Anyone here a fan of Hideshi Hino or other horror manga writers/artists? I read a Comics Journal article about Hideshi Hino, and it made me want to check out some of his work. I managed to find a copy of one of his manga ultra-cheap from Amazon.com marketplace that I should get in a few days.
Other than a few by Junji Ito, I've never read very many horror manga, but I would be interested in reading some. What are good ones? I know that "Drifting Classroom" is one that's highly regarded, I have the first volume on my Amazon wishlist. Anyone here read it?
Hideshi Hino and other horror manga
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Jet_Jaguar
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Hideshi Hino and other horror manga
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Azraelito
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the comics journal of manga is really a great book and has a lot of info of a lot of authors very underrated...
I recommend to start reading hino with lulabies from hell....that is from darkhorse..is a great manga to read and also to have in your library!!
my favorite work of hino!! is bug boy!!a really masterpiece!!
dh publishing was the one that released!!it is something called Hino Horror: Bug Boy!!
saludos...
I recommend to start reading hino with lulabies from hell....that is from darkhorse..is a great manga to read and also to have in your library!!
my favorite work of hino!! is bug boy!!a really masterpiece!!
dh publishing was the one that released!!it is something called Hino Horror: Bug Boy!!
saludos...
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Thanks for the recommendation for Lullabies from Hell. I'll check it out sometime soon. Amazon.com marketplace has several inexpensive used copies of Hino books available, some for about 50 cents plus shipping!
I also liked The Bug Boy. The story may be a little too simple for some people's tastes, and the artwork is a little crude in places, but there is something weirdly compelling about it. At times, it almost feels like a really, really, really demented children's book. It reminded me just a little of the old Larry Cohen killer baby horror movie It's Alive!.
The copy I got of The Bug Boy was the DH version with unflipped pages and cheap-looking computer-generated Comic Sans MS lettering like in the Last Gasp editions of Barefoot Gen. I normally don't like reading unflipped manga since it's hard for me to get used to reading from right to left, but in this case, I didn't mind that much since tends to use relatively few panels per page. I did get a little tired of the computer generated lettering, which makes me appreciate the good lettering in UY all the more. Is it really that expensive for these publishers to hire a decent letterer? I don't you why they would resort to using the computer-generated text unless they're putting these books out on a very low budget and/or they think that they're putting out something that will be purchased only by a very limited audience.
I would prefer to read Dark Horse editions of Hino's manga since they flip most of their manga titles and generally do a good job with the lettering and everything else.
I know that some hardcore manga fans (I read some manga, but probably not enough to qualify as a "hardcore fan") prefer to read manga unflipped, but I remember reading someone's argument that presenting manga unflipped really doesn't make them any more "authentic" and that if you really want the "authentic" manga experience, you need to learn how to read Japanese. I tend to agree with that. I know that some manga artists hate flipped pages and request for their manga to be presented unflipped in American editions of their work, but if flipping occasionally makes someone left-handed or does something else a little strange like that, I find that less distracting than having to read from right-to-left. Also, the writer of the article about unflipped manga pointed out that artists well frequently hold their work up to a mirror to get a different perspective on it and that printing flipped manga really isn't that much different.
I also remember reading in a Wired.com story on manga that Tokyopop and some other publishers leave their manga unflipped more because it's cheaper that way for some reason and less because they want to reach some kind of ideal of "authenticity."
(Wow, long post! Sometimes I just start writing and can't stop!)
I also liked The Bug Boy. The story may be a little too simple for some people's tastes, and the artwork is a little crude in places, but there is something weirdly compelling about it. At times, it almost feels like a really, really, really demented children's book. It reminded me just a little of the old Larry Cohen killer baby horror movie It's Alive!.
The copy I got of The Bug Boy was the DH version with unflipped pages and cheap-looking computer-generated Comic Sans MS lettering like in the Last Gasp editions of Barefoot Gen. I normally don't like reading unflipped manga since it's hard for me to get used to reading from right to left, but in this case, I didn't mind that much since tends to use relatively few panels per page. I did get a little tired of the computer generated lettering, which makes me appreciate the good lettering in UY all the more. Is it really that expensive for these publishers to hire a decent letterer? I don't you why they would resort to using the computer-generated text unless they're putting these books out on a very low budget and/or they think that they're putting out something that will be purchased only by a very limited audience.
I would prefer to read Dark Horse editions of Hino's manga since they flip most of their manga titles and generally do a good job with the lettering and everything else.
I know that some hardcore manga fans (I read some manga, but probably not enough to qualify as a "hardcore fan") prefer to read manga unflipped, but I remember reading someone's argument that presenting manga unflipped really doesn't make them any more "authentic" and that if you really want the "authentic" manga experience, you need to learn how to read Japanese. I tend to agree with that. I know that some manga artists hate flipped pages and request for their manga to be presented unflipped in American editions of their work, but if flipping occasionally makes someone left-handed or does something else a little strange like that, I find that less distracting than having to read from right-to-left. Also, the writer of the article about unflipped manga pointed out that artists well frequently hold their work up to a mirror to get a different perspective on it and that printing flipped manga really isn't that much different.
I also remember reading in a Wired.com story on manga that Tokyopop and some other publishers leave their manga unflipped more because it's cheaper that way for some reason and less because they want to reach some kind of ideal of "authenticity."
(Wow, long post! Sometimes I just start writing and can't stop!)
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)
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Azraelito
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I dont have problem with the flipped version!!
yes I hate the comic sans cheap letters!!but well if sometimes there is only one country that has that manga that you need to have in your bedroom with you!!ok I will buy it at any cost,unless they censored it!!
In the case of bug boy,la cupula that is a publisher of spain,they also got it!
what I really hate is censorship and particulary,with ovbius things like sex and gore!!that is the only things that could bother me in a manga that is licensed!!
Also you have a minimum of respect for the edition,not that kind of yellow pages that are horrible. I really love the edition of darkhorse books,vertical inc and the old viz books!
I buy manga from three countries,mine,spain and Usa.
pd:
do you like kazuo umezu???that is for me the truly god of horror!!!
yes I hate the comic sans cheap letters!!but well if sometimes there is only one country that has that manga that you need to have in your bedroom with you!!ok I will buy it at any cost,unless they censored it!!
In the case of bug boy,la cupula that is a publisher of spain,they also got it!
what I really hate is censorship and particulary,with ovbius things like sex and gore!!that is the only things that could bother me in a manga that is licensed!!
Also you have a minimum of respect for the edition,not that kind of yellow pages that are horrible. I really love the edition of darkhorse books,vertical inc and the old viz books!
I buy manga from three countries,mine,spain and Usa.
pd:
do you like kazuo umezu???that is for me the truly god of horror!!!
-WOOOOOOOOOOOO enter Jesus!!!
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Jet_Jaguar
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I've never read anything by Umezu, but I have Drifting Classroom on my Amazon.com wishlist.Azraelito wrote: do you like kazuo umezu???that is for me the truly god of horror!!!
"It doesn't matter whom you are paired against;
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)
your opponent is always yourself."
-Nakamura (via Joe R. Lansdale's Mucho Mojo)