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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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_WALKERbookwalker.jp/de55ede85e-35e…
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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…
I see Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe), Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Mobile Suit Gundam) and maybe Go Nagai (Devilman) ?
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…?
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…
A neat part of eating at Kyoto Gyukatsu was the option to sear your meat at individual table grills. #osakagyukatsu-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.
@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
Other categories for our "This Manga is Awesome!" picks for @NY_Comic_Con will include:
"I'm tired of this [manga genre/trope] but this one is actually pretty good"
"Long but worth it manga series"
"Manga my mom/dad would like"
"I'm shocked this was licensed in English"
AND MORE
Oh man. I filled 2 shopping bags of manga to give away at the “This Manga is Awesome!” panel at NYCC on friday and i havent made a dent in my hallway piles.
Here’s the hallway with what’s still there… it doesnt look like 2 shopping bags of books were removed… 🫣 most of it is stuff i want to keep / series I’m currently reading that cant fit in my library room now
What’s in the giveaway pile for “this manga is awesome!” at NYCC? Well… it really is a mixed bag. There’s stuff with anime tie-ins, some shojo, some shonen, some BL, some manga in Japanese & French… plus maybe a few “adult” titles still wrapped in plastic.