In the latest Comics Journal, manga critic Bill Randall asks who will publish modern master Yuichi Yokoyama in English. Well, look no further. PictureBox is releasing an English version (though still reading right to left) of Yokoyama's first book, New Engineering, in October. Travel, his second book, will follow in 2008, which will bring us up to date just in time to release a third, as yet untitled book that, having seen chunks of it, I can safely say is next level stuff. Randall's analogy to Fort Thunder is right on. In fact the first time my friend Mike Buckley showed me the work he said "it's like Brinkman crossed with Chris Ware." Pretty much. It will be released simultaneously with Chippendale's Maggots, CF's Powr Mastrs, Santoro's Storeyville and Weinstein's Goddess of War. Yes, it's "go time" at PictureBox HQ.
So there you have it: Your Comics Journal response of the day (great issue, by the way).
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
In Answer to Bill Randall
Posted by Dan Nadel at 6:08 PM
Labels: C.F., Chippendale, manga, PictureBox, Santoro, TCJ, Weinstein, Yokoyama
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2 comments:
That all sounds fantastic! Will the 'Maggots' book be the same size as 'Ninja'?
Maggots is small--same size as the originals, which is like 3 x 5". But 350 pages...opposite of Ninja really.
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