Thanks for the link and info. The HC version is out of my price range at the moment so I'll probably pre-order the paperback version here.jabba359 wrote:Wow Steve, quite the collection there! Nicely done!
Well, it looks like Fantagraphics is releasing their two-volume special edition as a paperback version that runs about $50 and would include Book 3 and 5: http://amzn.com/1606998870Jubei wrote:Yeah, my UY collection is more similar to yours, one shelf that is slowly growing. I have the majority of the DH UY trades (all paperback), I'm missing copies of Book 3 and Book 5, the rest of my Fantagraphics copies are paperback as well. I have the two Saga editions so far, the Art of UY book, the Sakai Project, Yokai, 47 Ronin, and the Adventures of Nilson Groundthumper. As for Stan's individual work, I have a copy of his Rocketeer story, his Star Wars variant, and a Grendel trade with his Hunter Rose story.
My UY shelf resides above my shelf devoted to Japanese/samurai history, books ranging from samurai histories to modern books on kenjutsu, kendo, and iaido to manuals on bladesmithing to art books devoted to the beauty and artistry of samurai weapons and armors.
A most impressive collection though Steve, very, very nice.
I've always been interested in Japanese culture, probably because my father lived in Japan a couple years (before I was born) and so we had lots of Japanese art on the walls, would occasionally eat homemade traditional Japanese food with chopsticks, and generally had a bunch of Japanese knickknacks lying around the house. Also growing up, my family was always hosting Japanese exchange students in our home, so there was a lot of fairly direct Japanese influence on me at a young age. In the fifth grade, I was assigned a big project about samurai where I had to do a lot of research. It was during this time of study that I really grew to appreciate the samurai history and older Japanese culture.
Speaking of books, I'm currently reading The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi by William Scott Wilson. I knew a little bit about Musashi beforehand and have watched Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy (loosely based on Miyamoto Musashi), so it's been fun learning a more complete story about the man. I only have one other book on the subject of Japan, but I'm keen on exploring more.
Also, thanks for the mention of the Wilson book, I haven't seen that yet so look forward to reading it. I have a copy of Musashi by Yoshikawa, a very interesting tale, I'd gotten perhaps 1/3rd of the way through before being side-tracked so I need to finish it (or at least start over again to finish it
) @ Steve - ah, Lady Snowblood, my brother has a fondness for that manga (and film too) though I've yet to read it. How are the new larger omnibuses of Lone Wolf? I've been meaning to get them, I have about half of the digest books, which while they are great to read, the smaller print does limit your enjoyment of Kojima's art. (My introduction to Lone Wolf was many moons ago, when I saw and bought #2 of First's Lone Wolf and Cub title with that phenomenal Miller cover of baby Daigoro holding a bloodied sword).
@ maichan - great collection there, but I was wondering, I couldn't quite tell from your photos but you mentioned Moebius, do you have any of his graphic novels released by Marvel's Epic imprint back in the 80s? I still have all six of them, my first real introduction to European art and storytelling.
