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Nov 20, 2022 7 tweets 7 min read Read on X
Cracked open this manga I found at the Tezuka Museum about the “untold story about how Tezuka created Blackjack, and it’s incredible. Full of stories from his former assistants and peers, about how he was sometimes kind and other times demanding and difficult to work with. ImageImageImage
There’s this scene where Go Nagai (Devilman) recalls going to San Diego Comic-Con with Tezuka, going to see The Shining, then later seeing him back at the room, pounding out manga pages. ImageImageImageImage
Then later, Go Nagai remembers being on a long flight with Tezuka, the cabin is dark, everyone is sleeping, and Tezuka is still inking in #manga pages madly ImageImageImage
One amazing aspect of this Tezuka biography is how it weaves together accounts from his peers, former assistants, editors & animators who worked at Tezuka Pro - making it a much less “pretty” look at the “god of manga” compared to the “osamu tezuka story” #manga ImageImageImageImage
Here’s a scene that shows how Tezuka would look like in “draw #manga to meet deadline” mode & how he’d switch to “kindly manga god in a beret” mode when visitors came to the studio. ImageImageImage
From the Tezuka Pro-blessed Osamu Tezuka Story manga, we got a sense of how Tezuka’s global travel impacted his assistants, but this anecdote from a former assistant is WILD. He directed them to fill in backgrounds by remembering scenes from his previously published #manga ImageImageImageImage
If I've made you curious about this Tezuka #manga biography about the turbulent years before/after the launch of Black Jack, the title in Japanese is: ブラック・ジャック創作秘話〜手塚治虫の仕事場から〜. It's a 5-vol series available on @BOOK_WALKER bookwalker.jp/de55ede85e-35e… Image

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Jul 7
One takeaway from #ax2024 is how many people desperately want to draw manga, but don’t know how to get to the level where they’ll get published / can go pro. When i tell them that if they want to work in Japan, they should learn to speak/read Japanese, they’re so sad.
After talking with JP manga & US comics editors, I’ve heard a few common themes / tips for aspiring manga / webtoon creators:

1. Start with one-shot short stories, and do a lot of them! It will help you build your storytelling muscles and develop your individual art style
A great way to start on your 1-shot story journey is to read 1-shot stories or early short-story works by manga artists — the Tatsuki Fujimoto “before chainsaw man” collections fr. @VIZMedia & Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) collection fr @yenpress are terrific places to start.
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Jul 20, 2023
Time to start my San Diego @Comic_Con adventures photo thread. First up, @DarkHorseComics returns to #SDCC2023 exhibit hall with their ginormous booth #2615! Autograph session schedule, including a Makoto Yukimura autograph session at 3 pm Sunday: https://t.co/r20ddAIGpjdarkhorse.com/Blog/3803/sdcc…


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Dropped by the @KodanshaManga booth #5542 at #SDCC2023 to see the exhibit of replica pages + original Vinland Saga illustrations that @makotoyukimura created to give to winners of the #VinlandSagaVikingContest. How to enter: https://t.co/C8kV7gfbPakodansha.us/2023/06/08/vin…


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@KodanshaManga @makotoyukimura The Junji Ito events at San Diego Comic-Con will be amazing — first one is Thursday at 11 am at the SD Central Library! More details fr @VIZMedia #SDCC2023 https://t.co/oI44W3qwF6viz.com/blog/posts/viz…


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Nov 23, 2022
Also at the @kyotomm is the Maeda coffee shop, which has an all-star array of sketches by #manga creators on the walls. Fun playing “guess the manga creator” here. let’s see how many we can identify… ImageImage
I see Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe), Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Mobile Suit Gundam) and maybe Go Nagai (Devilman) ? ImageImage
On this wall… Keiko Takemiya (To Terra), Monkey Punch (Lupin III), Kenshi Hirokane (Kosaku Shima), Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys), Takao Saito (Golgo 13) and…? ImageImageImageImage
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Nov 23, 2022
Oh. My. Stars! The Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story #manga exhibit will be on display at the @kyotomm manga museum during my brief visit to Kyoto today!!! Eeeeeeee! kyotomm.jp/en/ee/otoyomeg… hear why this @yenpress title is a @mangasplaining must-read: mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-20-a-b…
Holy cow, that Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story at @kyotomm is everything i could have wanted and more. Gorgeous original art and bilingual Japanese *and* ENGLISH descriptions & artist commentary. kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegata…
Here’s a detail from A Bride’s Story cover art for vol 11 - i didnt notice the care and detail in the background paintings until i saw them like this: kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegata…
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Nov 21, 2022
I’m in Osaka today - got here last night to meet up with Hawaii pals @Melissa808 & Pali Kaaihue from DokoGa TV / @NSTHAWAII - 1st eats: beef cutlets at Kyoto Katsugyu gyukatsu-kyotokatsugyu.com #japantravel ImageImageImageImage
A neat part of eating at Kyoto Gyukatsu was the option to sear your meat at individual table grills. #osaka gyukatsu-kyotokatsugyu.com
If you're curious about traveling to Japan, go watch Pali Kaaihue's DokoGa TV segments that he produces with @NSTHAWAII: nonstophawaii.com/videos/dokogat… Some of my most amazing Japan dining experiences in Hokkaido were on a trip I took there with Pali and @Melissa808 a few years ago. Image
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Oct 5, 2022
THURS at @NY_Comic_Con! I'll be moderating "What's Next for Webtoons?" with Sandy Resnick fr. @webtoon, Michael Son from @tapas_app & JuYoun Lee fr. @yenpress/@izepress, as we talk about trends to watch in webtoon publishing biz - bit.ly/NYCCWebtoonRT
@NY_Comic_Con @webtoon @tapas_app @yenpress @izepress The "What's Next for Webtoons" panel will cover trends in webtoon publishing -- what makes it different from manga & comics publishing in N. America + opportunities & challenges of its mobile-first ecosystem for readers, content creators & publishers bit.ly/NYCCWebtoonRT
I’ve been writing about manga publishing biz for a while, but webtoon publishing in N. America is something i’ve been curious about lately. Content & readership-wise, it overlaps with manga while being distinctly different in its business model and its mobile-first approach
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