Ironnerd
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Re: Department-88
Reply #17 - Oct 25th, 2013 at 12:01pm
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I have no idea when it'll be in paper. It's numbered 2040b, which indicates it'll be the second section in Giant #10. That's three Giants away, so it'll take a while.
You may be surprised to find that, to a degree, I agree with you on Anime and Manga. Much of what we see in the US utter garbage. Naruto, Poke/digi-mon, Dragonball Z (although the original was actually pretty fun), and Bleach - to name a few - all basically suck. I even made a few jabs at them in Great Bridge 1. But there is other stuff that is just wonderful! Studio Ghibli's take on "The Borrowers" was nice, as was their adaptation of "Earthsea" was just wonderful as well. Also wonderful is "Armored Trooper: VOTOMS", "Macross", and "Starship Troopers" (which was FAR better than the Hollywood turd by the same name). While some of the new stuff is entertaining ("Highschool of the Dead" was a pretty slick zombie series and "Linebarrels of Iron" was worth watching), a lot of it is just pretty Highschoolers and some fluff. Most of it is not as well done as current DC animated programming (not to include "Teen Titans GO").
It's a bit like the 1990's when american comics went from well-written stories, to pretty art. I stopped reading comics then (but I have read a few lately and been pleasantly surprised).
I'm not trying to convert you. You either dig it or you don't. And just because you like one Anime, does not mean you "like anime". I'm just saying, I can see where you're coming from. And that I'm not offended. I knew the moment I proposed some anime-flavored work, I would be in a niche market and never have really amazing sales. I didn't even think I would be asked to do a second book, or anything like the Department-88 book. My next work, however, is a bit more "silver age"(?), and the one after will be more "Modern Age" comic book stuff.
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