Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Rejuvenation
Didn't do any writing while on vacation. However, my interest in writing a comic book/graphic novel was renewed, jolted by the many self-published folks at the convention. While most were "all art, no story", we found a few easily at professional level. Example: Sentinels.
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I looked a comic stand for the first time in years a few days ago. Some of the comics (eg- Batman) was very much a manga style. This is far from the Stan Lee/DC look I grew up with. Was there a lot of stylistic variety at the Con?
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Manga seems to be the "big thing" at the moment but, yes, there are a variety of styles presented at the Con. I purchased one set of graphic novels whose art looked more like Dilbert while four comic book issues whose art looked something out of the Animanicas(tm). What drew me (pardon the pun) to purchase these items was the stories, which has always been more important than the art to me even in comic books.
Manga seems to be the "big thing" at the moment but, yes, there are a variety of styles presented at the Con. I purchased one set of graphic novels whose art looked more like Dilbert while four comic book issues whose art looked something out of the Animanicas(tm). What drew me (pardon the pun) to purchase these items was the stories, which has always been more important than the art to me even in comic books.
I'm not sure what manga(?) style is, but I've been scanning the ever-growing graphic novel section at my local B&N lately. I don't like the look of most of the books, so I guess the graphics are important to me. I did finally pick up the first Sandman and loved it. I'm not sure what comic art-style it is, but it's the kind I like.
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Re: manga art.
Sandman is definitely not manga art. Manga art is usually defined by LARGE eyes on the characters, odd color hair, YOUNG-looking characters, etc. Think Betty Boop or Sailor Moon, for example. When you go to B&N, look in the Scifi section. That's where the manga section is normally located. Look for the black & white graphic novels. There's usually some Japanese writing somewhere on the booklet as well. (I've also noted LOTS of kids tend to read there as well.)
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Sandman is definitely not manga art. Manga art is usually defined by LARGE eyes on the characters, odd color hair, YOUNG-looking characters, etc. Think Betty Boop or Sailor Moon, for example. When you go to B&N, look in the Scifi section. That's where the manga section is normally located. Look for the black & white graphic novels. There's usually some Japanese writing somewhere on the booklet as well. (I've also noted LOTS of kids tend to read there as well.)
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