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Sunday, May 23, 2021

Katsuhiro Otomo: Anime, Manga & Other Delights





























Katsuhiro Otomo has been very busy over his collective years. Manga, movies, mechanisms and magic are among his specialties. The man; the creative genius, has virtually given the world his singular visions of the fantastic and sensational.  The likes of which the many; at best, aspire to…the promises that Otomo has achieved. He has devoted a fair amount of his time to the art of the cartoon and cartooning. He has; in not a modest way excelled, in the process become a standard in his own right among the world's many nations.  His greatest recorded work is the vastly influential anime “AKIRA.” It has been imitated countless times in both animation and live action works around the world. It is Otomo’s great masterpiece among his many masterpieces. It is also found in illustrated form in an extended multi edition set of mangas (six volumes.).  Each volume the creation of Otomo's own hand and mind.   Look for his other films including “Memories  “Steam Boy” and "Short Peace."You will not be disappointed.    

Otomo’s works; astonishing and delightful they are, this is certainty. Let this short intro be a segway into Otomo's universe for those that are not familiar with the powerful presence of his works. For his legions of admirers; a meager but fitting tribute to his brilliance.   








































 "AKIRA" Trailer







"Memories" Trailer

 

















"Robot Carnival" 








Wednesday, August 1, 2018

The Art & Narrative of Elektra Assassin Sienkiewicz & Miller


Imagine it’s something like this; a politically visionary, mysteriously engaging action adventure that is satirically humorous while disguising itself as a romantic spy thriller. This refreshingly funny take on contemporary world events is peppered with, while including demonic possession, psycho- babble and even robotics. Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz gave this jewel of a novel to the world in the nineteen eighties. It was originally released in monthly installments   by Marvel Comics and sold in specialty shops. That was the way I initially read this graphic novel. It was brilliantly conceived and constructed at the time. It not only holds up in our contemporary political climate (the age of Trump) it soars and is on many levels definitive in tone along with being surprisingly prophetic.








































Elektra was a character Frank Miller created as foil to Matt Murdock’s Dare Devil. Elektra was an extrodinarally gifted while flawed character. She was an immediate fan favorite and she was killed almost as quickly as she was introduced. Elektra was too good to remain in oblivion and the novel “Elektra Assassin” was a wonderful way to revisit the character while adding to the mythology in this work that is a prequel to the original Miller thriller. 
























 THE SOVIET PREMIER HAS BEEN SIGHTED AT THE WEST WING...VOTED FOR THAT SON OF A BITCH...LIED TO US...CANT BELIEVE HE'D LET THIS HAPPEN...



I most recently reread “Elektra Assassin” in a compilation edition and it was exceptionally good. In ways even better than I remembered from my eighties encounter with the book.   At this point I couldn’t recommend it any higher. “Elektra  Assassin” is literature at it most heightened. The creators are in-league with Ian Fleming, Dashiell Hammett and Stieg Larsson. They are masters of their chosen form. Miller’s words and Sienkiewicz’s pictures make for an illuminating and grand experience. In another way of phrasing; they are ranking among the very best! 




Miller and Sienkiewicz followed up their achievement; “Electra Assassin” with another tale from the Dare Devil Mythos; “Love & War” which is centered on the chance that the heartless “King Pin” (Wilson Fisk) might actually be capable of loving something outside of his own narcissistic self-love. Could this, again be a prophetic treatise on the inner life of a ruthless businessman politician, someone at the present time, some unnamed public figure?”  But within the mean time take a look at “Electra Assassin.” It just might become a thing treasured in your own right, as you may as yet find to peruse and imagine.

    




















"I don't need evidence," said the President. "I'm the President. I know what I'm talking about," he said. "I got elected didn't I?"






A local man claims to have seen the woman strike down two police officers with her bare hands, before being subdued. Local authorities refuse to draw any connection between this incident and the recent assassination which took pace in San Concepcion.