Still more different unrelated trivial questions for Stan

[Steve Hubbell]

Kon nichi wa,

This goes back to a question from early 2001 (I was peeking through the old message archives) or late 2000 which concerned your work on the Legend of Kamui series...

How did you become involved with the Legend of Kamui series as a letterer?

Basically, Viz (and at that time co-publisher Eclipse)
liked my lettering and knew I could do the art corrections for
Kamui and so approached me. They actually let me
have my pick of projects as they had about 4 series
they wanted to launch. I chose only Kamui as I thought
it would be fun and it still gave me enough free time
to work on my own projects. Incidentally, the series
began with the third Japanese collected volume. The
first two looked dramatically different and I actually
prefer those earlier books which were never translated

ok, that was the original question... not too long ago, I became aware that Goseki Kojima, the artist from Lone Wolf and Cub, worked on the early books of this series, doing the actual artwork. This is according to the interview that he and Koike did in the magazine Comic Interview way back when...

Now for the question... do you know where I might be able to order those earlier books (I have Viz's two Perfect Collections which collect the material they published)? Can you provide any biblio-info on the books you mentioned i.e. title, dates, credits, etc...?

If you were given your choice of Japanese comics to work on now in a similar capasity as your work on the Kamui series, who and what would you choose?

Have you been following the Vagabond series still? What is your opinion of it at this point? Personnally, I think it started off kind of iffy, but it has kept getting more interesting with each issue...

By the way, this is all your fault - you and Usagi, that is - You've turned me into an obsessive Japanaphile!!! It is amazing how you are able to create such interest in another country's history and culture through such an original medium as an anthropormorphic comic series... no wonder you loved the idea from the start...

Keep up the fantastic job.

Abayo
Steve

[Stan Sakai]

[ Goseki Kojima, the artist from Lone Wolf and Cub, worked on the early books of this series, doing the actual artwork. This is according to the interview that he and Koike did in the magazine Comic Interview way back when...]

If you're talking about Kamui, the author of the series, Sampei Shirato, did illustrate the first three volumes of this series. He later gave the art chores to another artist for some reason that I was not told. Viz started the American reprint series with the fourth volume because of the drastic art change. As I said, I prefer the earlier art as it was very graphic and very clean and a lot more cartoony.

[Now for the question... do you know where I might be able to order those earlier books (I have Viz's two Perfect Collections which collect the material they published)? Can you provide any biblio-info on the books you mentioned i.e. title, dates, credits, etc...?]

I bought my copies even before I became involved with Viz--that must have been about 1984 or so. I would not know how to get them now. There was a second Kamui series in Japan but I haven't seen it. When I visited Shogakukan in Japan way back in 1998, they showed me a Kamui cd rom that they were beginning to market but, unfortunately, I was not able to get my hand on a copy.

[If you were given your choice of Japanese comics to work on now in a similar capasity as your work on the Kamui series, who and what would you choose?]

Doing those translations and touch-ups were a lot of work. Back then we did everything by hand on stats. Today, it is all done on computers. I'm just not computer-savvy enough to do it. In fact, I hope I'm doing okay responding to your questions. This is the first time I'm using the "quote" option to answer your posting.


[Have you been following the Vagabond series still?]

I'm picking up the collections that come out every six months or so. I've been enjoying it. I can see where the author has changed the story slightly as has many others before him. The Musashi story, most of them based on the Yoshikawa book, has been adapted in comics and film many times.

[Stan Sakai]

In fact, I hope I'm doing okay responding to your questions. This is the first time I'm using the "quote" option to answer your posting.

I see, I can bold-face the quotes. Neat.

I also notice I have a "Bunny Stan" under my name. Thanks.

[digulla]

Stan, this is how it would have looked if you had used quote elements.

Goseki Kojima, the artist from Lone Wolf and Cub, worked on the early books of this series, doing the actual artwork. This is according to the interview that he and Koike did in the magazine Comic Interview way back when...

If you're talking about Kamui, the author of the series, Sampei Shirato, did illustrate the first three volumes of this series. He later gave the art chores to another artist for some reason that I was not told. Viz started the American reprint series with the fourth volume because of the drastic art change. As I said, I prefer the earlier art as it was very graphic and very clean and a lot more cartoony.

Now for the question... do you know where I might be able to order those earlier books (I have Viz's two Perfect Collections which collect the material they published)? Can you provide any biblio-info on the books you mentioned i.e. title, dates, credits, etc...?

I bought my copies even before I became involved with Viz--that must have been about 1984 or so. I would not know how to get them now. There was a second Kamui series in Japan but I haven't seen it. When I visited Shogakukan in Japan way back in 1998, they showed me a Kamui cd rom that they were beginning to market but, unfortunately, I was not able to get my hand on a copy.

If you were given your choice of Japanese comics to work on now in a similar capasity as your work on the Kamui series, who and what would you choose?

Doing those translations and touch-ups were a lot of work. Back then we did everything by hand on stats. Today, it is all done on computers. I'm just not computer-savvy enough to do it. In fact, I hope I'm doing okay responding to your questions. This is the first time I'm using the "quote" option to answer your posting.

Have you been following the Vagabond series still?

I'm picking up the collections that come out every six months or so. I've been enjoying it. I can see where the author has changed the story slightly as has many others before him. The Musashi story, most of them based on the Yoshikawa book, has been adapted in comics and film many times.

[digulla]

In fact, I hope I'm doing okay responding to your questions. This is the first time I'm using the "quote" option to answer your posting.

Well, you're getting closer When you read this, then click on the "quote" button (that thing is next to "reply"). When you do this, you should get an editor which already contains the old text.

You should also see the text 'quote="digulla"' in brackets at the beginning. This thing (it's called "element") tells the forum that it should do the special formatting that you see when you read this. The important info about it is the 'quote="digulla"' inside of the brackets. The brackets just tell the forum that there might be something important in there. If the forum can't figure out what it is, then it just shows them. That is also the difference between the old and the new board: The old board would have accepted anything (virii, broken HTML, malicious code) and the new board does some checks to protect us all.

There are some buttons at the top of the editor in which you can use as if you were using Word or something like that. These things are called "BBCode". When you are in the editor, you will see "BBCode is ON" to the left. You can click on BBCode and you'll get an explanation what each of the element does and how it looks in the editor and in the final post.

When you answer something very long as you just did, then I'd suggest that you delete the unecessary parts as you did and put the rest into several quote elements instead of just putting them into brackets. Doing my own black magic, I've edited your post so you can see both versions. Since you're also an Moderator, you should have an "edit" button. This allows you to have a look at the unformatted text as it was submitted.

Then you can do some experiments with "Preview" to find out how things work. And when you're done, just click on "usagiyojimbo.com Forum Index" or "General Discussion" above the editor.

Also note that I don't put extra empty line between the closing [/quote] element and my text but that's pure aesthetics (it looks ugly in the editor but better in the resulting post):

this is a demo

my text

this is a demo

my text without an empty line

I also notice I have a "Bunny Stan" under my name. Thanks.

You're welcome

PS: Computers solve all those problems which we wouldn't have in the first place if there were no computers...

PPS: I spend 10-12h in front of a computer each day. Now I know why you shouldn't...