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Wednesday, November 03, 2004
only totoro can save us now:
more on the upcoming My Neighbor Totoro release from viz comics...
[yes, i want a catbus.]
"The critically acclaimed, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, is a story about childhood innocence, friendship and the belief that magic is all around us. Volume 1 of TOTORO opens with eleven-year-old Satsuki and her sassy little sister Mei, who are both excited about moving into a historic country house with their dad. But the girls don't realize what a delightful adventure that awaits them there. While exploring their sprawling new home and the beautiful rural area that surrounds it, Satsuki and Mei meet Granny, a sweet old woman, and her timid grandson Kanta. They also experience first hand the magic of the Soot Sprites, mysterious creatures that live in the walls, and discover a huge camphor tree that just might be enchanted. The scene is set for the sisters to meet Totoro, a gentile tree guardian, and an amazing cast of fabulous characters that inhabit the woods as a wonderful adventure begins.
"Hayao Miyazaki is regarded as the most beloved animator in Japanese history and his well developed and imaginative stories feature compelling characters and original plots that have found mass appeal with both children and adults. He won the first Academy Award for an anime film in 2002 for Spirited Away, for which VIZ also publishes the Ani-Manga: MIYAZAKI'S SPIRITED AWAY, THE ART of MIYAZAKI'S Spirited Away and Miyazaki's Spirited Away Picture Book. Readers of all ages will discover breathtaking artwork and fantastic adventures in this latest Studio Ghibli Library Ani-Manga from VIZ. VIZ also publishes Miyazaki's NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND and the Ani-Manga for CASTLE IN THE SKY. Disney will offer the DVD of NAUSICCA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND and PORCO ROSSO in February 2005.
"VIZ, LLC, one of the leading publishers and distributors of manga and anime for North American audiences, has announced the release on November 8 of the Ani-Manga for Hayao Miyazaki's MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO. The four-volume full color series is rated A, appropriate for any age group, and will have an MSRP of $9.99."
posted by peter! 8:02 AM EST permalink
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
in need of comic relief:
join warren ellis for a benefit signing at comic relief on thursday. from his bad signal mailing list:
"Last minute thing: excellent Berkeley store Comic Relief are getting evicted from their premises. I'll be signing there Thursday, 5-7pm, to say goodbye to the current location and to support the moving process. Come by and buy a comic. More details on DPH, comicrelief.net. SPREAD THE WORD."
Comic Relief
2138 University Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-5002
comicrelief.net
posted by peter! 1:42 AM EST permalink
Monday, November 01, 2004
artbomb review:
doom patrol: crawling from the wreckage
by grant morrison, richard case and friends
"The individual stories that DOOM PATROL: CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE contain were so utterly unlike anything on the stands at the time they were published that it's hard to communicate what coming across them the first time was like. And, thank christ, it remains difficult fourteen years later.
"I mean, it's about a brain housed inside of a robot body, a spirit-haunted hermaphrodite wrapped in bandages, and a schizophrenic with 64 differently-powered personalities that come together under a weirdo in a wheelchair to fight the strange and bizarre threats that others ignore. It's all infused with an artifice of surrealism and the half-learned skimming of a dozen liberal arts classes -- the genius of this book comes from smashing that stuff together with the big time fun inherent in the comic book paradigm of storytelling. What if the X-Men fought Maya Deren? What if Bill Burroughs wrote the Justice League? Jacques Derrida: Challenger of the Unknown! What more do you want from a comic?"
(more from matt fraction)
posted by peter! 8:22 AM EST permalink
Sunday, October 31, 2004
apocalypse now:
"Indy Magazine, the online quarterly about the comics medium, returns in time for the U.S. Presidential election to examine the intersection of comics and politics.
"Features include Ephemera vs. the Apocalypse by Art Spiegelman, illustrated with sketches from In the Shadow of No Towers. Says Spiegelman: 'Everything I know I learned from comic books, and I wasn't surprised that aliens had taken over our government...'"
http://www.indyworld.com/indy
posted by peter! 11:05 PM EST permalink
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