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Category: Manga

  • Poguri: The Hole Digging Octopus

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    For all you Poguri fans out there (I know you are a legion), here’s the latest strip from TOKYO WALKER. The text in the first box basically says something like: “At the end of the year, the hole-digging (or opening) octopus goes to various places to dig holes.” Remember to read from right to left.…

  • Poguri

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    I love POGURI, a one-page strip by Nakagawa Isami that appears in every issue of TOKYO WALKER. Remember to read from right to left.

  • Kiiiiiii Rock Komaba!

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    This afternoon, after catching a Resfest program in Harajuku, I was off to the Tokyo University Komaba campus to watch a performance by Kiiiiiii — who I’ve been meaning to see for what seems like ages now. Oh man, what a show! I’ve rarely seen that much energy on a stage. The whole Kiiiiiii thing…

  • Psionic Distortion

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    The JAPAN TIMES takes a look at the “Psionic Distortion” exhibition that’s taking place at SuperDeluxe. It covers underground manga, with works from artists that were associated with the old GARO magazine (the image above is by Kago Shintaro). When Missouri-born artist and curator Tim Evans first flipped through the dog-eared pages of an old…