Hi now that Im feeling it dissipating a little have a caffeine addled sketch that still managed to come out cute for the storyboarding of a short video that might happen in the coming week
Art timeline progress picture. I always feel like my progress has been kinda slow but seeing 5 years compressed into a single picture really put things into perspective. I think Im fine actually!
Referring to the capacity of Aniket to just walk away after sustaining injuries that would’ve killed or permanently disabled a normal person is erroneous though. In a way, self healing oneself like this is a form of shapeshifting. It’s just not messing up with your sense of self in the same way since it’s just « going back » to your previous state.
Shapeshifting, but as a way of preventing change. Do you see where I’m coming at
Latest book buys + some thoughts and short reviews under the cut??
Cursed pirate girl (vol 2) by Jeremy Bastian
I bought the first volume last year, and I really can’t get enough of the gorgeous art in this. Look at this!!! The minutious etching, the paneling, the way the speech bubbles play and change shapes on the pages….
The story is a pirate girl looking for her legendary father in a mysterious world with a sea full of pirates and strange creatures. I’m a sucker for this kind of medieval inspired aesthetic and I am having a fantastic time. The look is so wonderful and weird, including in its narration, it’s definitely a unique one. A solid recommendation on my part!
I also managed to get it signed hehe
Millenium Darling (Sennen Darling) vol 1-2 by Iwasawa Midori
In the 80s, a jock with a big heart is saved from a strange robot attack by a young clockmaker who turns him into an overpowered cyborg (as you naturally would!) that he names Millenium Darling. Then follows the battle against a series of mysterious robotic cyborg monsters powered by magic magatma stones.
Look, I shouldn’t even be surprised that I’m eating this shit up. It was tailor made for Me specifically. I mean, LOOK at this synopsis. The dynamic between the main duo feels good to read, the artstyle is full on 80s goodness despite it being a modern work, it’s fun, it’s kitschy, it’s queer, and I can’t wait for the next volume. I don’t think this one is available un english, though. But keep an eye out for this one!
Red riding hood’s wolf Apprentice - Final testament to the stars (vol 1) by Sayaka Mogi
This one caught my eye at the FIBD So I brought it home. It’s a coming of age story of two little werewolf twins. I don’t have much to say except that it’s pretty cute. I will try to get the next one to see where this is headed though.
#DRCL Midnight Children (vol 1) by Shin’ichi Sakamoto
The new manga by the master Shin’ichi Sakamoto, I cannot overstate how much I like his previous work Innocent and Innocent rouge… This one is a retelling of Dracula.As usual the art is gorgeous and detailed, the ambience is mysterious and even feels unreal at times in a way that he really knows how to nail. I’ve heard that he’s made a lot of changes from the original novel, but since I haven’t read it (…yet) I am going in completely blind on that part, but so far I am really liking it!
I saw his masterclass in Angouleme where he talked about his influences for this work. A world where beauty is slowly fading away, the advent of the modern world, the changing status of women in society at that time… Also Dracula looks like Michael Jackson and he likes to come in dancing. What can I say. It works and it’s so fucking good.
That’s it for this batch! I don’t have the ambition to make full fledged reviews so this is more like a stream of thought, but if you read it all, thank you! And I hope you saw something that interests you.
You are going to watch it because it’s a banging SF movie with stellar animation that deserves all the praise and needs to earn 64991563 billion dollars at the box office ok?