Wednesday, August 5 2009
Manga and Minimalism: The Shared Visions of Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Raymond Carver
One is an acknowledged master of the modern short story, and the other is an influential figure in the world of alternative Japanese comics.
Sunday, August 2 2009
From Gekiga to Good Raymond
They lived on opposite sides of the planet, at roughly the same time, and never met. In their lifetimes (one is now dead) each became an acknowledged and influential master in his chosen form of storytelling, and even though their media, social contexts and biographies were worlds apart, the early work of each artist bears striking similarities: they shared a melancholy, darkly humorous, and peculiarly bleak vision of character, story, and life.
