Taiyō Matsumoto
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Glacier Bay Books
Articles
“My Dream is to Die”: Taiyō Matsumoto’s No. 5
A sweeping discussion of a standout contemporary manga: Taiyō Matsumoto’s costumed action epic, which imploded from the weight of warfare in the early ’00s.
Making It Just in Time: Author-Creator Matsumoto Taiyō
Artist and scholar Natsume Fusanosuke returns with an expansive 2018 essay on Matsumoto Taiyō, translated by Jon Holt & Teppei Fukuda. The ever-popular Matsumoto is here positioned as the exemplar of a sea change in manga history, as the power of serial magazine editors just started to decline, making room for new ideas.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (7/27/16 – Keep ’em peeled.)
The rampant commerce column where you can believe your eyes once more.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/11/14 – Motion Pictures)
Gee, people commented on the Robert Crumb stuff last week… maybe if I say something about Jack Kirby… yeah! And post a movie! YEAH!
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (6/5/13 – Black, White)
Keeping you lean with picture activity.
THIS WEEK IN COMICS! (5/2/12 – My HP Printer/Scanner is About to Explode)
On one hand, I do not have Jonathan Lethem in this column. But on the other, I’ve got an explosion of Japanese comics from New York City! Wait, why is my hand exploding? That’s terrible.
