’s adaptation of, Battlefield Baseball) and Chinyuki, which is his Journey to the West/Dragon Ball spoof.

I’d kill for some of this in English, but despite that barrier, I’ve flipped through them and “read” them on a fairly regular basis, partly because I love his art, but also because it’s so well done that I still laugh out loud at a lot of the stories. That’s pretty much the definition of a good comicker in my book.

The art itself looks kind of like it comes from a really disciplined artist that sometimes just goes completely nuts on his page. I could see someone giving his comics a quick glance and passing them by, thinking them amateurish, while they’re anything but. He’ll scribble faces recklessly on one page, and then follow those up with something shockingly realistic to further the gag.

So, for your enjoyment, I scanned a few sample pages from Jigoku Koshien volume 2 that I find particularly awesome. You don’t really need a setup, and I can’t say I have a very good one for you even if you do! Pardon the quality of the scans, I wasn’t about to cut this book up just to post it on this blog:

I know I don’t need to tell 90% of you this, but the pages read from right to left. Also, click to enlarge!

I hope you want more Wick’d Weirdos, because here are two.

He’ll drive you insane with what’s public domain
You know to let go, but his goal is to roll

Are you ready for some weirrrdoooooooos!?

It’s October, which many know as the greatest month there is. I’m inclined to agree, and to cement that thought more firmly in your mind, I present to you your newest pals. You’ll wanna collect ’em all. They’re the way out warriors of the what’d-I-eat wasteland, WICK’D WEIRDOS!

Here are your first two Weirdos. Well, technically you get four thanks to the addition of two bonus brothers.

He’s got one arm but he can do plenty of harm
Curd and the bros are rude, crude and gross
Stick around to find more about these fearsome but flavourful fiends. Oh, and if anyone gets a wild hair and feels like cleaning up the WW logo, be my guest!

Guess what came in the mail while I was in Mystic, CT for my best bud (and renowned star of the Memoirs film series) Canaan’s wedding?

A phantastical film collection and an excellent nod to our pal The King, to boot. More to come…