Lucca Comics 2015

[Eltanin]

A well deserved award, indeed!

I have my fingers crossed, hoping one of those 300 sketches (in a copy of 47 Ronin) finds its way to me.

Here, you can see Sensei sketching a 47 Ronin book for a fan named Steve, whomever that is.
(Though there are rumors that he might be a member of this forum.)

A few more photos tomorrow.

[Lobster Johnson]

Were the sketches of 47 Ronin characters, or Usagi characters?

[Eltanin]

Were the sketches of 47 Ronin characters, or Usagi characters?

Depends on the books.
Usagi characters for Usagi books, Ronin characters for 47 Ronin.

[leonid]

The drawing of Usagi on the dragon was used as a cover for The Comics Journal, right? I think I just saw it yesterday in the back of the Fantagraphics Special Edition Collection (which I finished yesterday ). That's one of my favorite Usagi drawings.

i used to play world of warcraft and they had a player mount that is basically a 3d version of that art. of course Stan's pic predated the game version by more than a decade. I wonder if the game designers were inspired by the art.

[Eltanin]

Ok, so i know I said " a few more photos tomorrow" two weeks ago, but I've been a bit lazy ( ), so let's say "tomorrow" was a figure of speech.
Thank you very much to Mr Sakai who was kind enough to accept to take some pictures with me. It was my second encounter with him, following a first encounter in France a few years ago. For those who have not met him yet, I can say this: he is extremely kind, probably the kindest artist I've met, so do not hesitate to go greet him at a convention he's attending.

About Lucca: This was my second time at the festival, I already went there last year. I know it will be hard to believe, but I thought it was actually less crowded this year than last year. This year, I could walk in the street without being in direct physical contact with people around me. I don't know if it was really a lower attendance, or if the crowd was more spread across the city, but it was a relief.
I unfortunately realized I didn't take any picture of the crowd this year, but here are some pictures I took last year as reference (try to imagine the whole city center like this over a radius of 1 km, and you get a pretty good idea of how it was):
http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... MG1026.jpg
http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... MG1031.jpg
http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?i ... MG1033.jpg

You can find below a selection of this year pictures, with Stan Sakai, and some more pics (including cosplays) on a photobucket album:
http://s651.photobucket.com/user/spamsh ... t=3&page=1

[Steve Hubbell]

Great photos, thanks for sharing them.

I hope any family and friends you have in France have survived the recent events in Paris!

[Eltanin]

Thank you. Fortunately for me, all my relatives and friends in Paris are safe.
But I know several people who lost friends that night.
I've lived in Paris for 7 years, and it was a strange feeling to see the pictures of the terrorist attacks in familiar places and streets I used to bike through every day back when I was living there...
What happened is sickening.

[Maka]

I'm glad you are okay and your family and friends are okay, Eltanin. I agree with you completely, what happened is sickening.

Your pictures of Lucca are great. Thank you for sharing.

Peace, maka