Comments on: The Manga Moment http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:19:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Monopoly http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-3637031 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:32:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-3637031 Excellent post. Have you played this yet? It is a great game. http://citystreetsboard.com/forums Excellent post. Have you played this yet? It is a great game. http://citystreetsboard.com/forums

]]> by: Slawek http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-2828557 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:08:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-2828557 His hair looks a bit like SSJ Goku from Dragon Ball His hair looks a bit like SSJ Goku from Dragon Ball

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1946270 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1946270 Wow Randy your daughter has really gotten up there in height since the last time I saw you pushing her in her stroller - where was it, at that mall in Century City? ~ Coat Wow Randy your daughter has really gotten up there in height since the last time I saw you pushing her in her stroller - where was it, at that mall in Century City?

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]]> by: comics212 - never safe for work. » Blog Archive » The Shape of the Manga Industry Part 2.5 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1942277 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:29:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1942277 [...] Heidi MacDonald seems to think that someone is missing the point (I’m not sure who since she hasn’t linked me on this subject…), and that there’s a fundamental disconnect between the current generation of shojo and shonen manga fandom and a literary manga readership; it’s her contention that manga is more fashion than hardcore readers. Sort of how Harry Potter didn’t magic-up overwhelming book sales for the rest of the industry. I don’t entirely disagree, but reading her post on the subject I couldn’t help but think that she was selling the current generation of readers a little short. I don’t think it’s likely that fans of Bleach are going to turn into fans of Red Colored Elegy, but I do think there are middle-steps, a natural progression from Bleach to Vagabond, from Slam Dunk to Real, from Naruto to… well, grown-up Naruto I guess. [...] […] Heidi MacDonald seems to think that someone is missing the point (I’m not sure who since she hasn’t linked me on this subject…), and that there’s a fundamental disconnect between the current generation of shojo and shonen manga fandom and a literary manga readership; it’s her contention that manga is more fashion than hardcore readers. Sort of how Harry Potter didn’t magic-up overwhelming book sales for the rest of the industry. I don’t entirely disagree, but reading her post on the subject I couldn’t help but think that she was selling the current generation of readers a little short. I don’t think it’s likely that fans of Bleach are going to turn into fans of Red Colored Elegy, but I do think there are middle-steps, a natural progression from Bleach to Vagabond, from Slam Dunk to Real, from Naruto to… well, grown-up Naruto I guess. […]

]]> by: Sarah http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1941476 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:43:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1941476 Randy: That photo's great! Randy: That photo’s great!

]]> by: Bill Scurry http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1940672 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:09:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1940672 Murakami blew me away when I went two weeks ago... the sight of a Masamune Shirow-esque cyborg jet transformer with a clitoris as a nose cone has to be seen to be believed. The last show I saw at the BM was Basquiat -- you have to give the institution credit for innovative curation choices. Murakami blew me away when I went two weeks ago… the sight of a Masamune Shirow-esque cyborg jet transformer with a clitoris as a nose cone has to be seen to be believed. The last show I saw at the BM was Basquiat — you have to give the institution credit for innovative curation choices.

]]> by: Randy @ WCG Comics http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1940252 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:13:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1940252 I had the fortune to catch this show in L.A., at the Geffen Museum (appropriately located in the heart of Japan Town.) I was surprised to see I didn't blog about it myself, but I did take a photo of my daughter in one of the rooms—it was a rainy day when we attended, and my daughter was wearing a raincoat that echoed the wallpaper pattern. Don't know if this link will come out, but here it is-- http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/randyr851/2007/06-Halloween-2007/DSC01544.jpg I had the fortune to catch this show in L.A., at the Geffen Museum (appropriately located in the heart of Japan Town.)

I was surprised to see I didn’t blog about it myself, but I did take a photo of my daughter in one of the rooms—it was a rainy day when we attended, and my daughter was wearing a raincoat that echoed the wallpaper pattern. Don’t know if this link will come out, but here it is–

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i53/randyr851/2007/06-Halloween-2007/DSC01544.jpg

]]> by: Abby Denson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1938881 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:10:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1938881 I loved this exhibit, my favorite was the room covered in bright smiley flower wallpaper and filled with happy flower sculptures and paintings called ”So Many Flowers” which apparently (according to the description on the wall) also translated to “Cuteness! Summer Vacation.” That room actually made people dizzy. I loved this exhibit, my favorite was the room covered in bright smiley flower wallpaper and filled with happy flower sculptures and paintings called ”So Many Flowers” which apparently (according to the description on the wall) also translated to “Cuteness! Summer Vacation.” That room actually made people dizzy.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1938761 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:51:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1938761 Hmmm... Thinking about Mr. Moonlight's critique, I would position The Last Cowboy so that his "lasso" is directed into Duchamp's Fountain, thereby bookending the Twentieth Century between two "shocking" works of art. Hmmm… Thinking about Mr. Moonlight’s critique, I would position The Last Cowboy so that his “lasso” is directed into Duchamp’s Fountain, thereby bookending the Twentieth Century between two “shocking” works of art.

