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Samurai Son of death by Sharman Divono and Hiroshi Hirata

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:10 -0700
by Azraelito
well what is this??

this a collaboration between an american writer and an japanese artist that was released in prestige format by eclypse..

and also has stan sakai in letters..(here it seems to be like the todd klein of sandman,the letters are BRILLIANT!!!like always a perfect job with the lettering..)

a real dream team..

well before reading the prestige,you have some info of the characters that are in the story.

asadsdshfkjsdhfksdj the story well,it is a bit of political and action,more political but well i dont want to start explaining all the 48 pages that it has but the thing is,if you want a rare item of the samurai genre cheap and done by hiroshi hirata(the brian bolland of the samurais),this is your item!!!

mmmmm the price??3 dollars maximum(in milehighcomics...)I dont put the link because I dont wana have problems with the admins if there is a problem with linking other sites without permission..

the cover...

Image

pd:

like always and i hope it will be a tradition to this forum that my english sucked,sucks and it will suck!!! :D

pd2:

if anyone wants to review this manga is welcome,I am bit lazy now sorry :D

pd3: I search this in the forum!!no hiroshi hirata topic of this one..(dedicated to steve who is the continuity topic cop :D)

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 18:05 -0700
by Stan Sakai
If I remember correctly, this was the first collaboration between an American writer and a mangaka. As it is, Hirata took about 5 years doing the art. I'm sure he was working on a lot of other manga during those years. When the art was sent back, the story was changed a lot, so Sharman rewrote much of the dialogue. She had written a story about the lone samurai (much like Yojimbo), and he had concentrated on the politics at that time.

However, the art was brilliant! I had to letter directly on the original art--computers were not used for lettering at that time, but I still do my lettering by hand.

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:19 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Stan Sakai wrote:.... She had written a story about the lone samurai (much like Yojimbo), and he had concentrated on the politics at that time.
I never realized that Sharman DiVono was a woman. :shock: What little bit I've read concerning the writer never mentioned that. Or, maybe, I just forgot. :oops:

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:03 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Steve Hubbell wrote: I never realized that Sharman DiVono was a woman. :shock: What little bit I've read concerning the writer never mentioned that. Or, maybe, I just forgot. :oops:
Yes, Sharman is most decidedly a woman--a very beautiful one at that. She is also one of the most interesting people I have met. She taught auto mechanics at one point, and was also a belly dancer (yes, I did see her perform). Most of her writing credits is in animation.

I haven't seen her in years--not since she and her horse moved out of the LA area.