]]> by: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Adult manga vs. manga for grown-ups http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1937925 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:55:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1937925 [...] Heidi MacDonald reflects on the Takashi Murakami show of manga-influenced art. [...] […] Heidi MacDonald reflects on the Takashi Murakami show of manga-influenced art. […]

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1936208 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:42:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1936208 Although I still don't entirely understand it, you never fail to make these things carry wait when you talk about them. Still, the last cowboy seems very sad to me. To place all of ones self worth in that one thing, can only mean that you don't have very much at all. He's like a flasher trying to shock a passer by or cop or someone in a car, just to feel like he can effect something in this world. "Look how important my penis is." he's saying. "I can make the world grind to a halt by showing it in public." Other people can blow themselves and others up with a bomb to make theme selves matter for just one moment. Others rape, steal, and murder. It's such a poor excuse for self importance, and self importance is a poor thing in it's self. That's what I'm getting from this work, anyway. What do you see? Anybody? Although I still don’t entirely understand it, you never fail to make these things carry wait when you talk about them. Still, the last cowboy seems very sad to me. To place all of ones self worth in that one thing, can only mean that you don’t have very much at all. He’s like a flasher trying to shock a passer by or cop or someone in a car, just to feel like he can effect something in this world. “Look how important my penis is.” he’s saying. “I can make the world grind to a halt by showing it in public.” Other people can blow themselves and others up with a bomb to make theme selves matter for just one moment. Others rape, steal, and murder. It’s such a poor excuse for self importance, and self importance is a poor thing in it’s self. That’s what I’m getting from this work, anyway. What do you see? Anybody?

]]> by: The Lonesome Cowboy Wears Jams | alert nerd. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935788 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:33:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935788 [...] That moment right there is when most folks rounded the corner and spotted The Lonesome Cowboy, a gigantic statue who is very talented in a way I can’t really describe without blushing (don’t worry, you’ll be able to figure it out in a second). Anyway, the exhibit just wrapped up a stint in Brooklyn, and Heidi MacDonald attended and posted a nice essay with some very insightful points, but I have to admit that before I even read said essay, I laughed for 10 minutes over the little outfit she gave Mr. Cowboy. I just love that. He is digging the tasteful hibiscus-themed pattern — you can tell. [...] […] That moment right there is when most folks rounded the corner and spotted The Lonesome Cowboy, a gigantic statue who is very talented in a way I can’t really describe without blushing (don’t worry, you’ll be able to figure it out in a second). Anyway, the exhibit just wrapped up a stint in Brooklyn, and Heidi MacDonald attended and posted a nice essay with some very insightful points, but I have to admit that before I even read said essay, I laughed for 10 minutes over the little outfit she gave Mr. Cowboy. I just love that. He is digging the tasteful hibiscus-themed pattern — you can tell. […]

]]> by: Katherine F. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935485 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:37:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935485 <i>It isn’t all about reading. It’s all about appearances.</i> This reminds me of Neil Gaiman talking about how he sees girls wearing black eyeliner and top hats and strappy black tops, and that doesn't mean they're dressing up as Death -- maybe they are, or maybe they saw someone else dressed like that and thought "cool! I'm stealing that!" So it goes. It isn’t all about reading. It’s all about appearances.

This reminds me of Neil Gaiman talking about how he sees girls wearing black eyeliner and top hats and strappy black tops, and that doesn’t mean they’re dressing up as Death — maybe they are, or maybe they saw someone else dressed like that and thought “cool! I’m stealing that!” So it goes.

]]> by: cbrown http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935343 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:45:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/07/14/the-manga-moment/#comment-1935343 The last day of that exhibit was YESTERDAY? Shit! I was at a mall in New Jersey! Why do I always procrastinate and miss things like this? That museum is about 15 minutes away from me by bus! Dammit! The last day of that exhibit was YESTERDAY? Shit! I was at a mall in New Jersey! Why do I always procrastinate and miss things like this? That museum is about 15 minutes away from me by bus! Dammit!

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